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Submission Guidelines

Submissions CLOSED.

***Do not share/modify/reuse any work on Three Panels Press without crediting the artists/contributors.

Image by Geordanna Cordero

Definitions

Ekphrastic: the use of detailed description of a work of visual art as a literary device; An ekphrastic poem is a vivid description of a scene or, more commonly, a work of art. Through the imaginative act of narrating and reflecting on the “action” of a painting or sculpture, the poet may amplify and expand its meaning.

How many pieces can I submit?

poetry: up to 5

 

prose: up to 3. word count of 1000 words per piece.

 

photography: up to 10

 

artwork: up to 10

Image by Birmingham Museums Trust
Image by Chris Czermak
Image by Birmingham Museums Trust

Where/How to submit

please email your work to threepanelspress@gmail.com with the subject line

"3PP Issue 03".

please include in the body of the email:

  • your full name & email address.

  • a brief description of your work.

  • how your piece is relevant to the theme.

 

we accept writing in docx. & pdf. photography/art jpeg.

for written work, please start each piece on a new page.

Guidelines/Rights

No work previously published in a professional capacity will not be accepted. Work that you posted on social media or personal blogs, etc. are fine.

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We accept simultaneous submissions but let us know if your piece is accepted elsewhere.

 

We strongly encourage women, BIPOC, LGBT+ entries.

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We are not able to provide payment at this time, but we hope to be able to in the future.

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Rights: by submitting to us, if accepted, you grant us first electronic rights and non-exclusive archival rights. all submissions remain the intellectual property of the artist. Rights revert back to the author upon publication.

Image by Birmingham Museums Trust
Image by Europeana

What we are looking for

Don’t be afraid to interpret the theme in your own way. Paint a picture for us. Make us feel. Make it artsy. Make it vivid. Make it your own.

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Issue 03 has a lot to do with contrast and the esoteric. Compare two things. Give us moody and mysterious. Give us two things that seem similar but are deeply different. What things come from the darkness and into the light? Or vice versa?

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You can take it from the angle of “we'd never understand light if we didn't know darkness,” or go another route. In the words of Johanan, “the moon itself has no light. It merely reflects the light around it. And yet it creates contrast with the darkness.”

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Prompts (not required but for inspiration)

  • By the light of the moon

  • Out of the darkness and into the light/out of the light and into the darkness

  • We were like day and night

  • Starry Night

  • Read “Conversation Among the Ruins” by Sylvia Plath and create something in that style

  • Secrets of the moon

  • two witches/dos brujas

  • Dark/light magic

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Ekphrastic for issue 03

We have two images for you to choose from this time, Starry Night by Van Gogh or Two old ones eating soup/Dos Brujas by Francisco Goya.

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In creating this image of the night sky—dominated by the bright moon at right and Venus at center left—van Gogh heralded modern painting’s new embrace of mood, expression, symbol, and sentiment. Inspired by the view from his window at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum in Saint-Rémy, in southern France, where the artist spent twelve months in 1889–90 seeking reprieve from his mental illnesses, The Starry Night (made in mid-June) is both an exercise in observation and a clear departure from it. Read more: https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79802.

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The artwork depicts a haunting scene with two elderly figures engaged in the act of eating soup. This piece is steeped in dark, earthy tones that contribute to a somber and unsettling mood. The subjects are portrayed with exaggerated, almost grotesque features, their eyes appearing hollow and their expressions conveying a sense of gnawing hunger or desperation. The left figure, ostensibly female, leans over a bowl with a spoon mid-motion, her eyes fixed on the viewer with a penetrating gaze. The figure to the right, shrouded in shadow, presents as a skull-like visage, enhancing the overall grim atmosphere of the scene. Together, the figures and the dark tone of the painting evoke themes of decay, old age, and perhaps the primal nature of human existence. The heavy use of shadow and the rough, almost aggressive brushstrokes are indicative of Goya’s later works, where his disillusionment with society and preoccupation with mortality are palpable. Read more: https://www.artchive.com/artwork/two-old-ones-eating-soup-the-witchy-brew-francisco-goya-1819-1823/.

Timeline

  • Submissions open December 13

  • Submissions close January 13

  • Contributors announced January 18

  • Cover reveal January 23

  • Issue Released January 31

  • Issue 03 Launch Event TBD

Image by adrianna geo
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