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Please follow these GUIDELINES when submitting work for
I've Known Rivers: The MoAD Story Project
The Fall 2006 volume of I've Known Rivers will be published August
29,
2006.
Brief Description
I've Known Rivers: The MoAD Story Project (IKR) is a digital journal of stories
-- first-person narratives, essays, short stories, and novel excerpts -- that
represent people of African descent worldwide. Visual art and studies of life
and culture across the African Diaspora are also represented on IKR. However,
the project is more than a collection of stories and experiences, it represents
the cultural crossroads of an international digital community of story-tellers.
IKR is a defacto literary, artistic, and educational library, uniting all people
through a nexus of stories about the African Diaspora.
To Submit a Story
All writers are encouraged to submit original works. However we will accept
both previously published and unpublished work. The copyright for each story
will remain with the author. For unpublished work, please include authorization
to re-publish this material on MoAD's web site (see below).
Electronic Submission Requirements:
Stories are uploaded to IveKnownRivers via our submission
tool. Using the tool, you can type or paste the text of your story directly
into the form or you can upload it. Currently, uploaded stories should be saved
in the Microsoft Word .doc format. For stories that are not text-based, we
accept uploads in the .mp3 (audio), .mov (video), and .swf (flash) formats.
We also accept photo essays and stories whose layout and assets are customized
via HTML. Please contact us directly for guidelines for submitting stories
in this fashion.
We encourage contributors to provide an image that represents the story and
an image of the story's author. Both of these items can be uploaded via the
tool. Before using the tool, please take a moment to read the rest of these
guidelines.
We are requesting the following:
- First-person narratives, short stories, or poems; preference
may be given to first-person stories
- Written in English; All stories must be under 2,000 words
- Non-fiction is preferred, although fiction, folklore,
and myth also will be considered
- Story formats can include oral testimony and interviews via audio clips and documentary and/or
feature video narratives via video clips, etc.
Stories should reflect critical issues faced by members of the
African Diaspora.
Our preferred story will meet the following criteria:
Theme: (focus on one of the following for your
story)
- Origins - Stories that speak to our
cultural and familial roots in Africa, whether from generation
to generation or across continents, countries, islands
and villages - these are the stories that distinguish the
African experience.
- Movement - Stories that document how
individuals, families and communities move continuously,
sometimes seeking fresh prospects, sometimes forced by
slavery, war, disaster, employment, or hope for a better
life.
- Adaptation - Stories that reflect the
adjustments and struggles made by people of African descent
as the traditions and memories we carry with us evolve
amid new surroundings and other cultures.
- Transformation - Stories that reflect
how we transform ourselves mentally, physically and spiritually
in dialogue with new places and create new traditions and
new cultures.
Setting:
- Geographical regions in Africa and throughout the Diaspora
- Regions where large migrations occurred, preferably in
North America, Central America, the Caribbean or South America.
Also can include disparate regions such as Pacific Islands,
Canada, Asia, Australia, etc.
- Time period after 1920 is preferred. Historical stories
may be included, but several libraries have already done
an excellent job of publishing accounts like slave narratives.
Writer/Artist Notification
- If your work is accepted for publication you will be notified
by e-mail.
- We reserve the right to edit prior to publication.
- Author/artist given opportunity to review final copy prior
to publication.
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