Call For Submissions: Pigeon: a radical animal reader no. 3: SPIRIT/UAL ANIMALS

Pigeon is a radical animal reader published by Sybil Press. We seek new, experimental, creative essays, text art, word games, and other literary works for issue 3 on the subject of “spirit/ual animals.”

We understand animal in the larger sense, from the human and non-human animal to the monarch butterfly and invisible microscopic worlds. We are open to speculation on cosmic life and artificial intelligence and philosophical, psychological or political animals.

In terms of spiritualism: we seek a hybrid discourse surrounding animal beings and being animal in ritualized, mystical, mythic and religious forms and spaces which can be interwoven with representation and/or exploitation and/or empowerment of otherness, gender, identity, and the natural or unnatural environment.

In the spirit of “no gods; no masters,” contrarian paradigms and interdisciplinary critiques are desirable: no clichés; no sloganeering.

Please e-mail a 300 word abstract as a PDF with contact information to pigeon@sybilpress.org by May 31st, 2021. Subject line: animal 3 abstract.

Half of all sales of Pigeon will be donated to animal welfare/rights/liberation organizations, with the remaining half used to cover costs and the making of subsequent issues.

PIGEON no 2: Animals On Screen Now Available / Call for Submission no. 3

Pigeon: a radical animal reader no 2 is now available.

Featuring an international group of writers and artists engaging in the subject of “Animals on Screen”: “animal” here is always taken broadly, expressively, and bodily. From screen representations of nature in horror film, to post internet media collages, cultural and racial expectations, and more, #pigeonradical features poetry, short story, theory and more. Hand bound with screenprinted cover and limited edition poster by Jillian G. Gomez; interior text and graphics risograph printed by @clownkissespress of Richmond, VA

Thank you to all the contributors @vasiabakogianni @angelocolavita #timothyfurstnau @cicamuseum @soozgonzalez edited / illustrated by Norberto Gomez, Jr. #print#printmaking #book #bookarts

About: Pigeon is "being animal." It is a creative and experimental approach to studies/theories Re: #veganism #poshumanism #animalstudies #queerstudies #fashion #aesthetics #feminism and much more. Short stories, poetry, text art, academic and speculative fiction by a diverse group of artists and writers.

No 2: Edited, illustrated and page layout by Norberto Gomez Jr. in Baltimore Maryland, 2019-20. Screenprinted cover and handbound by Jillian Gayle Gomez in San Marcos/San Antonio Texas, 2020. Risograph printing by Clown Kisses Press in Richmond, Virginia, 2020. Typefaces include: Gill Sans, Baskerville, and Helvetica. Sales support animal rights / welfare orgs.

Purchase here: http://www.sybilpress.org/bookstore/pigeon2

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: PIGEON NO 3: THEME: “Spirit Animals” ABSTRACT DEADLINE JAN. 1st 2021

Pigeon is a radical animal reader published by Sybil Press. We seek new, experimental, creative essays, text art, word games, and other literary works for issue 3 on the subject of “spirit animals.”

We understand animal in the larger sense, from the human and non-human animal to the monarch butterfly and invisible microscopic worlds. We are open to speculation on cosmic life and artificial intelligence and philosophical, psychological or political animals. In terms of spiritualism: we seek a hybrid discourse surrounding animal beings and being animal in ritualized, mystical, mythic and religious forms and spaces which can be interwoven with representation and/or exploitation and/or empowerment of otherness, gender, identity, and the natural or unnatural environment.

In the spirit of “no gods; no masters,” contrarian paradigms and interdisciplinary critiques are desirable.

Please e-mail a 300 word abstract as a PDF with contact information to pigeon@sybilpress.org by January 1st, 2021. Subject line: animal 3 abstract.

Half of all sales of Pigeon will be donated to animal welfare/rights/liberation organizations, with the remaining half used to cover costs and the making of subsequent issues.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: PIGEON A RADICAL ANIMAL READER NO2

Call for submissions, Issue No. 2, 2019 #pigeonradical

Theme “Animals on the Screen”

Pigeon is a new radical animal reader published by @sybilpress . We seek new experimental, creative essays and literary works for issue 2 on the subject of “animals on the screen.” We understand animal in the larger sense, from the human and non-human animal to the monarch butterfly, and we are open to speculation on cosmic life and artificial intelligence. In terms of screens: we seek a hybrid discourse surrounding #animal beings and being animal in the networked age from #television, #film, the #postinternet, holograms and virtual reality to other forms of representation and exploitation of otherness, gender, identity, and the environment, for example.

In the spirit of “no gods; no masters,” contrarian paradigms and interdisciplinary critiques are desirable.

Please e-mail a 300 word abstract as a PDF with contact information to pigeon@sybilpress.org by January 1st, 2019. Subject line: animal2 abstract.

Half of all sales of Pigeon will be donated to #animalwelfare/rights/liberation organizations, with the remaining half used to cover costs and the making of subsequent issues. #posthuman #vegan