BRICKrhetoric is now accepting submissions in several literary/visual art genres including: poetry, creative nonfiction, photography, fine art, persuasive essay and science as art. Because BRICKrhetoric is a quarterly publication, with four issues published annually in the months of February, May, August and November, submissions are accepted year-round.
Submissions to BRICKrhetoric should be identifiable with the premises of multiculturalism, urban life and/or community action/engagement. Although this connection does not need to be blatant, it should be an underlying theme in all submissions.
Submissions written in languages other than English are welcome; an English translation by the author should be included.
Submissions should not have been published previously; this includes other online galleries and literary sites (original works published on personal websites will be considered).
BRICKrhetoric will not accept submissions containing offensive language and content.
Submissions to multiple genres are permitted.
These guidelines should be followed when submitting for each genre:
POETRY
Submit up to 6 poems as a .doc or .pdf; no line limit
CREATIVE NONFICTION
Submit 1-2 works of creative nonfiction as .doc or .pdf; these should not exceed 2,500 words each
PHOTOGRAPHY
Submit up to 6 photographs as .jpg
FINE ART Submit up to 4 pieces of visual artwork as .jpg, .gif, .tiff or .mov
Fine Art category includes: visual & performing arts (painting, sculpture, collage, installation,
calligraphy, mosaic, music, dance, short theatre and film)
PERSUASIVE ESSAY
Submit 1-2 persuasive essays as .doc or .pdf; these should not exceed 2,500 words each
SCIENCE AS ART
Submit up to 4 pieces of science as art as .doc, .pdf, .jpg, .gif, .tiff or .mov. Science as Art category includes: photographs or drawings of creative/artistic science projets; or, artwork, photography, poetry or prose with a scientific theme*
*This category is inspired by the selected poems of Czech poet and immunologist,
Miroslav Holub.
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