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Submission guidelines and theme information availble below.
The Fall ‘24 Issue theme is…
The Book of Electric Sheep
What is modernity? What is progress?
As the world rapidly evolves, we often find ourselves left at a loss in our attempts to keep pace. As we redefine our reality, we must redefine our selfhoods. The goal of this issue is to work through the complexities and implications of modernity, progress, and innovation.
Investigate the limits of scientific pragmaticism, insist upon humanity in a world of cold examinations. Grapple with the “new” — the other, the refracted self. Explore an altered, perhaps updated, sense of reality.
With this issue, we hope that you as artists, photographers, jewelry makers, writers, textile artists, etc. will examine and project your visions of the future, getting innovative with materials and style.
Listed below are a few of the works that inspired us while collecting research for this issue. We hope they will inspire you, and serve as references for the themes, motifs, and elements we are looking for this quarter.
“Because most of all, our tomorrow is the child of our today. Through thought and deed, we exert a great deal of influence over this child, even though we can’t control it absolutely. Best to think about it, though. Best to try to shape it into something good. Best to do that for any child.”
“This body is a technoliving, multiconnected entity incorporating technology. Neither an organism nor a machine, but “the fluid, dispersed, networking techno-organic-textual-mythic system” This new condition of the body blurs the traditional modern distinction between art, performance, media, design, and architecture.”
“The computer is a magic box. Many graphic images are hidden inside it…By tapping on the keyboard, or clicking the mouse, these forms can jump onto the screen, but in the hands of the unimaginative or close-minded persons they may not appear. And those who are weak with machines will have trouble coaxing them out, too.”
“It is not clear who makes and who is made in the relationship between human and machine...There is no fundamental, ontological separation in our formal knowledge of machine and organism, of technical and organic.”
“In the same way that religion defined cultural existence in the pre-Copernican age, the edge of science defines the existence we occupy today...Do I believe we are right? I believe we are right. But even if I didn’t, what would I do?”
“ Why should our bodies end at the skin, or include at best other beings encapsulated by skin?...organisms could be mechanized - reduced to body understood as resource of mind.”
submission guidelines
Disclaimer: Unfortunately, we do not have the ability to provide monetary compensation for publishing at this time. Since we are so small and so new, all funds raised at this point go into operating costs. However, published creatives receive their digital copy for free and a discounted print copy.
- We welcome submissions in fiction, poetry, essays, visual art, and multimedia formats.
- Encourage writers and artists of all print-transferable mediums to submit their work: writers, poets, essayists, photographers, jewelry-makers, textile/fiber artists, sculptors, potters, etc.
- We seek works that truly engage with the themes, offering insightful perspectives, unique narratives, and thought-provoking commentary.
- We encourage and prioritize submissions from unpublished, marginalized, and/or disabled voices.
- Challenge traditional storytelling and artistic norms. Experiment with form, style, and medium to bring a fresh and innovative perspective to the themes.
- Simultaneous submissions and publications are allowed; if you would like your piece released before the publication date, please contact us at thekingfishermag@gmail.com as soon as possible out of respect for our editors. You can also refer to that email address for any other questions or concerns.
-Please do not submit more than ONE piece. (This rule also applies to submissions that include more than one piece in a single document. Do not do this or we will disregard your submission)
- We will not accept ANY pieces created using AI tools.
- 2500 word limit.
- And don't forget to get weird with it!
- No confirmation emails are sent; once you have completed the form, your piece has been submitted. Submission status info will be sent to your email in mid to late October.