The LBJ: Avian Life, Literary Arts

LBJ is jargon used by birders--especially beginning birders--for those difficult-to-identify brown things, aka "little brown jobs." Think sparrows and finches. Think high up in shadowy trees or flitting about through tall grass. For more...

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Well, yes, but avian allusion in The LBJ  need not be overt. Wings, feathers, bird-like feelings--these things qualify, too. 

We do not review articles strictly academic in nature.  However, The LBJ  is keenly interested in literary essays and narrative scholarship--hybrid works of reportage, scholarship, and memoir written in a relatively lyrical style. 

For the '08-'09 academic year, The LBJ 's review period is August 15-April 15.

The 2009 Urb Bird Contest deadline is January 15.

Yes, and it's encouraged. Submissions and a cover letter, including contact information and a brief bio, should be sent as one MS Word attachment to submissions@literarybirdjournal.org. Please indicate the contents of your submission in the subject line in the following manner: Genre: “Title” (example: Creative Nonfiction: “Walking Among Mixed Flocks”).

If you'd prefer to put your work through the post,  send a double-spaced, single-side copy with a cover letter and SASE to:

The LBJ 
English Department/098
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV 89557

In any case, please see our submissions guidelines first.

Email us at editor@literarybirdjournal.org.