submissions

THE SMALL PRINT

Every issue of Sein und Werden is themed and must incorporate the Werdenist ideal.

Please read the guidelines below before submitting your work:
NB: any text with an unusual layout may be rejected simply because of formatting issues. Also, please use (double/triple) hyphens instead of 'm' or 'n' dashes because my software won't support them, for some reason.

Prose:
- 2000 words max
- One prose submission at a time
- Flash fiction is welcome
- Send as a word.doc attachment, with your name on the MS. Please do not send in the body of the email
- If you would like a bio included please send a short paragraph of 80 words max written in the 3rd person

Poetry:
- a max of three poems per submission
- Prose poems are welcome
- Send as a word.doc attachment, with your name on the MS. Please do not send in the body of the email
- If you would like a bio included please send a short paragraph of 80 words max written in the 3rd person

Non-Fiction:
- Arts-related articles eg. on a specific author/arts movment
- Essays on personal creative experience
- Also book/art/performance/music reviews are always welcome for the reviews page
- 2000 words max
- Send as a word.doc attachment, with your name on the MS. Please do not send in the body of the email
- If you would like a bio included please send a short paragraph of 80 words max written in the 3rd person

Artwork:
- No more than 3 pieces at a time
- jpgs are preferable
- Feel free to include text about your creative process
- If you would like a bio included please send a short paragraph of 80 words max written in the 3rd person

Please send submissions/pitch ideas to Rachel at seinundwerden@gmail.com.

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Sally Mann Nan Goldin The Dresden Dolls Antonin Artaud Cindy Sherman Jan Saudek Jean Rhys Lars von Trier Maya Deren Daniil Kharms Bruno Schulz David Lynch JG Ballard George Batailles Georges Perec Jack Stauber Henry Miller Otto Dix Julia Kristeva Wes Anderson Jan Svankmajer Kathleen Hanna Kristen Hersh Lydia Lunch Bat for Lashes Sophie Calle Dora Maar David Cronenberg Joel Peter Witkin Jean-Paul Sartre Gaspar Noé Philip K Dick Anaïs Nin Hans Bellmer Diane Arbus Ann Quinn the Quay Brothers Sodikken John Grant Petr Válek Nikolai Gogol Shane Carruth

THE SMALL PRINT...

Every issue of Sein und Werden is themed and 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.

I want your: Short stories, novel excerpts, dreams, thoughts, scribblings, poetry, artwork, photography, unfinished writing.

If you're still stuck, here are a few authors/directors/artists I like:

Antonin Artaud
J G Ballard
George Bataille
Philip K Dick
Lawrence Durrell
Knut Hamson
Daniil Kharms
Julia Kristeva
Lydia Lunch
Henry Miller
John-Paul Sartre
Bruno Schulz

If you have an idea but do not know if I will be interested, just email and ask me.

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:

Prose
- 2000 words max.
- One submission at a time.
- Include your name on the MS
- 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.

Poetry
- A maximum of three poems at a time.
- There is no maximum or minimum line length.
- Include your name on the MS
- 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.

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.
- 2000 words max.
- 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.

Artwork
- No more than 3 at a time.
- Jpgs are preferable.
- If you would like to include a bio please include it with your submission.

I will accept submissions in different formats at one time, for example, you may submit both an image and a short story, etc.

Send submissions to seinundwerden@gmail.com