LIES /
ISLE _
an experimental literary journal
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
Literature: Influence, Echoes, and Systems / Influence of Systems on Literature (as Echoes)
LIES / ISLE is a journal dedicated to expanding the domain of experimental literature. While acknowledging that our work is influenced by the systems under which it operates, we also believe that it possesses the agency to affect change. From an editorial point of view, we contextually echo the history of the avant-garde, looking for pieces that approach their subjects through new aesthetic strategies.
To this end, LIES / ISLE welcomes submissions that pay particular attention to form or the hybridization of genre, including but not limited to conceptual writing, visual fiction and poetry, and works that deal with the space between static and time-based elements--conscious experimentation that subverts the idea of the homogenized system [-- a system that underlines not only the state of contemporary literature, but also the system that undermines contemporary life in general].
NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR THE FIRST ISSUE. SUBMISSIONS DUE BY OCTOBER 15TH OF 2008.
APPLICANTS MAY SUBMIT UP TO FOUR PIECES FROM THE FOLLOWING GENRES: POETRY, FICTION/CREATIVE NON-FICTION, CRITICISM, TRANSLATION, HYPERTEXT, AUDIO, OR OTHER MEDIA.
PLEASE SEND SUBMISSIONS TO:
SUBMISSIONS@
LIESISLE.COM
IF WORK IS ACCEPTED, A SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION WILL BE REQUESTED.
POETRY:
May be up to 2000 words in length. Please submit poems in PDF format.
FICTION/CREATIVE NON-FICTION:
May be up to 4500 words in length. Please submit fiction/creative non-fiction as a PDF file.
CRITICISM:
May be up to 4500 words in length. Criticism includes both contextually relevant theory and reviews. Please submit criticism as a PDF file.
TRANSLATION:
May be up to 4500 words in length. For translation work, author is responsible for acquiring permission/rights to the original work. Please submit translation work as a PDF file.
HYPERTEXT:
May include up to 75 individual pages. If navigation is non-linear, please be aware that aside from working through the piece intuitively, each individual page will be looked at as well. Please refrain from using Flash and pop-ups. If you require a non-standard window size an i-frame will be used to display the piece within the journal.
When sending a Hypertext piece please compress all necessary files into a single ZIP or RAR archive. If the file is too large for email please upload the file to a temporary hosting site or dedicated hosting site (such as your own website), and include a link to the files in your submission. Same rule applies with multi-media submissions; if files are too large for email they must be accessible to us in order to evaluate them.
AUDIO ART:
Audio submissions should be no longer than 30 minutes. Work must be encoded as an MP3 with a minimal bitrate of 192 kbps CBR or V0 VBR.
OTHER MEDIA:
LIES / ISLE is open to other mediums and formats not listed here. If you have particular submission questions regarding something that does not fit into any of the above categories, please email
submissions @ liesisle.com
