Why Vandalism Literary & Arts Journal

READERS

[*] Curated from the work of a diverse realm of international writers and artists, the Why Vandalism? Literary & Arts Journal is a rolling, and now once again active, classic online electronic literary zine. What you may expect in future days to pass... Our format is loose, but will be apparent and reveal itself in the course of the year. SIDE ONE: Imaginative fiction --- poetics and prose related speculative, fantasy, horror and science-fiction over loosely formed horizons: earth-like and natural to alien. SIDE TWO: Experimental, Human, Experiential, Spiritual, Chimeric, Perceptual.

WORKS

All works submitted and published are granted archiving permission on the Why Vandalism? journal and are provided free, for the sake of art, expression, and dialogue minus commercial interests.

AUTHORS

[*] Works will be selected and published typically by theme or complementary compilation centered on an aesthetic for issue or rolling period.

[*] Why Vandalism? is run by volunteers and should be considered a rotating editorship, therefore we do not bother to disclose personalities or pay or receive on a monetary level. All submissions should also be voluntary and for the sake of Art.

[*] Works submitted should be exclusive and not submitted simultaneously to other journals or publishers for 30 days, which is the amount of time of our general selection process, AND if published, we would ask you not to submit any of these Why Vandalism?-published works to other online journals. Authors may of course use and link their published work on various media and for use to promote for professional publication.

[*] Previously, a long time ago the journal had a 3-month submission period, currently we are on a 30-day period in which we will only contact those authors back via email whose works are selected for the current annual issue being assembled, and per need.

It has been difficult to explain our process but do not take any personal offense or that towards the quality of your work if you do not hear back or your submissions have not been selected. You can always try submitting to us another work at any time. An attempt to follow and read what is currently being published may give you clue towards towards work that might garner our interest if we are struggling to make a match. Or be bold and submit away... The annual journal is thus grown organically on discretion of our editorial unit. Our submissions and selection process inevitably produces a situation that is bound to be hit-or-miss. You are welcome to email new work at anytime.

[*] In general, we don't like Marxist, communist, socialist or deathcult diatribes, brainwash, or expressions of misandry---the kind that already litter the public internet by hack pseudo-journalism, unintelligent keyboard activists and otherwise paid/rewarded propagandists and social engineers.

To submit: Email us your work along with a brief bio (for authorship notes and attribution). You will be contacted back via email within 30 days if any of your work is selected. If you do not hear back, consider your work released from the current submission period.

* Sometimes errors or human delays happen, so our 30-day submission period will allow for a finite period of acceptance and processing in case of handling issues, to prevent holding up work or contributor expectations.

[*] We are open to diverse types of art, writing and media. You are welcome to contact us or submit any material whether image, written word, visual or auditory. Our previously published categories include: concrete poetics; digital art; fiction; micro- and flash- fiction; illustration; mixed media; painting; photography; plays; poetry; prose; and prose poetry.

[*] By submitting you agree to allow Why Vandalism? to archive and present your work perpetually online as well as granting an exclusive agreement to refrain from simultaneous submissions. Copyright of submitted works belongs and is maintained by their original, respective authors with permission granted for digital publication and archiving to Why Vandalism? Literary & Arts Journal.

Submissions format preference for text: Email text, rich text (notepad), plain text (.txt) are all welcome. For word processing format, we prefer and highly recommend .ODT (OpenDocument Text File format) which is fully compatible across all OS, all the best & free office, word processing suites (ie. LibreOffice, OpenOffice), and follows proper 21st Century standards and font compatibility. For packaged formats, PDF is a good option.

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