London Calling! Our Next Special Issue

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Our first special issue was such a success (and we will be doing another Queer Issue in 2011) that we thought we do a special issue featuring writing from or about the United Kingdom. This issue will be edited by Kirsty Logan, PANK’s amazing Reviews Editor and will be published in June 2011. We are reading submissions for this special issue until May 15, 2011.

We are open to anything that you think we would like. If something you’ve written immediately popped into your head when you read that, please send it to us. If not, here are some suggestions:

  • Writing by people who were born, currently live in, or have previously lived in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, or Ireland (including any and all islands).
  • Writing set in the above places.
  • Writing concerned with British themes (we will let you decide what exactly British themes are).
  • Writing that questions or explores ideas of Britain in terms of home, family, heritage, geography, history, island life, patriotism, Europe, globalism, the self, etc.
  • Anything PANKishly good.
  • No London buses, no Mary Poppins accents, no haggis, no Morris dancers, no Glaswegians knifing each other. Seriously.

If you have questions, please query the guest editor, Kirsty Logan at kirsty at pankmagazine dot com. In the meantime, go here to submit, and be sure to use the Special Issue Submission category.

If you’re interested in proposing and editing a special issue, e-mail us your proposal and a potential call for submissions to awesome at pankmagazine dot com. We love your ideas!