We’re looking for essays, poetry, lyrics, and and photographs of original visual/performance/installation art by young women and men no older than 25 at the time of writing.

Submissions to our edited book may be creative non-fiction, personal essays; poetry; and all types of artwork. The only rule is that the work has to be yours. Your work has to be previously unpublished and not under consideration by another publication or media source.

Work submitted should demonstrate an attempt to examine how you see and experience whiteness in your life, and/or culture, community, city, town, nation. Some ideas you might consider in generating your piece: 

1. Discuss or show a time when whiteness kept you silent or made you holla back at the world!?
   

1. Show or tell us how whiteness has marked you in some way. 
   

1. Identify a time when you remember being taught (in spoken or unspoken ways) cultural values and social norms that you would consider a part of whiteness. Allow us to see what happened and why you think you were being taught these norms and values? Who and what continue to teach you the practices of whiteness?
   

1. Describe a time when you witnessed someone close to you benefiting from whiteness and what those benefits looked like and felt like in your life? What did they mean in the larger context of your life?
   

1. What is the cost of whiteness to you? What are its limitations?
   

1. What do you love about the cultural values and social norms of whiteness and what is difficult about those values and norms for you?
   

1. Describe a time when you complied with the norms and values of whiteness, how you felt about doing so, and why you conformed? 
   

1. What does whiteness sound like to you; what does it feel like, look like, or smell like?
   

1. If you could change whiteness, how would you alter it and why?
   

1. If whiteness could talk, what would it say?
   

1. In 100 years, what will whiteness be if anything?
   

If you need help thinking about what to write, create, and/or you want to discuss and get help refining your ideas before you make a formal submission, EMAIL LISA. Make sure to check out the “Submission Guidelines” below. We can't review or publish your work (if accepted), if they aren't followed.

We look forward to seeing your work!

Bill Ayers, University of Illinois at Chicago

Lisa Arrastía, University of Minnesota (arras004@umn.edu)

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

(NOTE: You might have to photograph and/or scan any art)

1. Your full name, telephone no., permanent email, and permanent mailing address so that we can contact you.
   

1. A 200-word maximum “author statement/bio” telling us your age at the time of writing; describing who you are; where you grew up; what school you’re attending or attended, if any; why you produced this work; and, what you feel is the important purpose of the work.
   

1. All writing submitted must be proofed and typed and can be 4,000 words maximum, double-spaced, Times/Garamond/Times New Roman/Palatino 12- point font. 
   

1. Any artwork must be scanned at the best resolution possible and emailed as a JPEG image attachment.
   

1. If you’re over 18, a consent form (attached) signed by you. If you’re not 18, a consent form signed by your legal guardian. We can’t publish your work without this form and note that the publisher may ask you to sign an additional form. Sign it by hand; do not type your name.
   

For questions contact LISA ARRASTÍA.

Email all submissions as attachments to LISA at arras004@umn.edu.

We’ll notify you of our decision as soon as we can. Note that all submissions not accepted for the book will be included on a web site, which will accompany the publication of the book.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS EXTENDED: MONDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2009