Submission Guidelines
Rocky Mountain Reader welcomes all reader comments and emails. Send to editor Kathryn Eastburn at kathryn@rockymountainreader.org or to info@rockymountainreader.org. We cannot promise a personal response due to small staff and high volume of emails.
Book Coverage: If you are an author with a Colorado connection and want your book considered for review, please contact the editor with full publication information (publisher, publication date, ISBN, publicity contact). We’re a nonprofit organization with a small staff and limited resources, so except in the case of poetry collections, the titles we consider for review should be traditionally published unless you or your readers can make a strong case for your self-published or subsidy-published books of any kind.
Poetry: We print poetry by invitation only, generally in the form of a book excerpt. Please don’t send unsolicited poetry submissions.
Essays: We welcome original essay submissions from anyone with a Colorado connection, whether you’ve published a book or not. We’re interested in thoughtful, timely, pertinent, well-written essays that tell a true story in a compelling way. Send essays for possible publication to the editor and be sure to include a note explaining your Colorado connection. Ideal length is 800-1,200 words. We pay on publication: $150.
Review and Features Contributors: Rocky Mountain Reader operates on an assignment basis, and some reviews and features are assigned well in advance of publication and/or a book’s release date. If you’d like to contribute book reviews, please contact us with an email of introduction along with links to some of your published work. Reviews and Features generally range from 700-1,200 words in length. We pay on publication: $150.
Event coverage: We’re always eager to receive information about literary festivals, public conferences and other literary events of interest to readers across the state. Please send notices well in advance of the event with key information to the editor, marked Events Listings in the subject line. Provide: name of event, date, description, location and contact information as well as registration information if required.
Independent booksellers: All independent bookstores in Colorado are invited to submit their pertinent information—name, location, contact information, description of inventory and programs offered — to be published under our Independent Booksellers tab. Timely events at your store should be submitted separately, marked Events Listings in the subject line of your email. Send bookseller listings info to: kathryn@rockymountainreader.org or info@rockymountainreader.org. Bookseller listings will be placed at a cost of $10 per month, $50 for six months or $100 for an entire year with payment made to Colorado Humanities on behalf of Rocky Mountain Reader using the QR code below, or by sending a check, clearly marked ‘bookseller listings for Rocky Mountain Reader’ to: Colorado Humanities, 7935 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 450, Greenwood Village, CO 80111.
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Hiking With Kids Colorado: 52 Great Hikes for Families
Hiking With Kids Colorado: 52 Great Hikes for Families provides a guide for a hike a week within a year, detailing trails suitable each season—including winter—for the entire family. Inspired by son Brian, accompanied by husband Ben and championed by her own nature-loving parents, Colorado-based author Jamie Siebrase birthed this “how to hike with children” book. (See our review of Siebrase’s picture book Tonight! A Bedtime Story here.) Winter hikes include the “Pines to Peaks Loop”, a 1.1-mile lollipop shaped treading trail, easy to access from downtown Boulder, crossing three distinct ecosystems: meadow, ponderosa pine parkland, and forest. Another hike, “Lake Gulch and Inner Canyon Loop,” begins in Castle Rock within Castlewood Canyon State Park. The 2.2-mile hike begins easy and turns moderate, passing through ponderosa pine, Gambel oaks, mountain mahogany, and snowberry along the trail. Near Snowmass Village, “The Rim Trail South to Spiral Point” boasts iconic vistas. This is a 2.6 mile out-and-back hike that is moderate in difficulty. From the trailhead, hike west through aspen groves. This is a popular snowshoeing trail in winter. Siebrase offers useful details on subjects like trail etiquette and preparedness needs, as well as keeping canine-children leashed. The text is clearly broken down into seasonal hikes offering a variety of difficulty and distance explanations, as well as directions to trailhead locations, a familiar obstacle to the would-be family hiker. Legible trail maps show where to go once arrived and the book is peppered with fun facts. — Shelli Rottschafer
