Deadline: 15 March 2013
Rusted Radishes seeks writing and art that is innovative, truthful, risk-taking, and engaged. Our contributors are largely from the American University of Beirut, but in order to build international ties and a deep contextual basis through our journal, we welcome submissions from all around the world from people who have a relationship with Lebanon, whether they are Lebanese, live along its borders, have traveled or worked there, or have some other tangible connection with the culture. Nonetheless, subject matter is certainly not confined to Lebanon, but instead should illuminate some aspects of the human condition in a way we haven’t seen before.
Rusted Radishes is published annually. Our reading period for 2013 is from January 1 to March 15. Please pay particular attention to the following general guidelines and adhere to the specific genre guidelines. Any work submitted not in line with these guidelines will be automatically disregarded.
Attachment: Each story, play, creative non-fiction piece, or set of poems should be attached in a separate document in .txt, .doc, .docx, or .rtf form.
Formatting is easy: Simply use a 12 pt Times New Roman font and double-space each prose piece (feel free to retain the original aesthetic in your poetry), and make sure the title of the piece and page number appear in the header of each page.
Multiple submissions are welcome: But check the guidelines specific to your genre for the maximum allowance. Please note that any combination of genres consistent with individual guidelines is welcome.
Name each submission ‘title_genre’: Please include your full name and e-mail address (from which you sent your submission) on the top of the first page of the actual submission file.
Body of the email: Please provide a bio (please include if you are a student or alum of AUB), your submission titles (with word-counts if prose), and your contact details.
GENRE-SPECIFIC GUIDELINES:
For queries: info@rustedradishes.com
For submissions: submit@rustedradishes.com
Website: http://rustedradishes.com
Rusted Radishes seeks writing and art that is innovative, truthful, risk-taking, and engaged. Our contributors are largely from the American University of Beirut, but in order to build international ties and a deep contextual basis through our journal, we welcome submissions from all around the world from people who have a relationship with Lebanon, whether they are Lebanese, live along its borders, have traveled or worked there, or have some other tangible connection with the culture. Nonetheless, subject matter is certainly not confined to Lebanon, but instead should illuminate some aspects of the human condition in a way we haven’t seen before.
Rusted Radishes is published annually. Our reading period for 2013 is from January 1 to March 15. Please pay particular attention to the following general guidelines and adhere to the specific genre guidelines. Any work submitted not in line with these guidelines will be automatically disregarded.
Attachment: Each story, play, creative non-fiction piece, or set of poems should be attached in a separate document in .txt, .doc, .docx, or .rtf form.
Formatting is easy: Simply use a 12 pt Times New Roman font and double-space each prose piece (feel free to retain the original aesthetic in your poetry), and make sure the title of the piece and page number appear in the header of each page.
Multiple submissions are welcome: But check the guidelines specific to your genre for the maximum allowance. Please note that any combination of genres consistent with individual guidelines is welcome.
Name each submission ‘title_genre’: Please include your full name and e-mail address (from which you sent your submission) on the top of the first page of the actual submission file.
Body of the email: Please provide a bio (please include if you are a student or alum of AUB), your submission titles (with word-counts if prose), and your contact details.
GENRE-SPECIFIC GUIDELINES:
- Fiction - We are receptive to high-quality literary fiction, and are happy to read stories with both traditional and experimental forms and subjects. We will consider flash fiction (350-1000 words) and short stories (1000-6500 words). Please do not send a story exceeding 6500 words. Please send no more than 3 stories.
- Poetry - We are looking for poetry that reflects, creates, destroys and rebuilds. The writing has to be layered in its images, content, presence and creativity. Build a world involving, but not limited to, your humanity and non-humanity, filled with your otherness and compiled with your own conflicting perspectives in different voices. Avoid standard rhyme schemes, experiment with your poetry but make it accessible; instead of silliness aim for wit and charm. Each poem must be no longer than 35 lines. Send 3-5 poems in a single document.
- Non-fiction - We are looking for engaging, honest and original pieces, with a strong voice and fresh insights that have the potential of going beyond the personal and connecting with the human experience. All styles and approaches are accepted, be they personal essay, memoir, narrative non-fiction, social commentary, or other. Submissions should be no longer than 5000 words. Up to two submissions per issue are allowed.
- Drama - The art of drama is one that most allows for a tangible establishment of the play / audience (or reader) relationship because of its performative characteristics. We are looking for short 10-minute plays that are built on a specific conflict and insightful enough to shed light on a particular aspect of our own realities by keeping fluid the relationship with the readers. At the same time, the stage setting and directions should be thought of as reasonably feasible on a theater stage and should avoid effects usually witnessed in cinematographic works. All genres are welcome (including but not limited to comedy, tragedy, theater of the absurd, and historical) but should not fall into grotesque parodies or in cliché plots and lines. A maximum of 2 plays is allowed per playwright. Each play should not exceed 10 pages.
- Art & Craftwork - We are looking for striking, skillfully rendered artistic work that has impact and originality. We welcome all styles and subjects and are open to craft of any variety, be it digital art, photography, painting, ceramics or other. Non-digital work should be scanned or photographed into digital files and, if possible, color corrected. All work should be exactly 300 DPI and equal to or smaller than A5 format. Each submission should be attached as .pdf, .eps, .jpeg, or .tiff and should not exceed 5 MB in size. You may send up to 5 pieces of work. Please follow the guidelines above where appropriate.
For queries: info@rustedradishes.com
For submissions: submit@rustedradishes.com
Website: http://rustedradishes.com
