Posted by Victoria on Tuesday, Apr 9, 2024
This is Flammable, a new, teen-led literary magazine, invites you to submit your original writing and art to our first edition!
Who Are We: This is Flammable is edited by the Teen Space Writing Group at the Iowa City Public Library (ICPL).*
What is a Lit Mag is: A literary magazine (literary journal or lit mag) is a curated collection of writing and art from different authors. Lit mags can be print or digital and often focus on a type of writing or a theme. This is Flammable is a print lit mag.
What is Magazine our About: Our theme will change with each new edition of the magazine. The theme for our first edition is “Wild Fires and Global Climate Change.”
Who Can Submit: We welcome all students ages 12-18 to submit.
What You Can Submit: We are currently accepting submissions on the theme of “Wildfires and Global Climate Change.”
We’d love to see work in the following genres:
Poetry and Hybrid Writing
- of no more than 2 pages in length;
Fiction, Personal Essays, and Academic (Informational) Writing
- of no more than 1,500 words;
&
Photography & Visual Art
- presented in a printable fashion (i.e. We’re a magazine, so send us a picture of your sculptures, not the sculptures themselves.)
- Please note this edition of This is Flammable will be printed in black-and-white.
You may submit in multiple genres. We ask that you only submit one piece per genre, though. (i.e. You may submit a poem and a visual art piece. But as a courtesy to the time of our readers, we would prefer you not send us 113 poems.)
Where Can You Submit: Digital submissions can be emailed to Teen Librarian Victoria Fernandez at Victoria-Fernandez@icpl.org.
Print submissions should be left at the SUBMISSIONS chest in the ICPL Teen Space.
Please include a header on each of your submissions with your name, the best method of contacting you about your work, and the genre of your piece.
Submission Deadline: April 30th, 2024 by 11:59PM
About the Author
Victoria is the Teen Services Librarian.
Simply explained, Tikkun Olam is a concept in Judaism that translates to various actionable steps we can take as individuals to repair our world. This book richly explores the concept through a clever contrast of muted colors; where the reader might feel despair, to bold, colorful page spreads that burst out of the book. Early pages set the scene: "we're all on one team, each a string. Like a rope made of strands, holding hands. Woven, connected, stronger". This is such an important message for children, giving them the power and autonomy to know that they have individual power to change something they feel is broken. Another great picture book for children and adults alike! -Victoria