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text guidelines below.
this is a coming of age. this is {m}aganda’s 18th year and our 21st issue .
but becoming “legal” is more than just a status granted at an arbitrary age.
it is a label used to redeem and persecute people according to the laundry list of their identity.
conceptions of what is “legal” map out the realm of the possible.
they are boundaries that direct, define, and limit the ways we think, feel, and act.
your age can criminalize you.
your tax bracket can vindicate you.
your nationality can incriminate you.
your gender can hinder success.
your marriage can be forbidden.
social commandments–both formal as laws and informal as cultural norms– are constructed in contexts that render them biased. justice is not blind after all.
legality and its fraternal twin illegality are not just children of court cases and litigation. they are our personal beliefs and standards shaped by ideology, regulated by society, internalized by each of us, and executed upon those who step outside of a fence we have built around ourselves.
legal is not a characteristic set in stone. it is fluid, changeable, and flexible. most of all, it is felt.
{m}aganda asks you to confront, criticize, and challenge unspoken assumptions and known ideas.
LEGAL
submit to {m}21 and redefine it for yourself
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS:
calling for submissions of any media, from prose to poetry to photography to artwork and music.
deadline: JANUARY 20th, 2008
literary. submit 3 hard copies by mail or file attachment by email.
visual. prints/slides by mail or email attachment (greater than 300dpi)
audio. cd by mail or mp3 by email
film. avi format, 10 min max
include your contact information:
name, email, phone, mailing address, type of piece/media used, and a brief 50 word biography.
to submit anonymously please include an asterisk (*) next to your name
send to:
m21submissions@gmail.com
[with the subject line in this format: last name, first name, name of piece, medium (poetry, prose, visual, etc)]
ex. Doe, Jane, On Legal, poem
or mail to:
maganda submissions
10 eshleman hall
university of california at berkeley
berkeley, ca 94720
submissions for {m}21 are to be published in spring 2008.
