OPEN CALL ISSUE 02

General editorial submission guidelines

• You must be between 0-27 years old.

• Each submission should include a short biography (including phone number and socials) and context of the work.

• Each work or series of works should have a title.

• The first deadline is December 1st at 23.59. The second deadline is december 8th at 23.59, and the final deadline is December 15th at 23.59. Priority is given to submissions in order of deadlines. 

• Please email your submission to waermagazine@gmail.com.

• In your email fill in the subject line as either "WAER Magazine Submission: Literature" or "WAER Magazine Submission: Photography".

• Your submission will be confirmed by email, and once the editorial team has reviewed it, you will receive our response by email. Please be patient, as this can take some time.

• Plagiarism and refraining from giving just credit to all who were involved in the submitted work is not tolerated.

• If you have any questions, feel free to reach out through DM or email!

Editorial proposals

Besides being able to submit previously made work, you can also send us a proposal of something that you haven't yet created. In that case we'd love to look together with you to see if your ideas match for this issue! In that case we welcome you to send us a moodboard and context for your proposal. The general guidelines still apply, so also please provide a short biography of yourself. 

Literature

• All genres are welcome (e.g. poetry, column, essay, short-story, opinion-piece).

• Your work must be unpublished (outside of personal social media and website).

• Preference is given to works that have an artistic origin or connect to art, culture, and society.

• Combining literature/text and photography/imagery is strongly encouraged. 

• Preference is given to works that connect strongly to the theme of CONTRAST.

• Work must be in English, or translated to English.

  • Work must be no more than 1500 words in total.

  • There must be no more than 5 contributions per person (e.g. 5 poems).

Photography

• All genres are welcome (e.g. nature, fashion, street, sports, portrait, macro).

• Digital/multi-media art is welcomed if the basis is photography (e.g. collage style images using photographs). 

  • Combining imagery and text/literature is encouraged.

• Your work must be unpublished (not including personal social media and website).

• Strong preference is given to works that have a clear artistic character (i.e. not commercial everyday imagery).

• Preference is given to works that connect strongly to the theme of CONTRAST.

• There must be no more than 20 images.

  • They can be vertical or horizontal (although you should take into account that the magazine is on vertical A4 paper).

  • Please send your submissions in the highest quality JPG or PNG format. 300+ DPI.

Rights and conditions

• WAER has the right to publish and promote submitted work on its platform.

• The copyright and ownership of a work always remains with the creator. 

• Plagiarism and refraining from giving just credit to all who were involved in the submitted work is not tolerated.

• Work will always be credited where possible.

• WAER will handle work with care, and not share it to third parties.

• WAER will not change any work, except clear small grammatical errors and cropping of images, without communication and mutual agreement.

• If you are below the age of 18 you must have permission from your parents/guardians to submit your work. 

• Any deviation from these rights and conditions will always be preceded by communication and mutual agreement. 

• By submitting work you agree to these rights and conditions and having read and understood them.