Call for Submissions: kimiwan zine issue 7 / nîpin 2014
For this special kisisaskâciwani (Saskatchewan) issue of kimiwan, kimiwan are seeking submissions from Saskatchewan-born and/or -based First Nations, Métis & Inuit artists and writers. Deadline: May 25, 2014. Check out the submission guidelines.
Contest: POP Montreal and Matrix Magazine’s Lit POP
POP Montreal and Matrix Magazine team up once again with their yearly writing contest. The winners, one from each category, will receive a round-trip ticket to POP Montreal from September 17 – 21, 2014, a VIP pass to POP Montreal, free accommodation at a bed and breakfast, fall publication in Matrix Magazine with full honorarium, and presentation at a special Matrix Lit POP event during the festival. Judges Heather O’Neill and Matthew Zapruder will look at stories or up to five poems.$25 to enter, deadline: July 1. More information at Matrix.
Call for Submissions: TBD at MOCCA
The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art is calling for ideas that respond to the thematic of the upcoming exhibition entitled TBD. The exhibition proposes that a the definition of a museum is not fixed but rather “to be determined.” By asking about the very nature of the contemporary art gallery, the exhibition will be a space where museum paradigms get destroyed or forgotten, and futures imagined and reimagined.
Heavy shit! Architects and designers are asked to propose how these kinds of spaces can be thought of in new ways. Submissions are welcome fro practitioners across all experience levels. Deadline June 30th. More details at the MOCCA website.
Rasasvada is loosely definable as bliss in the aesthetic experience. It’s also a micro-publishing project! These guys make beautiful zines and handmade books and are always looking for art submissions. Check out their website or send work to [email protected].
Call for Submissions: femme magick
Clementine Morrigan is looking for femmes of all genders to contribute creative writing for a compilation zine entitled “femme magick.” Pieces exploring paganism, spirituality, ritual, the sacred, and wicca are welcome. Deadline: June 15th. See the posting here.
Call for Submissions: Culture Days @ The Library
Last chance to submit something for Neighbourhood Arts Network’s Culture Days at the Toronto Public Library— artists of all disciplines are encouraged to apply. More information here!
Bi-annual queer feminist compilation Hoax Zine is looking for art ASAP, particularly for background designs and other potentially paratextual type images. Send them your portfolio or a few pieces you’ve completed. You’ll get a shout out at the end of the issue. More here!
Call for Artists: Phreak ’N Queer Arts & Music Festival
Attention all LGBTQ+ artists, performers, musicians, entertainers, vendors and more! Philly’s phabulous queer arts festival is accepting submissions for early considerations now. The festival runs July 31st- August 3rd and isa clangin’ bangin’ good time. The form to apply is here.
Call for Zines: Manchester LGBT Zine Library
A new LGBT/feminist/queer zine library within the Joyce Layland LGBT Centre in Manchester, UK is just getting its legs! Help them out by sending them your zines. See the call-out on their tumblr.