[Reader-list] Call for submissions on Positive Spaces: Kinaara and Open Space India

[Chintan]

>From http://kinaaramagazine.org/index.php/positive-spaces/
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*Kinaara* magazine in collaboration with Open Space
India<http://www.openspaceindia.org/>seeks contributions to
*Positive Spaces*, an anthology of fiction, articles, essays, photographs
and artwork that emphasise and celebrate the aspects of unity and
coexistence within the youth of South Asia and the diaspora.

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*About Positive Spaces*

*Positive Spaces* is a campaign run by Open Space India in a number of
Indian cities in 2009, with the aim to develop physical as well as
symbolical spaces that are safe, diverse, inclusive and attentive to the
ways in which hierarchies of class, caste, religion, sexuality, gender and
ability work within the youth. The campaign has been carried out in campuses
and public spaces through workshops, awareness sessions, theatre and other
live performances and film screenings, and supported by organisations like
Seagull Foundation for the Arts.

Launched in July 2009, *Kinaara* is a monthly online literary magazine for
the youth in South Asia and the diaspora. *Kinaara* is a platform to
facilitate experimentations in the literary and art forms, discussions on
social issues and concerns and similar communication arising from all over
South Asia and people who identify as South Asian.

The collaboration will result in a print anthology to be published in
January 2010 and circulated to NGOs, universities, libraries and social
studies organizations across South Asia and beyond.

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*Submission Details*

   - Contributors should be of or below the age of 30 years as on December
   31, 2009.
   - Contributions should pertain to the topics of contemporary South Asian
   life, society, arts, culture or youth, and emphasise the theme of positive
   spaces.
   - Essays, articles and short fiction should be within the length of
   800-1200 words.
   - Poetry should be within the length of 80 lines.
   - Photo features should contain a maximum of 10 photos. Original files
   are preferred.
   - Art features should contain a maximum of 5 pieces, scanned at 300 dpi
   in the least.
   - For mixed media work and/or work requiring specific formatting, the
   contributor is requested to get in touch with the *Kinaara* team.
   - Contributors should agree to permit *Kinaara* to publish any submission
   unused for the print edition in subsequent online editions.

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*All submissions and queries should be directed to
submit at kinaaramagazine.org.The last date for acceptance of submissions is
November 30, 2009.*