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GET PUBLISHED : SUBMIT YOUR WORK!
REQUIREMENTS:
You may submit as many pieces as you wish, however each must fall into one of these categories, as specified.
» Essays (max 6 pages single spaced [= 12 pages double spaced] )
» Opinion/Editorials (max 6 pages single spaced)
» Photography and Art (b&w or color)
» Poetry (max 5 pages, format at discretion of poet)
» Current-Event Articles ( max 3 pages single spaced)
» Comic Strips (max 2 pages , b&w or color)
» Comments (including online comments)
FOCUS : Submissions must relate to concerns such as cultural diversity, gender/sexuality, human rights, environmental issues, or other closely-related areas of interest.
Note : You do not have to be a CU student to submit.
Each submission must have a title and name of the author to be considered.
All art must include a by-line description. Art must have a resolution of at least 200px.
All written non-poetry submissions must be Times New Roman, 12-point font with single spacing. Content of the work must not conflict with the mission of the Journal.
Many people pay out of pocket to get their work published. If selected, we will publish you free of charge!
Although respecting the integrity of the work is of the highest importance to our staff, we reserve the right to edit for content, grammar, length, and format. However, beginning with fall 2009, we will be contacting authors for their opinion and feedback on any changes made to their work once the editing process has begun. To facilitate communciation between editors and authors, you will be responsible for checking your emial during the editing process. Please email your contribution to the address bellow. Thank you.
email submissions to submissions@activistjournal.com
Spring deadline for submissions to volume (2.2) is March 12th 2010.
As we believe that authors would like to publish their work elsewhere as well, the journal itself will be copyrighted to BASE, but all other rights, including the content of the pieces, will revert to the authors. The volume will read :
Copyright © 2009 Building Alliances for Social Engagement. All rights reserved to individual authors upon publication.
The following disclaimer will accompany the journal:
Dear Reader,
Though the staff is concerned with a common set of issues, we are a group of individuals all the same. Our opinions regarding activist issues differ, and our aesthetic taste is similarly varied. The views expressed in the essays, poems, paintings, and photographs in this journal are not necessarily representative of the opinions of every staff member or contributor.
Given the heterogeneous nature of the BASE staff, the pieces included in this publication were selected by majority vote. Staff members were assigned to read every submission, and our selection meetings consisted of long discussions concerning the merits and relevance of all the submissions. Arguments for the inclusion of a given piece were encouraged and common. Votes were rarely unanimous, and many strong pieces were left out of the final product due to space. When the discussion turned to a submission by a staff member, that person was asked to leave the room in the interest of preserving honest commentary.
With this in mind, we hope you enjoy the journal; the published submissions are as assorted and unique as the opinions of BASE staff members and our contributors.
-Staff