REAEDR MAGAZINE: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

ABOUT THE MAGAZINE

REAEDR is a magazine of one word poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, produced by the NewLights Press in Colorado Springs, CO. Each issue is built around a particular theme, and that theme, as well as the pieces inside, will determine the form, shape, color, material, processes, etc. of the issue. 2015 will be the “pilot year,” with two issues planned: WAR in the summer (tentative release of mid-August 2015) and “FUCK EM IF THEY CANT TAKE A JOKE” in the fall/winter (tentative release of December 2015). The goal is to be publishing quarterly or bi-monthly in 2016.

THEMES & DEADLINES

Last update: May 7, 2015.

This page will be updated with the current themes and issues as old ones expire and new ones are added. It will always be accessible through the sidebar, under the heading REAEDR MAGAZINE.

Issue 1: WAR (Summer 2015): June 5, 2015
Issue 2: “FUCK EM IF THEY CANT TAKE A JOKE” (Fall/Winter 2015): September 1, 2015

Submissions for each issue will be accepted up until 5 PM (US Mountain Time) on the date listed. Occasionally the changing form of the magazine will require some extra steps on the part of the author for accepted pieces. These will be communicated as required.

WHAT TO SUBMIT

We are looking for one word, or one-word, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, related in some way to the theme of the issue(s). Submissions can be “straight text,” or visual (but still text-based) in nature. We also welcome submissions that play with, challenge, interrogate, or complicate the “one word” form. Authors/artists may submit up to five pieces for consideration in each issue. Each piece must be submitted in one of the three categories: poetry, fiction, or nonfiction. Translations and submissions in languages other than English, “real” or “not,” are welcome.

HOW TO SUBMIT

Submissions should be made via email, to editor Aaron Cohick at newlightspressATgmailDOTcom. The actual pieces can be typed in the body of the email, attached as PDFs, Microsoft Word docs, or RTFs. Please use PDFs, JPEGs or TIFFs for image submissions, at least 300 dpi at 100% size. Please write first if attachments are too big to send via email. ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING IN THE BODY OF THE EMAIL:

AUTHOR’S NAME: How it should be printed. No anonymous submissions please. Pseudonymous submissions are fine. Do not include a bio.

MAILING ADDRESS: For contributor copies.

THEME: Please include which theme you are submitting each piece for. See above for current and past themes.

CATEGORY: All submissions must be made in a category: poetry, fiction, or nonfiction. A category is required for each piece submitted.

THE PIECE(S): An individual submission can include up to 5 separate pieces. Clearly indicate title, if there is one. “Untitled” is a title, and will be treated as such. Please put each piece on its own page(s).

PROOFS: We will do our best to send each author digital proofs of their piece(s) before each issue goes into production.

COMPENSATION: Here in these opening stages, compensation for authors/artists will be in the form of two contributor’s copies. We hope to be able to include monetary compensation as well, after things get rolling (the target price point for each issue will be $5 to $8).

DISTRIBUTION: The first two issues will be printed in editions of 100 copies. Most distribution will happen through direct sales and subscriptions via this website. (Subscriptions will be available for purchase in the near future.) We hope to make some copies available for sale in bookstores or art galleries. Please contact us if you are a proprietor or curator for such a place, or if you just know of a good place for that.

In 2003 the NewLights Press (working under the imprint “Tin Woodsman Editions”) published a proto-issue of REAEDR. The digital archive version is below. We don’t really expect REAEDR to look anything like this, but hey, these things go where they want or need to go.

ET AL., AN EXPERIMENTAL JOURNAL OF THE LITERARY & VISUAL ARTS

The NEWLIGHTS PRESS is seeking FOOLHARDY ADVENTURERS in the LITERARY & VISUAL ARTS to embark upon a PERILOUS JOURNEY through the land of EXPERIMENTAL ARTWORKS. What we RISK is the loss of FAME, FORTUNE, even the COMFORTABLE BOUNDARIES of our own WORK and IDENTITIES. What we will GAIN is a NEW, TEMPORARY WORLD of SHARED and INFINITE POTENTIAL.

Et Al. is an experimental journal focused on the possible intersections of the literary and visual arts. It starts from the idea of an “arts journal” as a (non)site of the collective production and reception of meaning; one object, in multiple, built from multiple inputs and transmitting to multiple outputs. While traditional journals operate by reproducing text and images as discreet entities centered around a common theme, aesthetic direction, or author-function, Et Al. will be built on the principle of active production and the legible intersection(s) of text, image, typography, material, printing processes, and the temporal structure of the book form. Each issue of Et Al. will be, in essence, an artists’ book of rhizomatic (non)authorship, textually, visually, and structurally.

SUBMISSION DETAILS
Et Al. will consist of 4 issues, to be published at the theoretical rate of 2 per year. Each of the four issues will have a theme: 1) Material, 2) Structure, 3) Production, and 4) Potential. Submissions will be accepted on an ongoing basis (with a “soft deadline” for encouragement), and the individual issues will be considered filled when enough material condenses around that potentiality. The rough (ever subject to change) publishing schedule:

1 MATERIAL: November 2009
2 STRUCTURE: May 2010
3 PRODUCTION: November 2010
4 POTENTIAL: May 2011

The nature of this project requires that all contributors give up “absolute control” of how their work is presented (an illusion anyway). What this means is that images may be cropped, flipped, halftoned, overprinted, etc. and that text may be cut, interpolated into another text, disarranged, typographically disrupted, and/or spread across a series of pages. That being said, part of the process for the preparation of each issue will be an opportunity for each contributor to work back into their piece or pieces in its new form (details below). Submissions of fragments, unfinished, totally bizarre, or “what the hell do I do with this?” pieces is encouraged.

SUBMISSION FORMATS
Submissions of all types of visual, textual, and literary art will be considered. General guidelines for the different types below:

IMAGES: This category includes text as image. Keep in mind that these images will undergo (probably black and white) graphic reproduction. Submit no more than 5 images as digital files, JPEGs of 300 dpi at 100% of their original size. While email submissions are preferred, files over 8 MB should be sent on a CD (mailing address below). Ideas and suggestions for how the images should be used are welcome.

TEXT: Submit 2-5 pages of proofed writing (poetry, prose, fiction, scholarly, critical, what-have-you) as a Microsoft Word or PDF document. Ideas and suggestions for possibilities of the how the text can be formatted are welcome.

OTHER: Submissions for specific interventions into the form of the journal will also be considered (example: safety pin these 3 printed images onto the upper right corner of a page). You may submit up to 3 different proposals. Logistics for these types of submissions will be negotiated with the individual contributor, and each will probably have to change (at least a little) to fit into the overall structure of each issue. Please keep in mind that while we here at the NewLights Press are known for labor-intensive work, there is actually only one of us, and he has other things to work on too.

All submissions should be made via email to newlightspressATgmailDOTcom. Please use “Submission: Et Al.” as the subject line. Attach all submissions as separate files. Be sure to include the following information in the body of your email:

Your name
Your mailing address
Your email address
Which theme you are submitting for: (Material, Structure, Production, and/or Potential. Multiple theme submissions are okay.)
A little bit about yourself (if we don’t know you already) and relevant web links to see more of your work. The idea here, ultimately, is the growth of a community. Links will most likely become part of a simultaneous electronic announcement at the time each issue is published.

Mail physical submissions (only if you have to, and be sure to include the info listed above) to:

NewLights Press
601 William St. # 413
Oakland, CA 94612

Decisions as to what submissions will be included will be made as soon as they can be, but final decisions cannot be made until each issue begins to take shape. Some pieces will be accepted immediately to form the basic skeletons of the issues, others will need to be marinated and tenderized before they are ready. All responses to submissions will be made via email.

As each issue draws closer to publication, each contributor will have the chance to revise their piece(s). All contributors will be sent a PDF proof of their piece as it stands in relation to the rest of the journal, and they will have the chance to make edits (or suggestions of edits, depending on how drastic) before the pieces are committed to print. We want all the contributors to be both surprised and pleased by the final form that their pieces take.

(A brief editorial aside: A valid question at this point is: “You expect all of the contributors to give up “absolute control” of their work, but what you’re doing is taking that control for yourself. How is that sharing?” The answer: Yes, we agree, and that was the main theoretical problem we had to face when thinking this thing through. We hope to lessen our own control through the following means: 1) letting contributors respond to and rework their pieces after initial formatting, 2) opening the submissions to the “Other” category of structural interventions, and 3) by soliciting the input and help of other printers and bookmakers in production. If there are any volunteers for such a task, please let me know.)

10-20 contributors will be included in each issue. The journal will be produced in editions of 100-200, using a combination of letterpress, digital printing, collage, and hand-mechanical painting/drawing on a variety of materials. Each contributor will receive 2-3 copies of the issue that they are in.

Did we forget anything? Questions? Comments? Please use the comment option below.

The deadline for submissions for the first issue, “MATERIAL,” is May 31st, 2009. Thank you for your time and interest.