Submission Guidelines – Issue 24

“The Poetics of Space”

Issue 24 will be based on the ideas of Gaston Bachelard, from his book of the same name.  Amazon says:

Thirty years since its first publication in English, French philosopher Gaston Bachelard’s The Poetics of Space is one of the most appealing and lyrical explorations of home. Bachelard takes us on a journey, from cellar to attic, to show how our perceptions of houses and other shelters shape our thoughts, memories, and dreams.

Chapters:

  1. The House. From Cellar to Garret. The Significance of the Hut
  2. House and Universe
  3. Drawers, Chest and Wardrobes
  4. Nests
  5. Shells
  6. Corners
  7. Miniature
  8. Intimate Immensity
  9. The Dialectics of Outside and Inside
  10. The Phenomenology of Roundness

You don’t have to read Bachelard and take notes, but we are looking for poems that explore the concepts of “Space” and “Home.” We also welcome submissions of art and photography on the same theme.


Submissions:
♦ Will ONLY be taken from January 1, 2017 to April 3o, 2017.
♦ Submit up to 5 poems.
♦ Must be original and not previously published in print or on-line.
♦ Simultaneous submissions are OK. Please notify us as soon as any work is accepted elsewhere.
♦ Poetry can be in Text only (TXT or RTF), in Word (DOC or DOCX) format or included in the body of the e-mail. DO NOT SEND PDF FILES!
♦ Please include your last name in your filename.
♦ Should be e-mailed to editor@switched-ongutenberg.org. Please include your name in the subject line.

All submissions should include:

♦ your name and e-mail address
♦ a short biographical note (three-line, 75 words max). Please limit the list of publication credits to 5 journals.

We try to report on submissions within 3 months of the close of submissions. Please wait to query us till August 1, 2017. We plan to release Issue 24 in autumn of 2017.