Artwork Guidelines
Revised September 2003
About flashquake
flashquake is an independent, quarterly, web-based publication that focuses on works of flash fiction, flash nonfiction (memoirs, essays, creative nonfiction, humor), short poetry and artwork.
Submission Guidelines for Photographs and Artwork:
We welcome submissions from photographers and artists. For each issue we will select a single artist to feature. We ask for one time publication rights and permission to archive the images on the site. We will consider previously published art as long as the artist has retained the rights. The artist/photographer will receive a CD copy of the issue in which the work appears. Artwork will be removed from the archive upon request of the artist.
Artwork/photographs should not be sexually explicit or violent. A $50 prize will be paid to the artist whose work is selected to be featured in each issue. Review our complete artwork guidelines carefully before submitting.
Send artwork in JPEG or GIF file format as an attachment to an e-mail message. Put "Art/Photo Submission" in the subject line, and provide the title of the work. Include your name, address, and e-mail address in the message portion of the e-mail together with a very brief biography (no more than 100 words), a short artist's statement (no more than 100 words) and information about the medium and size of the original work.
Send the artwork (and only artwork) attached to an e-mail addressed to artwork@flashquake.org. Those artists selected for publication will be notified two weeks prior to publication date.
Artwork Submission Guidelines
flashquake is dedicated to providing a venue for aspiring and established artists in the Gallery section of each issue. We accept contributions of work in any "fine art" medium — painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpture, mixed media, clay, fiber and glass to name a few. We have no prescribed style and will consider both representational and abstract work.
We offer a $50 prize to the artist whose work is featured in the issue. We ask that the artist submit six pieces for review but should have additional pieces available if selected to be featured. The published artist will receive a CD copy of the issue in which her/his work appears. Our contributors have found the exposure in flashquake worthwhile. Requests about purchasing the artwork are forwarded to the artists and one of our exhibitors was recently interviewed by a national art magazine as a result of her participation in flashquake.
Permissions Sought
flashquake seeks the following permissions from our artists:
- Permission to include your work in the issue of flashquake for which it was submitted;
- Permission to include your work in our online archives after publication;
- Permission to include your work in the CD version of flashquake which is awarded to contributors; and
- Permission to include your submission in any future flashquake CD and/or print anthology.
flashquake requires one-time publication rights from the artist. Artwork selected for publication will remain on-line for three months and then be moved to the archives where it will remain indefinitely unless the artist specifically requests that it be removed. Beginning with our Fall 2003 issue, we have implemented a script which prohibits visitors from saving images displayed on flashquake's pages to their own computer.
The artist should include a short (100-word maximum) biography and a short statement of artistic philosophy (100-word maximum) with all submissions. The artist should supply the full name of each work, size and medium. We can provide links to an artist's web page upon request.
If the work has been previously published, we request that all information about publication history be included at the time of submission.
If the work is subsequently published in another venue, we ask that the publication in flashquake be acknowledged.
The artist supplying the work used on the cover will be notified shortly before the issue goes public. Our criteria for the cover art is based on general aesthetic considerations for the issue and does not mean that we regard that submission more highly than other work featured in the gallery.
HOW TO SUBMIT
PUBLICATION SCHEDULE
Fall Issue - to be published September 1, 2006
- Submissions accepted June 1 to August 1, 2006
- Contributor Notification Deadline - August 15, 2006
Winter Issue - to be published December 1, 2006
- Submissions accepted September 1 to November 1, 2006
- Contributor Notification Deadline - November 15, 2006
Spring Issue - to be published March 1, 2007
- Submissions accepted December 1, 2004 to February 1, 2007
- Contributor Notification Deadline - February 16, 2007
Summer Issue - to be published June 1, 2007
- Submissions accepted March 1 to May 1, 2007
- Contributor Notification Deadline - May 15, 2007
Any submission received after a deadline has passed will be held for consideration for the next issue.
Submit 3-5 works at a time for consideration. Give the following information for each work: title, medium, size.
We will assume that the work is available for purchase unless it is specifically labeled NFS (Not for Sale). Note: flashquake does not charge commission for work sold as a result of exposure in the magazine.
ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION
Our required method of submission is electronic. Artwork submissions should be sent to:
artwork@flashquake.org
NOTE: This is NOT the e-mail address to use for prose or poetry submissions.
Submissions should be in GIF, JPEG or BITMAP format and attached to an e-mail which contains the following:
- Name
- E-mail address
- Street Address
- Web Page Link if applicable
- List of works by title, medium and size of work and publication history
(Be sure to tell us if the work is "Not For Sale" - NFS) - Artist statement of philosophy (100 words maximum)
- Short biography of the artist (100 words maximum)