MAGAZINE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
February Issue
deadline: 3 February 2022, 11:59 PM IST
THEME: "Life in Adornment"
Guest Editor for this issue is Kashvi Chandok.
Historically, our lives have been governed by our ways of adornment. The way we dress speaks about our culture, identity, self-perception, and resistance. At Ayaskala, we are interested in exploring how material objects of adornment (clothing, clothing fasteners, jewelry, literature, metaphors, etc.) become part of our memory and an act of preserving lineage. What is the social and symbolic significance of the material objects of memory in our culture? How do you view your grandmother's jewelry and fabrics of adornment — Ikat, cotton, muslin? What is the relationship between the patterns on your rugs and their influence on your life today? We want experiences from around the world: Mexico, India, Nigeria, etc. How does your idea of self intersect with the visual symbols you see in your home, city, and culture? Design is an integral part of our visual ethnography. We view adornment as a way of life arising from design that continues to construct our individual and collective identities.
Adornments are not only symbols of our personal culture but also shared visuals. We're interested in exploring the design and architecture of your home town. We're also interested in what adorns your language, your dialect, you writing, your discussions and conversations. How do you adorn your written and spoken language? How does modernity exist within the ruins of the past? There are no set criteria on which we build upon this theme. You are welcome to interpret, mould, and deconstruct it in your language.
| STYLE | LENGTH | QUANTITY |
|---|---|---|
| Poetry | under 500 words (per piece) | upto 3 poems per submission cycle |
| Prose | under 1000 words (per piece) | upto 1 prose per submission cycle |
| Creative Non-Fiction | under 1000 words (per piece) | upto 1 CNF piece per submission cycle |
| Fiction | under 1000 words (per piece) | upto 1 fiction piece per submission cycle |
| Essays | under 1000 words (per piece) | upto 1 essay per submission cycle |
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We are not accepting submissions via e-mail anymore. Any submission received through e-mail will be automatically discarded.
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
We do not accept submissions that are unkind, harsh, homophobic, condescending, sexist, racist, religiously driven, dismissing in nature, etc. We do not promote plagiarism. If the piece is a response/continuation of an existing work, please make it crystal clear while submitting.
We do not accept previously published work.
We ask for first world publication rights, archival rights and the right to display the work as a whole, or pieces thereof, for the duration of the magazine/blog. All rights revert back to the author or artist after publication. Please credit Ayaskala as original publisher in case of future re-publishing or re-prints.
By submitting you give us permission to use your piece(s) in print version, digital version, and/or offline spaces.
Simultaneous submissions are acceptable. Please let us know as soon as your piece is accepted elsewhere.
We are unable to pay our contributors at the moment.
We may remove work at any point, for any reason, with a day's notice which may or may not disclose the reason thereof. (psst... don't worry we're nice people and we know you've read the guidelines properly.)
You will receive an update on your submission within 1 week. If delayed, please nudge us by sending an enquiry via e-mail or on our social media platforms.