Call for Submissions: Queer Enough #3, Femme Invisibility
Seeking artwork and non fiction writing from femme queers on the issue of being and feeling queer enough while having a femme gender expression. Check out the facebook page! The deadline is August 1.
Call for Submissions: SickNotWeak
Author Leanne Simpson and sports broadcaster Michael Landsberg are looking for writers to get the conversation going about mental health. SickNotWeak is a community space for people struggling with mental illness that accepts freelance pieces year-round. Email [email protected].
Akimbo’s Super-Short Video Festival is accepting submissions through Instagram and Vine. July’s theme? Found objects! Use the hastag #FoundObjects and @Blink and tag @akimboart. Best video wins a special prize every month. This month is the photo book “Archival Dialogues.” Check out the call for submissions.
Call for Submissions: The Wanderer
A new poetry website which originated as a weekly column att Harlot Magazine. Looking for poetry from trans folks, POC, queer folks and others writing poetry around culture and identity. Send 4-8 poems to [email protected]. Editors include Ginger Ko, Sara June Woods, and Raquel Salas-Rivera.
Call for Submissions: Community Events
Myseum of Toronto is launching a call for proposals for its second annual Myseum intersections festival, which will occur during March 2017. The festival looks at different perspectives on the city’s natural, cultural, andhistoric diversity. This year’s theme is Envisioning Toronto. More information on the website.
Call for Submissions: Death Flails 3
This awesome, political, weirdo poem zine from Winnipeg is looking for submissions themed around “romance” or “romantic love” as well as art and photographs. Series of visual work are particularly encouraged. This is a broad reading of romance – romance as loneliness, romance attached to capitalism and colonialism, subverting what people think of as romantic. That kind of stuff. More information at the Facebook event. Deadline July 31.
Call for Submissions: ReBoot Fanzine
Do you miss ReBoot? Well you don’t have to anymore! Art, writing, photos, and anything else ReBoot is welcome for this project. Check out the posting. Deadline is August 19th!