Upstairs at Duroc Journal

Upstairs at Duroc Journal Upstairs at Duroc is an international literary and arts journal that promotes innovative English language writing from the Paris area and around the world. We publish both established and emerging writers.

Issue 12 came out in January 2011 and includes new work by the following:

UAD Issue 12 cover David Barnes, Joy Anna Becvarik, François Bon, Iain Britton, Lauren Camp, Geoffrey Cruickshank-Hagenbuckle, Claire Ellender, Megan K. Fernandes, Brentley Frazer, Vernon Frazer, Christine Herzer, Amy Hollowell, Nina Karacosta, Jay Kauffmann, Matthew Keuter, David Kowalczyk, Robert Lietz, D. O. Mckimm, rob mclennan, Alice Notley, Akilah Oliver, Jan Olsson, Rochelle Owens, Simon Perchik, Chris Pusateri, Martin Raim, Kathryn Rantala, Jonathan Regier, Sarah Riggs, Micah Robbins, Kate Robinson, Joe Ross, Steven Salmoni, Alexandra Sashe, Sam Schild, Karen Schubert, Adam Strauss, Seán Street, Mark Terrill, L.Bryan Thompson, Nathan Thompson, Richard Toovey, Jonathan Wonham and Elizabeth Zuba.

Submitting to Upstairs at Duroc

Upstairs at Duroc is interested in English language poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction and translations. We welcome innovative or cross-genre forms, prose poems and flash fiction. Standalone excerpts from longer works will also be considered. Submit no more than 5 poems, or two prose pieces not exceeding 2000 words each. Include cover sheet with name, address, phone number, email address, word count for prose, and a short Bio. Work is read anonymously by our Editorial Board.

Submission dates: We accept submissions from October 1 to January 31
Poetry submission: Submit up to five poems. Attach them in a single Word document, one poem per page.
Prose submissions: For short stories, send one or two pieces of no more than 2000 words each. Send up to five flash fiction pieces, attaching them in a single Word document, one piece per page.
Visual Art submissions: We seek drawings, etchings and photographs with good contrast. Mostly black/white, plus one color piece per issue (for the cover). Send artwork in jpeg format.
Send submissions to: contact us here
For any queries regarding submissions, please write to The Editors at contact us here

Snail mail submissions should be sent to:

WICE
Upstairs at Duroc
10 rue Tiphaine
75015 Paris
France

Upcoming Events

Pause on the Landing Vol. 5
Wednesday, May 18
7:00pm
Berkeley Books of Paris
8 rue Casimir Delavigne

The Paris literary journal Upstairs at Duroc invites you to another edition of Pause on the Landing.

Come hear new prose by:

David Barnes, Joy Anna Becvarik, and Bob Levy,
followed by an informal discussion.

About the readers:

David Barnes grew up in Cholsey (UK), the village where Agatha Christie is buried. He won Shakespeare & Company’s Travel in Words competition in 2006 and has been published in Spot Lit Magazine and 34th Parallel. He lives in Paris, where he runs a writing workshop and the open mic series Spoken Word.

Joy Anna Becvarik grew up in New Mexico and now lives in Paris where she teaches, photographs and writes the food and culture blog The Tomato Knife.

Bob Levy has had work in literary magazines such as Other Voices, Flashpoints and Cottonwood, as well as in the Chicago Tribune and San Francisco Bay Guardian. He has received awards including the Langston Hughes Award in 2001, the Chicago Tribune Nelson Algren Award in 2001, The New Millennium Best Story Award and a Pushcart nomination.

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Past Issues of Upstairs at Duroc



Issue 1	Issue 2	Issue 3	Issue 4	Issue 5 & 6	Issue 7

Issue 8	Issue 9	Issue 10	Issue 11	Issue 12

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