We think

You ROCK!!

We reckon there are more good writers who are undiscovered than soccer moms at Starbucks.

Where are all these talented people? One guess: You got it! They're at their day jobs!

So if you’re one of them we’re here to tell you there’s no sense agonizing over all this writing nonsense.

If you're up, don't waste your time on worrying, you might as well just write.

But when you’re up at 3:33am rewriting your short story submission, just remember you still have to work the next day. If anyone asks, tell them you had a late night karaoking.

Anyway we think you rock! And at 34thParallel what we’re about is giving you the rock-star treatment—alas without the dollars and the drugs!!

We’re a couple of writers ourselves and we know what it’s like. We both have stacks of rejection letters to our credit too, so you know we'll send you a good one if we can't use your work in 34thParallel.

We want our magazine to be the Rolling Stone of writing where you can be proud to have your work accepted, read, and acclaimed!!

Ultimately, we hope 34thParallel will be your launchpad to bigger and better things.

So that's what we are about. We invite you to submit your best work. Make it something that moves us.

The 34thParallel Editors
Trace Sheridan Swan & Martin Chipperfield