ISSN: 2581-7094
Teesta
Review: a Journal of Poetry
Call
for submission Volume 1 Number 2
Call
for Submissions for November 2018 Issue
Teesta Review: a
Journal of Poetry seeks to promote contemporary poetry and non-fiction that
evokes the best of creative writing. Conceptualized as a unique national
resource centre for poetry Teesta Review boasts of a pan Indian outlook and
aspires to become a veritable home of creative minds of the world—to bring
people and poems together internationally and forge lasting ties with the
international writing community, thus building a worldwide audience for poetry.
Teesta Review is now
inviting poems, translations of poems (preferably accompanied by the original
text), essays/articles, interviews, book reviews (books published in 2017-18)
by established and emerging writers.
Volume 1 No. 2
Theme: Shadows
And
generations pass, as they have passed,
A
troop of shadows moving with the sun;
Thousands
of times has the old tale been told;
(Longfellow:
A Shadow)
In our journey through
space and time we cast a variety of shadows; the umbra, the penumumbra, the
antumbra. As long as there is light there will be shadows. Sometimes our shadow
is oblong beside us, sometimes overhead, sometimes it falls in between:
Between
the idea
And the reality
Between the motion
And the act
Falls the shadow
(Eliot
: Hollowmen)
The material world has
been perceived as a shadow of another world - the ideal world. Are we living
shadows acting out a destiny already dreamed of? Shadows distort our structures
of concrete universal reality. They tell a different story. In the end we shall
all cast our shadows behind us. However colourful our lives are our umbra is
always black.
Poetry that celebrates
every aspect of life, creates a parallel world with black and white words. In
her world too there are shadows falling across the pages, in between lines,
growing around words and sometimes they walk out of poetry.
This issue of Teesta
Review celebrates this shadow which is inseparable from you.
Teesta Review invites
original and unpublished poems on the theme of Shadow.
Essay /article
submission - The journal invites and articles on:
- Shadows in poetry/art /literature/nature
- Shadows cast by historical events /personalities
- Challenges and living in shadow areas of society
- Death as a metaphor of shadow
- Imagination of the underworld in classical literature
- Importance of shadows in Films/ Performing arts/Art/Photography
- Shadowgraphy, shadow puppets or ombromanie
Deadline: 15th September 2018
Teesta Review Volume 1
No 2 will be edited by Zinia Mitra.
How to Submit:
·Poetry – Poems should be free from
copyright issues. Poems should be written in English. Maximum 5, New Times
Roman, Line space 1.5, alignment left. Poems should be attached as word
document with a separate attachment in
the same mail carrying a photograph and a brief bio of the poet.
The
subject of the mail should be clearly mentioned as : “Poetry For Teesta Review : Volume 1 No.2
”. The name of the poet should be
mentioned clearly under her/ his work. Poetry submissions should be
e-mailed to
poetryteesta@gmail.com
with cc to teestajournal@gmail.com
- Essay /article submission - The journal invites and articles on:
- Shadows in poetry/art /literature/nature
- Shadows cast by historical events /personalities
- Challenges and living in shadow areas of society
- Death as a metaphor of shadow
- Imagination of the underworld in classical literature
- Importance of shadows in Films/ Performing arts/Art/Photography
- Shadowgraphy, shadow puppets or ombromanie
Articles should be
attached as word documents with separate attachment within the mail accompanying a photograph
and a brief bio of the author. The subject of the mail should be clearly
mentioned as :
“ Articles / Essays for Teesta Review : Volume
1 No.2” . The name of the author should
be mentioned clearly under her/ his work.
We suggest that
submissions be formatted with 12 pt. Times New Roman type, MLA, and be within
2000- 2500 words.
Articles should be e-mailed
to
ziniamitra@gmail.com with cc to
teestajournal@gmail.com
- Poetry Translations – Poetry translations should be accompanied by permission from poets. Poems should be attached as separate word document. A separate attachment in the same mail must carry a photograph and a brief bio of the poet and the translator. The subject of the mail should be clearly mentioned as: “ Translations for Teesta Review : Volume 1 No.2” . The name of the poet and the translator should be mentioned clearly under her/ his work.
Poetry
Translations should be e-mailed to
sumana001@gmail.com
with cc to teestajournal@gmail.com
- Art : Teesta Review invites art, sketches, paintings, photography that fulfils the theme of the issue. Art should be attached as jpej images with separate word document within the mail accompanying a photograph and a brief bio of the photographer /artist. The subject of the mail should be clearly mentioned as : “ Art/photograph for Teesta Review : Volume 1 No.2” . The name of the artist should be mentioned clearly under her/ his work/attachment. Submissions for this section should be e-mailed to
maarangburu@gmail.com with cc to
teestajournal@gmail.com
- Interviews: Interviews may be related but is not limited to the theme of the issue.
Interviews should be
attached as separate word document. A separate attachment in the same mail must
accompany a photograph and a brief bio of the interviewer and the
interviewee. The subject of the mail
should be clearly mentioned as : “
Interview for Teesta Review : Volume 1 No.2” . Submissions to this section must
be e-mailed to
mawarmarzuki01@gmail.com
with cc to teestajournal@gmail.com
- Book Reviews: Reviews of books not more than four years in publication are invited. We suggest that submissions be formatted with 12 pt. Times New Roman type, MLA , Word limit 1800-2000 words. Book reviews are to be e-mailed to pankajamkottarath@gmail.com with cc to teestajournal@gmail.com
- For general inquiries, requests and concerns, contact us at teestajournal@gmail.com
- The decision of the board is final.
- While we are generally responsive, please give us 30 days to respond to your submission(s).
- We are not a paying market at the moment.
- We ask for exclusive rights to published pieces for a period of two weeks. Republishing pieces after that period with attribution is welcome.
- Opinions and other statements expressed by contributors are theirs alone and not opinions of Teesta Review.
- Content created by any contributor is the sole responsibility of the contributor and its accuracy and completeness are not guaranteed by the editorial board of Teesta Review.
Thank you for honouring
us with your work — we’re excited to see what you have for us.
Let us flow like the
river -
-Team, TEESTA REVIEW
A Journal of Poetry
(Online)