SCHOOL SCHMOOL 2015-16:
Callout for articles and artwork (deadline: June 29)
CALLOUT FOR ARTICLES:
Hey y’all, School Schmool 2015 is looking for articles for this year’s radical organizer! School Schmool is an ad-free, corporate-free and social justice-oriented resource guide and academic agenda that seeks to introduce McGill and Concordia students to important social and environmental issues. The Organizer is a resource that aims to bring together information, tools, and contacts to allow students to engage with important issues and groups at McGill, Concordia and in Montreal more broadly, such as indigenous sovereignty, accessibility, the People’s Potato, the Filipino Solidarity Collective, etc.
The deadline for submissions will be June 29th at midnight!
This year, we have two categories: 101 articles, and more in-depth topics.
I. 101 ARTICLES
We are looking for people who are interested in writing short (250-400 word), introductory articles on the following topics:
Accessibility
Harm reduction
Diversity of tactics
Police brutality & racial profiling
Radical mental health
Herbal remedies
Intersectional feminism
DIY guides
Anarchism
Etc.
II. IN-DEPTH TOPICS
We are also looking for people to contribute to more specific and in-depth articles, possible about:
Language politics in Montreal (English and French dynamics, speaking colonial languages on native land)
The Black Lives Matter movement
Sexual assault
History of the student strikes
Food justice and race
Indigenous sovereignty
Migrant justice
Sexual health
McGill University and their contribution to colonialism, capitalism, poor mental health, etc.
Etc.
We are looking for content that is informative and interesting without being overly academic, that is fun to read, and that fits with our anti-oppressive mandate. We want to privilege the voices and words of those from marginalized communities. Furthermore, we are hoping to ensure that the groups and issues being represented in School Schmool are being written for those from within those groups, or who are experiencing those issues first hand.
Please email: school.schmool@gmail.com with the topic of the article(s) you would like to write, or if you would like to write about something that’s not included in the lists of topics, email us with an article proposal and we can talk about it! Many articles are already being solicited so we might already have someone writing on a certain topic. We also may not be able to publish every article we receive.
We welcome submissions in French!
The deadline for submissions will be June 29th at midnight!
This year, we have two categories: 101 articles, and more in-depth topics.
I. 101 ARTICLES
We are looking for people who are interested in writing short (250-400 word), introductory articles on the following topics:
Accessibility
Harm reduction
Diversity of tactics
Police brutality & racial profiling
Radical mental health
Herbal remedies
Intersectional feminism
DIY guides
Anarchism
Etc.
II. IN-DEPTH TOPICS
We are also looking for people to contribute to more specific and in-depth articles, possible about:
Language politics in Montreal (English and French dynamics, speaking colonial languages on native land)
The Black Lives Matter movement
Sexual assault
History of the student strikes
Food justice and race
Indigenous sovereignty
Migrant justice
Sexual health
McGill University and their contribution to colonialism, capitalism, poor mental health, etc.
Etc.
We are looking for content that is informative and interesting without being overly academic, that is fun to read, and that fits with our anti-oppressive mandate. We want to privilege the voices and words of those from marginalized communities. Furthermore, we are hoping to ensure that the groups and issues being represented in School Schmool are being written for those from within those groups, or who are experiencing those issues first hand.
Please email: school.schmool@gmail.com with the topic of the article(s) you would like to write, or if you would like to write about something that’s not included in the lists of topics, email us with an article proposal and we can talk about it! Many articles are already being solicited so we might already have someone writing on a certain topic. We also may not be able to publish every article we receive.
We welcome submissions in French!
The deadline for submissions will be June 29th at midnight!
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CALLOUT FOR ARTISTS:
The deadline to submit artwork is JUNE 29TH at 5 PM.
We are looking for artists for the following three categories: ONE artist for the cover, ONE artist for dividers & months, and multiple artists for the organizer.
I. THE COVER
This year we will pick one artist to design the cover. Please submit a portfolio and/or concepts to school.schmool@gmail.com by JUNE 29TH at 5 PM with the subject line “COVER SUBMISSION.”
The chosen artist will be paid for their work.
II. DIVIDERS & MONTHS
This year we’re looking for one artist to design a theme that will tie together 3 dividers and the months. Please submit a portfolio and/or concepts to school.schmool@gmail.com by JUNE 29TH at 5 PM with the subject line “DIVIDERS & MONTHS SUBMISSION.”
The chosen artist will be paid for their work.
III. THE ORGANIZER
While all contributions are welcome and will be considered for inclusion, there are a number of broad thematic categories we will be prioritizing, so please consider submitting a piece which deals in some way with one (or two!) of the following subjects or themes:
– Sex Work, Bedford v Canada, the ‘Nordic Model’
– Gentrification/class stratification in the city
– Prison, prison abolition, queer experiences in prison
– Police and racial profiling, experiences of racialized people with state violence
– Mental health, mad pride, coping with horrible bullshit
– Addiction and/or recovery
– Trans experiences
– The “Gaygeoisie”, resistance to neoliberal iterations of queerness, classism within queer scenes
– Indigenous struggle, anti-colonial solidarity, indigenous history on this land
– Migrant justice, particularly with reference to the colonial context
– Evil McGill research
– Québec language politics
– Anarchism
– Anti-racism
– Intersectionality
– Gender, particularly with regard to pronouns
– Solidarity vs. Charity
CALLOUT FOR ARTISTS:
The deadline to submit artwork is JUNE 29TH at 5 PM.
We are looking for artists for the following three categories: ONE artist for the cover, ONE artist for dividers & months, and multiple artists for the organizer.
I. THE COVER
This year we will pick one artist to design the cover. Please submit a portfolio and/or concepts to school.schmool@gmail.com by JUNE 29TH at 5 PM with the subject line “COVER SUBMISSION.”
The chosen artist will be paid for their work.
II. DIVIDERS & MONTHS
This year we’re looking for one artist to design a theme that will tie together 3 dividers and the months. Please submit a portfolio and/or concepts to school.schmool@gmail.com by JUNE 29TH at 5 PM with the subject line “DIVIDERS & MONTHS SUBMISSION.”
The chosen artist will be paid for their work.
III. THE ORGANIZER
While all contributions are welcome and will be considered for inclusion, there are a number of broad thematic categories we will be prioritizing, so please consider submitting a piece which deals in some way with one (or two!) of the following subjects or themes:
– Sex Work, Bedford v Canada, the ‘Nordic Model’
– Gentrification/class stratification in the city
– Prison, prison abolition, queer experiences in prison
– Police and racial profiling, experiences of racialized people with state violence
– Mental health, mad pride, coping with horrible bullshit
– Addiction and/or recovery
– Trans experiences
– The “Gaygeoisie”, resistance to neoliberal iterations of queerness, classism within queer scenes
– Indigenous struggle, anti-colonial solidarity, indigenous history on this land
– Migrant justice, particularly with reference to the colonial context
– Evil McGill research
– Québec language politics
– Anarchism
– Anti-racism
– Intersectionality
– Gender, particularly with regard to pronouns
– Solidarity vs. Charity
We welcome any style or format, including short comics, as long as it is of a size suitable to be an accompanying piece on a relatively small page. Bear in mind that if the work you submit is in colour, we will have to desaturate it for the publication (it will be in black and white). You can submit a scanned version or a hard copy which we will scan for you. Please let us know if you are interested in doing a piece dealing with any of these topics, or if you have a great idea for a different theme you’d like to deal with.
Please contact school.schmool@gmail.com to get in touch with us. The deadline to submit artwork is JUNE 29TH at 5 PM. All submissions should have “ART SUBMISSION” in the headline.