Call for Papers

The next issue is entitled 'Europe'.

We invite contributions in the form of essays, interviews, commentaries, reviews and poetry. Wide ranging interpretations of the theme are encouraged. We also welcome work on different themes for our 'Varia' section.

Submissions should be received no later than 7th April 2012 to be considered for inclusion in the issue at launch. Later submissions may be considered for additional updates to the issue. See our notes for contributors for further information.

We will also be adding more pieces to the Winter 2012 issue until mid March 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 compatible) format, with double spacing and one inch margins on all sides. Accompanying images, where relevant, should be submitted as JPEG files (or GIF files if appropriate) and can be accompanied by a short explanatory text in the submission or e-mail. Contributors should also include a short 'bio' of personal information (to 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.

In terms of the acceptable length of written work, typically anything between 1,500 and 10,000 words is suitable, with 20,000 words being the absolute upper limit (submissions of over 10,000 words may be divided into two parts). Images will generally be published at sizes between 400-600 pixels in width to fit page constraints.

Footnotes should all be placed at the end of articles and authors are encouraged to use them only where necessary. References to online publications can be included as hyperlinks in Word and will be linked from within the main text, as seen in this essay. When footnotes are used, the style should be 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 completely 'money free' publication, except for website running costs, paid for by its editors. We are therefore not able to offer financial remuneration to contributors.