Our upcoming issue is for those who are frustrated. Frustration calls us to attention, to action, and to organize.
We have been miseducated about ourselves and our freedom. We’ve been taught to be comfortable with our conditions. Now, we want our power back. How have our leaders and teachers confused us, missguided us and made us apathetic to our struggle for freedom?
The information we need is being withheld. This is a real obstacle in the way of our liberation. Who wins when we are disillusioned, defeated and passive to our exploitation? Who is making money when our ability to think for ourselves is taken from us?
1919 is looking for cultural work that asks us how we can fight back against everything that keeps us from building the world we dream about. We’re looking for works that ask us how we fight back with what we know, not what we have been programmed with. How do we resist with what we already have?
These questions are not an assignment. You have the questions and the answers. These are starting points for you to use as you need.
Where is information hiding? How does school defeat us? How do universities shut some of us out?
Who are the false prophets misleading us? Misgoverning us?
What lies does the Black community fall prey to, over and over again?
How does education about Africa and African diasporas & peoples impact the way we build solidarity & community?
Why do we look to celebrities and the 1% for political guidance?
Who wins in a hustle culture? How do our ideas about money and scarcity affect how we see our futures? What does generational wealth really mean?
How does liberalism co-opt, misrepresent and water down our political demands?
The personal is political. How do our ideas about who our family are and who our friends are influence the way we build community?
How does miseducation about our own bodies and healthcare put our lives at risk?
How do systemic forces keep us alienated from communal care?
How do we protect our youth from miseducation?
Who are the teachers, elders and organizers who dared to think differently and were hunted down for it? How do we honor them by continuing to educate ourselves?
What are we doing to get ourselves to our radical future?
How does our art help us get free?
We are accepting all forms of visual and cultural artwork and formal and informal prose such as: Photo essays, photography, comics, plays, paintings, sculpture and graphic collages, critical essays & scholarly work(s), creative writing/fiction, short stories, and investigative/public interest journalism. Please send your submission(s) to us by March 13th
Please submit your submission via email to submissions@1919mag.com
In the subject line, add: First and Last name - Title - Issue 7 Submission
In the body of the email
Preferred name / artist name
3-5 sentence artist/writers statement about your work
Short bio
Alternative contact information
Cultural workers will be compensated for all works that are selected to our print magazine. The following flat rates are in CAD and describe compensation amounts on a per submission basis.
Spot works: $60
Poetry: $100
Visual Art/Photography: $150
Cover Photography: $250
Written: $200*
* Pieces above 1000 words topped up $50
1919 is passionate about creating alternatives to platforms and institutions already deeply entrenched within the assimilation of Black and racialized groups. All submissions selected for our print publication are PAID and we only accept submissions from Black, Indigenous, and racialized artists and cultural workers.
Members who are interested in receiving submission feedback on their work must submit through a separate form. The password for the form will be shared through our Membership Newsletter. If for whatever reason you did not receive the password, please reach out to nines@1919mag.com and include your membership details (your name & email used for your subscription).
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