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...

The first issue of The LBJ  will be published in the summer of 2008. Submit, subscribe, and stay tuned!

Well, yes, but the avian allusions in The LBJ  need not be overt. Wings, feathers, eggs--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 inaugural  issue, the Sparrow Prize contest and submission deadline is May 15.

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

Yes, and it's encouraged. Submissions and a cover letter, including contact information and a brief bio, should be sent as MS Word attachments 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”)

Sure. Send double-spaced, hardcopy submissions with a cover letter and SASE to:

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

Email us at editor@literarybirdjournal.org.