Call for Papers

The next issue will be an open issue, in which we welcome submissions on a variety of subjects.

We invite contributions in the form of essays, interviews, commentaries, reviews, poetry and photography.

Submissions should be received no later than 7th October 2010 to be considered for inclusion in the issue at launch. See our notes for contributors for further information.

We will also be adding more pieces to the Summer 2010 issue until mid September and submissions to this are therefore still welcome.

Notes for Contributors

SoN wishes to attract differing opinions and arguments in its submissions. However, our mission statement outlines our political position and material published will reflect this to at least some extent.

All submissions should be sent by email attachment to nonfiction@stateofnature.org or fiction@stateofnature.org with the word 'Submission' in the subject line.

Written work should be provided in Microsoft Word (or similar) format, with double spacing and one inch margins on all sides. Images should be submitted as JPEG files (or GIF files if appropriate) and can be accompanied by a short explanatory text in the body of the e-mail. Contributors should also include personal information (which will be published unless the writer/artist expressly desires otherwise) and full contact details. Successful contributors will be informed by email at least one week prior to publication.

There are no preconceived limits as to the length of written work, but typically, between 2,000 and 10,000 words would be suitable. Image size should generally not exceed 650 pixels in width and images may be altered in size to fit page constraints.

Footnotes should all be placed at the end of articles and authors are encouraged to use them only where necessary. The style of footnotes used is as follows:

1. Tariq Ali, The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity, 2nd ed. (London: Verso, 2003), 86.

2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract and Discourses, trans. G. D. H. Cole, 3rd ed. (London: Everyman, 1993), 149-155.

3. Paul Valadier, 'Dionysus Versus the Crucified', in David B. Allison, ed., The New Nietzsche (New York: Dell Pub. Co., 1977; Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1985), 247.

4. Ahmed Shakwi, 'Turning Point for U. S. Imperialism', International Socialist Review, November/December 2002.

All work received remains the property of its creator and may not be reproduced outside of this website without the owner's permission.

SoN aims to include pieces of work that have either not been previously published, or that have only had a limited circulation. Such pieces will generally receive priority over more widely published work.

This journal is a non-profit publication financed entirely by its editors. We are therefore not able to offer financial remuneration to contributors.