Deadline: January 15th, 2020
Payment: $60 for each poem, illustration, or photograph, $80 for each flash piece (fiction or nonfiction), and $100 for each essay accepted for publication
Theme: Writing and art that explores the unintended side effects or consequences of scientific advancement, including but not limited to the areas of biology, physics, chemistry, and geology.

Issue 2: The Dark Side of Science (to be published on February 1st)

Submissions Deadline: January 15, 2020

We’re looking for writing and art that explores the unintended side effects or consequences of scientific advancement, including but not limited to the areas of biology, physics, chemistry, and geology. An example of a piece that fits this criteria, and which we will be publishing in February, is artwork on the topic of human-created lead pollution, its history and its implications.

If you have questions about the Issue 2 prompt, please contact us at [email protected]

Poetry

For this issue, we are accepting the following forms of poetry: experimental/hybrid, traditional, prose poetry, found poetry and poetry written in a non-English language, with the requirement that an English translation accompany the original. We aren’t considering long form, haiku, micro poetry or erasure poetry for this submission call.

Send up to 4 poems in one Word document (.doc/.docx).

Flash fiction/flash nonfiction

Min: 500 words. Max: 1,000 words.

Send up to 2 flash pieces in one Word document (.doc/.docx).

Essay

Min: 1,000 words. Max: 2,500 words.

Send up to 2 essays in one Word document (.doc/.docx).

Original illustrations and photography

We’re accepting all styles of illustration (including visual poetry) and photography. By submitting art, you are agreeing to a resized version of the art being published, to suit the online layout and aesthetic of the magazine.

Send up to 5 pieces of art for consideration.

Rights

By submitting to Kanstellation Magazine, you are agreeing to grant us First Electronic Rights if your work is accepted. All other rights remain with the author. After that, republishing with attribution is welcome.

All submissions must be previously unpublished works (this includes publications on your own website or blog). Simultaneous submissions are accepted but please let us know immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.

Payment

There is no reader fee for submissions. In addition, we are offering $60 for each poem, illustration, or photograph, $80 for each flash piece (fiction or nonfiction), and $100 for each essay accepted for publication, paid via PayPal upon acceptance.

Submissions guidelines

Please send all submissions to [email protected]. For all submissions, please include a short bio (limited to 100 words) in the third person that includes your personal pronouns, your Twitter handle, and any other social media links you would like to include in the body of your email.

Via: Kanstellation.