{"id":6889,"date":"2025-05-31T17:00:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T21:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anovelapproach.ca\/submission_calendar\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=6889"},"modified":"2025-05-31T17:00:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T21:00:36","slug":"pfn-call-for-submissions-to-sinister-wisdom-a-multicultural-lesbian-literary-art-journal-theme-body-of-land","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/anovelapproach.ca\/submission_calendar\/event\/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-sinister-wisdom-a-multicultural-lesbian-literary-art-journal-theme-body-of-land\/","title":{"rendered":"PFN – Call for Submissions to Sinister Wisdom: A Multicultural Lesbian Literary & Art Journal. Theme: Body of Land"},"content":{"rendered":"
Submissions are restricted to lesbians.<\/h5>\n

Body of Land<\/h1>\n
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Sinister Wisdom<\/em>:\u00a0Body of Land<\/em><\/strong>
\nCall for Submissions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sinister Wisdom<\/em>\u2019s\u00a0Body of Land<\/em>\u00a0issue will take readers to a different place\u2014the continent of so-called \u2018Australia.\u2019\u00a0Body of Land<\/em>\u00a0seeks to showcase diasporic and First Nations lesbian, bisexual, queer, trans and gender-nonconforming perspectives in so-called \u2018Australia\u2019. As individuals both situated at the intersection of marginalised identities, we want this issue to provide an outlet for lesbian\/queer voices that are too often overlooked in a context where whiteness dominates queer representation. Thus, we hope this anthology will carve out a space for these voices to fill the pages of an established publication like\u00a0Sinister Wisdom<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The theme,\u00a0Body of Land<\/em>, was chosen as a framework for exploring the significance of \u2018place\u2019 from diasporic and First Nations lesbian\/queer standpoints in so-called \u2018Australia\u2019, with \u2018land\u2019 acting as a throughline between disparate experiences and histories. We define diaspora as communities with cultural ties outside of the lands on which they reside; as individuals with experiences and feelings of cultural difference and\/or unbelonging within the hegemonic culture of so-called \u2018Australia.\u2019 We also seek definitions of diaspora that are not solely conceptualised through a lens of loss and nostalgia for \u2018home\u2019, but are considered through the lens of dynamic creativity, heterogeneity, fluidity and re-invention.<\/p>\n

As a settler colony, \u2018Australia\u2019 occupies the unceded Lands of First Nations People, who, as the original Custodians, have cared for, thrived and created on this deeply storied continent for millennia. We thus recognise that this diaspora exists on stolen lands and benefits from systems that actively oppress Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and we hope to engage with art and writing that meditates on bonds of solidarity with First Nations Peoples.<\/p>\n

This issue aims to highlight works that consider the interplay between cultural and lesbian\/queer identities and how this informs notions of belonging. How are bodies treated differently in different geographies? What are the physical limitations that are imposed on racialised queer bodies? What are the emotional landscapes that accompany the restrictions and\/or freedoms of movement? How do histories of lesbian\/queer migration, exile, displacement shape dis\/connection to land, self, community and place? How are queer communities created and navigated within diaspora\/s? How are ideas of \u2018kinship\u2019 asserted, expanded and\/or complicated across geography and time?<\/p>\n

Body of Land<\/em> also seeks work that explores queer erotic worlds, how our desires are influenced and satiated. How do we, as lesbians and queer people, relate to each other and to our bodies? What are the societal and culturally imposed shames that we have overcome? What shapes do our lusts trace? How do we negotiate lesbian\/queer desire across cultures and geographies? What does it mean to belong to a body?<\/p>\n

Through these provocations, we seek a deepening of understanding of lesbian\/queer diaspora and First Nations perspectives. In doing so, we seek to draw attention to the importance of cultural specificity and multiplicity in shaping lesbian\/queer experiences.<\/p>\n

This project hopes to establish\u00a0Sinister Wisdom<\/em>\u00a0as a publication here in so-called \u2018Australia\u2019 and equally, to showcase lesbian, queer and feminist storytellers of the Pacific region to\u00a0Sinister Wisdom<\/em>\u2019s current readership. In this way, this issue aspires to be the beginning of a much broader project of transnational queer solidarity and community-building.<\/p>\n

We seek submissions of prose (fiction, nonfiction, creative nonfiction, hybrid) and poetry. We welcome written pieces in any language as well as multilingual works. Previous publication experience is not required. Submissions are accepted through Sinister Wisdom\u2019s Submittable. Writers may submit a maximum of five poems, two short stories or essays, or one longer piece of up to 5,000 words. Pitches of up to 200 words are also welcome, with or without examples of previous writings\/publications. Artists may submit a maximum of 3 pages of visual art or comics. Deadline for submissions: June 30, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If this project sparks your interest and\/or if you have any questions, please get in touch! We look forward to reading your work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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