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Calling all creatives!

Show us what you’ve been working on by submitting your original and unpublished art and writing to Genre: Urban Arts’ various publications.

Don’t miss your chance to be a part of this dynamic celebration of creativity and add to your publishing credits.

Print Submission Requirements Genre: Urban Arts

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Topic: Open to all themes and subjects.

First Publication Rights Requirement: All submitted work must be ORIGINAL and UNPUBLISHED. Read more in additional considerations below.

CATEGORIES:

Music Review

  • Include 2-3 images (file size no greater than 64MB).

  • Reviews should be 1000 words or fewer.


Nonfiction, Critical Writing, Fiction or Creative Nonfiction

  • Limit your submission to 1000 words or fewer.


Poetry

  • Submit 2-4 poems, each with 50 lines or fewer.


Art (Visual Arts)

  • The "Art Envisioned" category welcomes submissions from visual artists. Please send photographs of your original artwork.

  • Include title, medium, and 1-3 images (file size no greater than 64MB).

  • Include a brief artist statement.

Photography

  • Include title, medium, and 5-7 images (file size no greater than 64MB).

  • Include a brief artist statement.


Fashion Editorials

  • Include 4-6 high-resolution images (file size no greater than 64MB).

  • Provide a brief description of the editorial theme or concept.


Additional Considerations:

  1. Formatting: Use a standard font and size (e.g., Times New Roman, 12 pt) and include your name, email address, and title on the first page of your submission.

  2. Multiple Submissions: Limit yourself to one submission per category.

  3. Simultaneous Submissions: We do not accept simultaneous submissions.

  4. File Types: Submit each item as an individual file. Acceptable file formats are PDF, DOC, DOCX, JPEG, and PNG.

  5. There is no monetary exchange for published submission.

  6. First Publication Rights Requirement:By submitting your work to Genre: Urban Arts, you agree to grant us the First Publication Rights upon acceptance of your submission. This means that if your work is selected for publication, we reserve the exclusive right to be the first platform to publish and showcase your work. After the initial publication in Genre: Urban Arts, the copyright reverts back to you, the author or creator, and you are free to republish your work elsewhere. However, we kindly request that you acknowledge Genre: Urban Arts as the original publisher in any subsequent publications. This requirement helps us maintain the freshness and uniqueness of our content, ensuring that our audience has access to original and previously unpublished works. By granting us the First Publication Rights, you contribute to our mission of promoting and celebrating urban arts and culture.

Please remember to follow all guidelines and requirements to ensure a smooth submission process. We look forward to reviewing your work! ***SUBMIT EACH ITEM AS AN INDIVIDUAL FILE***

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Our Publications

Genre: Urban Arts Signature Print

Our vision for this print is minimalistic to focus on the art and writing by our contributors. All works should meditate on existence in urbanity.Our goal is to capture the experiences of the city and the diverse perspectives, socioeconomics, languages, colors, religions…to capture all of who urbanity encapsulates.




Femme Literati: Mixtape

Femme is a space for women of the African Diasporic writers and artist to be exactly who they are without the limitations society would love to place on us. Be as colorful, as loud, as happy, as hurt, as bold as you want. Phenomenally.




House

House is our Queer People of Color (POC) anthology. Our goal with this print is to take a safe space for black and brown queer creatives.



Prose + Script

Prose + Script is our anthology of prose pieces and scripts written by writers of color and other marginalized groups. The goal of this publication is to give further voice to groups that have historically not been fully recognized in creative spaces and to serve as a platform for those voices to roar.


BLACKOUT

Black artists and writers submit to our open call for art + writing from and centered upon the Black experience. This anthology is a collaboration between Genre: Urban Arts and 5 Points Art Gallery + Studios, both Black women owned organizations coming together in friendship, sisterhood, and business to curate and drop an arts anthology entitled BLACKOUT.


We are also developing other opportunities for our contributors. To review opps check us out by clicking the button below.

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