West Coast LINE Submission Guidelines
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West Coast Line publishes work by writers and artists who are experimenting with or expanding the boundaries of conventional forms and contexts. We are interested in work engaged with problems of representation, race, culture, gender, sexuality, technology, media, urban/rural spaces, nature, and language. We advise those considering submitting work to first familiarize themselves with the journal, and with the work of our recent contributors.
Recently we have published poetry by Bruce Andrews, Charles Bernstein, Wayde Compton, Dan Farrell, Max Gadd, Hiromi Goto, Erin Mouré, Lisa Robertson, Fred Wah; essays by Di Brandt, Margot Leigh Butler, Peter Culley, Paul Kelley, Scott Mc Farlane, Larissa Lai, Roy Miki, Janice Williamson, Rita Wong; visual art by David Garneau, Laiwan, Ashok Mathur, Monique Mees, Cindy Mochizuki, Chick Rice, Jan Wade.
Submissions desired:
1. Mixed-genre: polyphonic texts, bibliographies, edited letters and manuscripts, text/image-based translations, book-installations, film/video stills w/wo text.
2. Poetry: "avant-garde," experimental and linguistically innovative writing, extended and serial forms, poetics, excerpts from long-poems; translations of contemporary sub-altern
3. Fiction: Please note that WCL very rarely publishes short-stories. When we do, we are looking especially for formally innovative and experimental work (up to 5,000 words).
4. Critical prose: please send us a query before submitting critical work, or if you are interested in writing a review.
5. Visual Art: please send us a query before submitting visual art.
Please note:
• our annual reading period is now June 1st to August 31st. Submissions received outside this period will be returned unread• we do not accept electronic submissions (disk or email)
• a self-addressed envelope with Canadian postage or an International Postal Response coupon should accompany submissions. American stamps are not valid in Canada we cannot respond to submissions without return postage
• copyright reverts to the author after publication of the issue
• payment: $10 per page (min. $50; max $200) + contributors copies; covers: $150
• payment is made after publication
• donations of $35 or more receive a subscription and an official tax receipt.
Still interested? Please address submissions to:
Attn: Submissions
West Coast Line
EAA 2027
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
CANADA
via westcoastline.ca