Voices is an anthology of
contemporary art and literature interested in exploring every single place that
makes up our world. It is a curious work, determined to reveal places and the
lives they consist. The world is one global place, and is made up of smaller
places called continents, which is made up of smaller places called countries
made up of smaller cities and towns. Thus, we want to showcase the various
places that make the world a global village.
‘Voices’ is as it is called is a conglomeration of voices from a place, be it a region, town, country or county. The voices are unique, stemming from various notions and interpretations of different people on this particular place. The anthology places its interest on places rather than ideas or abstract nouns. For us, places reveal people, places have a life of their own that we want to show the world.
Yoruba civilization and doubles as a holy city of humankind.
It boasts of art and culture and rich history that stands it out as one of the
most desirable archaeological sites in Southwestern Nigeria. These exquisite
characteristics of the small city peppered with mysteries ignite the interest
to debut this anthology with this place- Ife.
We are accepting submissions from all over on the
theme of ‘Ife’. We believe in the concept of borderlessness, that everyone can
talk about every place, especially through art and literature, and we want to
reach every one in every place with the stories and pictures and arts of Ife as
well.
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Be formatted in 1.5
line spacing
- Be properly edited
for errors (Works dotted with errors will have reduced chances of being
selected for publication)
- Be in font 12 Times
New Roman
- Contain a cover page
stating name, mailing address, email address, phone number (with International
dialing code, title of piece and word count).
- Be sent as a
Microsoft word doc or docx file attachment. Photography and art may be
sent as jpeg file.
- Be sent as
attachments
- Have email subject as
FIRST NAME LAST NAME. For example Akintunde Bello (where there are
multiple submissions, the submissions should have a number after the first
name and last name signifying what number of submission it is.)
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Be sent along with a bio of not more than 50 words (in
third person) in the body of the mail.
Submission window is from July 15 to September 15. Upon receipt of your submission, you will receive a mail within 72 hours acknowledging receipt. If you do not receive a mail, please do not resend your work, simply send a query to voicesquery@gmail.com
Response
Time
No responses are given about pieces being accepted for
the anthology until the end of October. Only selected works will get responses
by the end of October.
Multiple
Submissions
Multiple submissions are accepted, however, we aim at publishing
as many views and as many names as possible with a wide as possible
geographical spread.
Copyright
Please note that we do not accept already work already
published elsewhere in print or on the web. All submissions must be previously
unpublished. We maintain first copyrights of all works submitted for the first
six months after publication of the anthology after which the work may be used
elsewhere.
Fiction
Must be between 1,500 and 4,500 words. We accept any
form from horror to surreal and magical. Any form is acceptable as long as it
conforms to the theme and is compelling. Multiple submissions must be sent as
individual attachments with individual cover pages Fiction submissions should
be sent to voicesfiction@gmail.com
Non-fiction
Must be between 1,500 and 2, 500 words. Memoirs,
essays, travel writings and all forms of creative non-fiction are accepted.
News pieces, op-eds, articles, scholarly and academic papers and journalistic
writings are not accepted. We want creative and compelling non- fiction. Multiple
submissions must be sent as individual attachments with individual cover pages.
Submissions should be sent to voicesnonfiction@gmail.com
Book Reviews
We are accepting a small number of book reviews so submissions
of book reviews must be pitched. Pitches may be no more than 400 words and be
sent in the body of the mail to voiceseditor2015@gmail.com .Response time for
pitches is 24 hours.
All book reviews must be sent to the fiction editor to
voicesnonfiction@gmail.com
Poetry
Each poem must be no more than two pages long. No more than three poems may be submitted in one document. Each poem title must be indicated above the poem individually as well as on the cover page. All poetry submissions must be sent as attachment to voicespoetry2015@gmail.com
Art and Photography
We are also open to digital art and photography. Must
be high resolution jpeg files (300 dpi or higher) and not larger than 3MB. Each
submission must be properly named and sent as an attachment to
voicesphotoart@gmail.com
Conversations
We are not looking for bland interviews, we want active,
participatory and lively conversations that inspire, intrigue, and even spark
more conversations. Conversations must not exceed 1, 500 words. All
conversations must be first pitched. Pitches must be no more than 400 words and
should be sent to voiceseditor2015@gmail.com. Pitches will be responded to
within 24 hours. Conversation submissions should be sent to voicesconvos@gmail.com
For more information visit:
www.voiceslitanth.blogspot.com/2015/07/voices-anthology-of-contemporary-art.html
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