Arteidolia is an art and literary platform founded in 2013 that features essays, reviews, critical writing, visual art, experimental work, engagements, interviews & conversations. The platform includes their literary journal swifts & slows: a quarterly of crisscrossings which features poetic collaborations; and Arteidolia Press publishing literary collections of poetry, essays, and experimental writing. For more information, see my interview with Editor Randee Silv and a link to submission guidelines below.

HOPKINSON: Tell me a little bit about Arteidolia and swifts & slows. 

SILV: Arteidolia is a platform for artists/musicians/writers to re-approach, re-consider, re-think visual/sound/word. We publish reviews, essays, critical writing & interviews and continue to look for work that leans more towards an experimental edge.  In our literary journal swifts & slows: a quarterly of crisscrossings, we feature poetic collaborations in all forms.  And recently, we’ve launched Arteidolia Press.

HOPKINSON: How/why was Arteidolia and swifts & slows originally started? 

SILV: In 2013, after working for other online & print magazines,  I wanted to see if I could generate a publication without that commercial spin, free of advertising, that would visually have a painterly texture and could spark conversation among artists & writers on terms that matter to them. Once in motion, Arteidolia found its direction. Years later, I noticed that there wasn’t a literary journal specifically for collaborative projects and thought, why not begin one myself? 

HOPKINSON: Who is your target reader audience? 

SILV: Anyone curious. 

HOPKINSON: What type of work are you looking for? 

SILV: The unexpected. Submissions that are inventive and thought provoking. A shared vibe. A palette of inquisitive and challenging voices.

HOPKINSON: What do you wish you’d see submitted, but doesn’t often come in? 

SILV: More work that pushes the gamut of possibilities.

HOPKINSON: What are some of your favorite lit mags/journals?

SILV: Otoliths, Word for/Word, Bone Bouquet, Posit, Datura and Indefinite Space, among others. 

HOPKINSON: What is your favorite part of being the editor of Arteidolia and swifts & slows?

SILV: Watching the organic process unfold while working closely with each contributor from beginning to end.  

HOPKINSON: Where can we send submissions? 

arteidolia@arteidolia.com or swifts.slows@arteidolia.com

HOPKINSON: If someone has a question, how can they contact you? 

At either of the above email addresses.

Click here to read submission guidelines.

FORMAT: Online

SUBMISSION FEE: None 

PAYMENT:  None

ISSUE FREQUENCY: Arteidolia: ongoing, swifts & slows: quarterly

AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME: Within 2 weeks

SUBMISSION METHOD: Email

SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS: Yes

FORMS: For Arteidolia: essays, reviews, interviews. For swifts & slows: poetic collaborations in all forms

DUOTROPE: https://duotrope.com/listing/33590/arteidolia and https://duotrope.com/listing/33584/swifts-slows-quarterly-crisscrossings

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