Every issue of Sein und Werden is themed and though non-themed work will be accepted, I will only consider these after a decision has been made on any themed material. Bear in mind that longer stories will automatically go in the print publication, and unless otherwise specified, colour artwork will go online. Work must somehow incorporate the Werdenist ideal ie. it must touch on at least one of the isms - Expressionism, Surrealism, Existentialism.
The deadline is for ALL submissions, themed or not.
Sein und Werden is a non-profit-making venture. Therefore we cannot pay for material we publish, but all contributors will receive a free copy of the zine in which their work appears.
I want your: Short stories, novel excerpts, dreams, thoughts, scribblings, poetry, artwork, photography, unfinished writing. I am after experimental, non-genre, erotica, horror, philosophical, noir, crime, hard-boiled, surreal. I am not after romance, shock tactics, morality stories, politics, gratuitous violence, chick-lit...
If you're still stuck, here are a few authors/directors/artists I like:
Kathy Acker
Diane Arbus
Antonin Artaud
J G Ballard
George Bataille
Hans Bellmer
Brassai
Sophie Calle
David Cronenberg
Maya Deren
Philip K Dick
Otto Dix
Knut Hamson
Alfred Hitchcock
Julia Kristeva
Fritz Lang
Lydia Lunch
Henry Miller
F W Murnau
Gaspar Noé
John-Paul Sartre
Jan Saudek
Bruno Schulz
Cindy Sherman
Andrew Vassch
Joel-Peter Witkin
If you have an idea but do not know if I will be interested, just email and ask me.
I am interested in the concept of creativity, not as an ending but as something mutable, the before and after, the whys and hows, the accidents and the losses that result in something perfect. So if you submit a piece of work, feel free to expand on your ideas and decisions behind it, or simply write me an essay on your own creative experience.
Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, as are previously published pieces, as long as you let me know when and where the piece first appeared.
Previous contributors are quite welcome, and encouraged, to submit to future issues.
Before submitting please read the guidelines below and indicate in your submission email whether you would like to contribute to the web or the print zine.
Prose - Maximum of 3000 words for the web, 6000 for print copy.
- One submission at a time.
- Send as a word.doc or RTF attachment. Please do not send in the body of the email.
- If you would like to include a bio please include it with your submission
- All work can be linked to a website of your choice so please include the web address with your submission.
Poetry - Submit a maximum of 3 poems at a time.
- There is no maximum or minimum line length for either web or print.
- Prose poems are welcome
- Send as a word.doc or RTF attachment. Please do not send in the body of the email.
- If you would like to include a bio please include it with your submission
- All work can be linked to a website of your choice so please include the web address with your submission.
Non-fiction - Articles/features which are arts-related, for instance, on a particular author or specific art-movement. Also, journal excerpts and articles on personal writing experiences.
- Maximum of 3000 words for the web, 6000 words for print copy.
- One submission at a time.
- Send as a word.doc or RTF attachment. Please do not send in the body of the email.
- If you would like to include a bio please include it with your submission
- All work can be linked to a website of your choice so please include the web address with your submission.
Artwork - Images should be at a minimum resolution of 300 dpi/ppi with the longest edge of the image no longer than 8 inches/20 centimeters.
- No more than 3 at a time
- If you would like to include a bio please include it with your submission
- All work can be linked to a website of your choice so please include the web address with your submission.
I will accept submissions of different work to both the online and print versions of an issue as long as it is clearly stated which piece is being submitted to which version.
I will also accept submissions in different formats at one time, for example, you may submit both an image and a short story, etc.
PLEASE NOTE: the next issue of Sein und Werden will be in PRINT ONLY. Due to unforeseen circumstances I don't know if the online issue will continue beyond the Futurism issue. The print issue, however, will continue as normal. All updates will be posted at the blog so please do keep checking.
