ENCYCLOPEDIA PRISMATICA VOLUME 1, ISSUE 4 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Resistance & Rebellion

To create is to resist; to remember is to rebel.

Issue 4 of Encyclopedia Prismatica takes as its first principle the inseparability of art and refusal. From Fanon to Beauvoir, from the barricades to the blank page, resistance has never been merely a political act—it is an ontological one. To make something is to assert that something ought to exist. To remember is to refuse erasure.

We want work that challenges, imagines otherwise, and resists easy definition. Work that rebels against structures, policies, ideas, traditions, or expectations. Work that not only talks about revolution, but that embodies it.

This is an open call. We welcome essays, poetry, fiction, visual art, hybrid forms, and work that refuses categorization entirely. We are not looking for a particular answer. We are looking for the pressure of a genuine question.

How will you resist?

Submissions open August 15 and close September 15. Submit your works using the form on this page.

Submission guidelines:

Submissions must be previously unpublished (personal blogs or defunct journals count as unpublished)

Simultaneous submissions allowed; please notify us if accepted elsewhere

All prose work should be submitted as .DOC(x) files. All poetry should be submitted as .PDF files and in a single file

Visual submissions should be 300 dpi and uploaded as .PNG files if possible

Non-English submissions will be accepted if they include a reliable English translation, or if the value of the work lies in its manipulation of the source language. The following languages can be translated by our editors: French, Arabic, Persian, Russian

Response Time: 2 weeks after close

Rights: We request First North American Serial Rights and the right to archive the piece online. Rights revert to the author upon publication

Payment: At this time, contributors will receive a complimentary digital copy and be featured in both print and digital editions. As funding grows, we intend to offer honoraria