SIGNUM Contributors' Guidelines

Contact SIGNUM–but read the verbiage below first. Thanks!

Tiffany Lee Brown
Editor, SIGNUM
3439 NE Sandy Blvd. #513
Portland, OR 97232 USA

www.slm-net.com/signum/
signum@magdalen.com

Come play with us! Send us your queries, samples, and ideas. Before you do so, please read the last few issues, archived in the Catacombs section, to get a thorough idea of what we’re up to here.

NONFICTION:

What to pitch? Think eclectic, and think personal. We’re interested in your experience, in addition to your ability to research and analyze. Subject matter can range from art to psychology to new technologies, and from pop culture goodies to media theory. The slant: SIGNUM explores not just the products and creators of culture, but seeks to unearth why they exist, how they work, and what they say to and about us as individuals.

In addition to the longer articles, interviews and essays intended for the MARROW section, we’re looking for reviews and short pieces. For examples, see DETRITUS. New: We are now accepting travelogues for use in the FREEZONE section. This is a ’zine: if it’s interesting to you, it’s probably interesting to us!

FREEZONE:

SIGNUM’s FREEZONE has been running short fiction (maximum 2000 words) and collage pieces. However, we’re opening it up to travelogues as well. It can also be used a showcase for dynamic and/or interactive Web experiences, whether that means a Flash piece you’ve created or a hypertext story. Pieces may be linear or nonlinear, textual or non- textual, visual or aural or ... whatever.

MULTIMEDIA SHOWCASE:

If you’re interested in having your work showcased, drop email to signum@magdalen.com. Introduce yourself briefly and provide pointers to your online work. If you point us to a completed piece that you hope to showcase in SIGNUM, make sure you let us know the history of the piece: Has it been publicly displayed on your homepage or featured on a website? If you want to unveil a new work on SIGNUM, send URLS for your previous stuff and short descriptions of new ideas (i.e. 2-3 sentences).

SHORT FICTION:

To have your work considered for inclusion, send a brief introductory letter to the postal address below, along with a hardcopy printout of your submission(s). Send short stories of up to 2,000 words, and/or several pieces of micro- or flash fiction. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but please let us know if you’re submitting the piece(s) to multiple publications.

Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you would like your materials returned to you. Do not send irreplaceable original works to SIGNUM. SIGNUM is not responsible for any damage to or loss of submitted materials. Currently, we are not paying for fiction or hyperfiction.

VISUAL ART:

Illustrators, painters, photographers, and other artists are invited to submit their work for inclusion in SIGNUM. All works submitted for consideration must be done so digitally. Yes, you have to take a digital photo of that sculpture, and then send it in email as an attached file or point us to an URL where can see it. Keep file sizes small and remember that we understand that this quick digitization of your work may not present it in its best light. Quick & dirty jpegs will have to do. You may prefer to invite us to your studio or show. We’ll do our best to look you up in person! If showing in New York City, please send postal mail invitations to the address below and keep us on your publicist’s list.