[Imc-oceania] Call for Submissions (Young Women's Anthology)

[Mandy Van Deven]

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - FEMINIST ANTHOLOGY
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Doing it in Strange Places... And Making Change:
Young Women Fighting for Social Justice

A commonly asked question at social justice events is, "What can I do to
get more involved?" This question is usually answered in one of three
ways: send money, call politicians, and volunteer. Unfortunately, none of
these foster a sense of investment in an issue or offer solutions for how
to be personally involved in solving the injustices in the world. It also
doesn't account for the lack of time, money and resources that these three
answers require. What if we could just incorporate our politics into our
every day lives, particularly into our seemingly apolitical jobs/careers?
In fact, that is just what most activists do.

In this anthology, we want to hear from young women from all walks of life
who have found creative ways to use their passion (from writing to banking
to computer programming to being a homemaker) as an outlet for social
justice activism. We seek to create an anthology that makes activism more
accessible and inspire others to use the resources that they have to
contribute to social justice. Changing the world won't happen over night,
so let's share our daily successes and strategies for making all of our
visions of a better world possible. Tell us what worked and what didn't
because all experiences are valuable. We want to be sure multiple voices
and perspectives are represented in the anthology. Writers of all
experience levels are encouraged to submit work. All work must be original
and should not be published elsewhere.

Submission Guidelines
* We prefer to have submissions sent via email in a Word or Rich Text
Format document to mandy_vandeven at yahoo.com with "Doing it in Strange
Places" in the subject line. Otherwise, submissions can be mailed to:
Mandy Van Deven
955 Metropolitan Ave, #4R
Brooklyn, NY 11211
USA
* If you would like your submission returned to you, please include a
SASE.
* Word count: 2,500 - 5,000
* All submissions require your name, address, phone number, email
address, and a short bio.

Submissions should be received by May 1, 2006.

Please direct any questions you may have to mandy_vandeven at yahoo.com