Call for Submissions: 4th Edition of ‘The Lost Stories’ by NLUJAA, Assam: Submit by 25th March 2024, 11:59 PM.
The Literary & Debating Committee of NLUJAA is making a call for submissions for the “4th edition of its annual literary magazine ‘The Lost Stories’.”
Call for Submissions
This edition of Lost Stories is accepting all formats of unpublished and original entries, be it written arts like poetry, prose, articles (opinion pieces, essays, book reviews, film reviews, etc.), visual and fine arts (photography, paintings, comedy sketches, digital art, etc.), travelogues and any piece of self-expression and creativity.
Theme
The submissions need not be restricted to any theme. We publish entries related to both, one’s lifestyle, and the ones related to general issues aimed towards sensitizing the readers.
Who can Submit it?
Students, academicians, research scholars, and anyone wanting to put across their creative flare can contribute to the magazine.
Submission Guidelines
All submissions to the magazine should be original and should not be simultaneously considered by any other publication. Plagiarized submissions will be rejected.
The language of the submissions should be in English.
Citations should be in the form of hyperlinks.
Co-authorship is allowed to a maximum of two authors.
All written submissions should be in the form of a Word document (.doc or .docx format). The Submissions shall include the following:
Articles: The entries can be on any contemporary topic of your interest with a word limit of 1500-2000 words, excluding footnotes or endnotes. Longer posts might be considered depending on their quality.
Poetry: Haikus, sonnets, limericks, or the good old free verse; your poem can be of any kind or topic in the universe. While there is no such limit on words, it is preferable to have one-page entries.
Prose: Entries can include stories (fictional or non-fictional), opinion pieces, essays, travelogues, book reviews, and film reviews with a word limit of 1000-1500 words.
Visual and Fine Artwork: Entries can include painting, sketch, digital art, photographs (only acceptable in high-resolution .jpeg format), hand-drawn comics, manga strips, etc. All such submissions must be submitted in the form of high-resolution images. Images must be your original work. Basic editing, including colour enhancement, the use of filters, and cropping of the images is acceptable, provided any such editing does not affect the authenticity and/or genuineness of the submission. A submitter/ contributor must refrain from using any advanced editing techniques that create illusions, or deceptions or that manipulate the image (for example: adding or subtracting significant elements within the image).
Audio Notes/Audio Submissions: Entries must be of a maximum duration of 10 minutes. They must be free from any extraneous sounds such as plosives, mic pops, or any other hardware noise such as mouse clicks, surrounding noise, excessive mouth noise, and any other outtakes. The audio files can be sent in either of the following formats, MP3, M4A, WAV, AAC, AIFF. The consistency in the audio levels, tone, noise spacing and pronunciation shall be maintained by the contributor throughout.
Submission Deadline
The deadline for submission is March 25, 2024, 11:59 PM IST.
How to Submit?
Submissions must be uploaded at the link given at the end of the post.
Contact Information
If any contributor has any queries or would like to discuss a proposal, please email loststories@nluassam.ac.in
Vikranta Barsay (Editor-in-chief, ‘The Lost Stories’): +91 9952389400
Maahi Agarwal (Managing Editor, ‘The Lost Stories’): +91 8955707992
Ramendra Singh Sengar (Associate Editor, ‘The Lost Stories’): +91 9532353521
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