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Works of Resistance, Resilience: Call for Submissions
Editor: Jacqueline Johnson
Assistant Editors: Ifeona H. Fulani & Vida James
Open for submissions on June 1, 2020
All submissions are due by August 1, 2020
Works of Resistance, Resilience
About Place Journal seeks submissions of creative non-fiction, poetry, fiction, hybrid work, video and artwork that explores the questions: How do we live and work towards a long-term dream for the continuation of our planet? How do we change our relationship to our earth; to each other to reflect social and economic equality?
We draw inspiration for this issue from a poem by the late Jayne Cortez, “There it is”:
“My friend / they don’t care /
They will try to exploit you /
absorb you confine you /
or kill you.”
The Covid-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to look deeply into the mirror of our daily lives that reveal issues: lack of essential worker protections, lack of affordable health care, record-level unemployment/underemployment, homelessness, lack of protection for people in the shelters and those in systems of containment: prisoners, immigrants, and their children.
Thousands have died worldwide, and the losses to families and communities are unquantifiable. The pandemic continues to disrupt our notions of “normal” in every aspect of life while becoming a window of opportunity through which those in power are advancing agendas that suit the interests of the one percent in opposition to the needs of the larger culture. How do we as artists and activists reflect on these times as we witness the disenfranchisement of poor, middle and working-class people; further closing of borders; the ongoing, yet new economic turmoil; the continual erosion of land protections; the lack of water rights; and so many additional issues that face us?
We ask you to consider the principal of Aya – a fern, in the Adinkra language. Aya is the Akan symbol for endurance and resourcefulness. It comes to mind when I think of our cultural and collective inheritance. In times of profound trouble in the West, we often look at other cultures such as African and Native cultures for examples of endurance. Resistance as a form of empowerment in a time where the average citizen must do something to save ourselves.
We have a profound opportunity to renew and reimagine our essential cultures, including our multiple relationships: to our planet, to our spiritual sources, to our family, to our friends, to our beliefs. As artists, what does it mean to be resilient at this time? We look forward to thinking with you about how art explores new ways of engagement in these times.
About Place Journal Submission Guidelines
About Place Journal is published two times a year, on May 1 and October 1. A new Call for Submissions is posted twice a year.
Work can include:
Poetry/Lyric: up to 3 pieces which do not exceed 50 lines each. Acceptable file types include doc, docx, txt & rtf.
Fiction, essays, creative nonfiction, and other prose: up to 3 pieces that do not exceed 4000 words each. Acceptable file types include doc, docx, txt & rtf.
Audio/Visual artwork: up to 5 photos, paintings, prints or other forms of art. Acceptable file types include jpg & tiff for art/photography, mp3 for audio and mp4 & mov for video.
Each submission must be accompanied by a bio in doc, docx, txt or rtf format. Bios should be in the third person and not exceed 150 words. Please include your website and twitter handle, if desired.
By submitting, you guarantee you hold the rights to the work, and you grant About Place Journal the rights to publish the submitted work. After publication, rights revert to the author. Original, previously unpublished work only. All pieces must be submitted through Submittable.
Editor: Jacqueline Johnson
Assistant Editors: Ifeona H. Fulani & Vida James
Open for submissions on June 1, 2020
All submissions are due by August 1, 2020
Works of Resistance, Resilience
About Place Journal seeks submissions of creative non-fiction, poetry, fiction, hybrid work, video and artwork that explores the questions: How do we live and work towards a long-term dream for the continuation of our planet? How do we change our relationship to our earth; to each other to reflect social and economic equality?
We draw inspiration for this issue from a poem by the late Jayne Cortez, “There it is”:
“My friend / they don’t care /
They will try to exploit you /
absorb you confine you /
or kill you.”
The Covid-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to look deeply into the mirror of our daily lives that reveal issues: lack of essential worker protections, lack of affordable health care, record-level unemployment/underemployment, homelessness, lack of protection for people in the shelters and those in systems of containment: prisoners, immigrants, and their children.
Thousands have died worldwide, and the losses to families and communities are unquantifiable. The pandemic continues to disrupt our notions of “normal” in every aspect of life while becoming a window of opportunity through which those in power are advancing agendas that suit the interests of the one percent in opposition to the needs of the larger culture. How do we as artists and activists reflect on these times as we witness the disenfranchisement of poor, middle and working-class people; further closing of borders; the ongoing, yet new economic turmoil; the continual erosion of land protections; the lack of water rights; and so many additional issues that face us?
We ask you to consider the principal of Aya – a fern, in the Adinkra language. Aya is the Akan symbol for endurance and resourcefulness. It comes to mind when I think of our cultural and collective inheritance. In times of profound trouble in the West, we often look at other cultures such as African and Native cultures for examples of endurance. Resistance as a form of empowerment in a time where the average citizen must do something to save ourselves.
We have a profound opportunity to renew and reimagine our essential cultures, including our multiple relationships: to our planet, to our spiritual sources, to our family, to our friends, to our beliefs. As artists, what does it mean to be resilient at this time? We look forward to thinking with you about how art explores new ways of engagement in these times.
About Place Journal Submission Guidelines
About Place Journal is published two times a year, on May 1 and October 1. A new Call for Submissions is posted twice a year.
Work can include:
Poetry/Lyric: up to 3 pieces which do not exceed 50 lines each. Acceptable file types include doc, docx, txt & rtf.
Fiction, essays, creative nonfiction, and other prose: up to 3 pieces that do not exceed 4000 words each. Acceptable file types include doc, docx, txt & rtf.
Audio/Visual artwork: up to 5 photos, paintings, prints or other forms of art. Acceptable file types include jpg & tiff for art/photography, mp3 for audio and mp4 & mov for video.
Each submission must be accompanied by a bio in doc, docx, txt or rtf format. Bios should be in the third person and not exceed 150 words. Please include your website and twitter handle, if desired.
By submitting, you guarantee you hold the rights to the work, and you grant About Place Journal the rights to publish the submitted work. After publication, rights revert to the author. Original, previously unpublished work only. All pieces must be submitted through Submittable.
aboutplacejournal.org/submissions/?utm_source=newpages&utm_medium=ad&utm_campaign=works_resistance_resilience_cfs&utm_content=about_place