submission guidelines

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Sein und Werden is both an on-line and in-print publication, with different content in each. Every issue 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.

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:
Henry Miller
John-Paul Sartre
Fritz Lang
Kathy Acker
Murnau
Anais Nin
David Cronenberg
Bruno Schulz
Knut Hamson
Andrew Vachss
Brassai
Alfred Hitchcock
Cindy Sherman
Check out the links page for more

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 not acceptable, but previously published pieces are, as long as you let me know when and where the piece first appeared.

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
- One submission at a time.
- Send as a word.doc or RTF attachment

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

- 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
- One submission at a time.
- Send as a word.doc or RTF attachment

non-fiction

photography/
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

- Arial size 10
- Single spaced
- Please indent paragraphs rather than using a line break.
- Make sure you write 'submission' in the email subject line.
- If you would like to include a short bio of no longer than 350 characters (including spaces) please send it with your submission.
- All work can be linked to a website of your choice so please include the web address in your email.
- I will accept submissions of different work to both the online and in print versions of an issue as long as it is clearly stated which piece is being submitted to which version.

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