Month: July 2020

Statements

Best of the Net 2020 Nominations

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We are thrilled to announce our nominations for the Best of the Net 2020 anthology. We have been lucky to publish a lot of exemplary work this year, but these pieces really stood out to us for their talent, power, intention and control. Congratulations to these wonderful poets and writers. We wish them the best in being selected for this anthology.

Poetry:

Fiction:

Creative Nonfiction:

team announcements

Call for Editor

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Call for Editor

We are looking for a new addition to our team: someone who has editorial experience, is comfortable weighing in on submissions, and can provide constructive feedback to our contributors.

How to apply

Write to us at angstfzine@gmail.com.

  • We do not believe that you need an MA, MFA or any other degree to be a good writer and editor. So we don’t need your CV. But we would love to get to know you in the application. What themes, formats and genres do you dabble in? What excites you about writing?
  • Let us know if you have any experience working with literary magazines or with editing in general.
  • What are your feminism values and how does ang(st) fit into them? What is your vision for ang(st)?
  • Tell us why you’d be a good fit for our team.

This is a voluntary position. We will prioritize editors from LGBTQ, BIPOC, disabled, and other marginalized communities.

Applications open until 25th July, 2020.

calls for submissions

Call for submissions: Issue 4

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Call for submissions: Issue 4

Our next issue focuses on the theme of HAIR.

Everyone has an opinion on hair: family, lovers, partners, friends, religion, culture, society. It has been a tool of oppression, a form of control, or an impossible beauty ideal that excludes most of the population. It has also become an extension of our identities— a form of protest, of self-expression, of finding our communities.

Tell us your hair stories: the color, the texture, the choices you make, how you feel about your hair. Has it always been in control? Have others’ opinions influenced how you wear it? What does your culture say about your hair? What’s a good or bad hair day for you? What makes you feel desirable? What makes you self-conscious?

We want fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art that intersect with broader issues or specific moments. Show us your stunning up-dos, your hair revelations, your hairy leg and sweaty armpit stories. Show us your fresh-haircut confidence and your bad hair hide-under-the-covers days.

Submit a single piece of your work to angstfzine@gmail.com. Add a short bio (<50 words) with your pronouns and social media handles. Don’t forget to mention the theme “HAIR” in the subject of your email. We welcome experimental and hybrid forms. Please read our general guidelines here before submitting.

Submissions will be open until 10th September.

Issue 4 will be out on 1st October, 2020.