Map Issue!! Call for Submissions!

Dovetail Map Issue—Call for Submissions. Due no later than April 15 to Emily

My favorite dictionary definition of "map"(and the one that I think best-suits map issue purposes) reads, "a maplike delineation, representation, or reflection of anything." As you consider your submission, think both about the many ways in which information can be conveyed through maps and charts, and about what sort of information you might like to convey.

Some ideas to trigger your creativity:
Your map/submission could fall along more traditional geographic lines—a map of your neighborhood, a floor plan of your childhood home or bedroom, the route you take to work and landmarks, sights, smells, sounds you experience along the way. Make a sound or smell map from a walk in the woods, or a map of your city's best thrift stores, places to get cookies, or bike route with the least amount of hills.

Or you could explore maps of your imagination—a depiction of an imaginary place, a home you might like to live in, an imaginary garden you'd like to grow(perhaps with fantastical plants!), or a park you might one day like to construct. You could create a time line of your life using haircuts, sneakers, or journals as markers, a map of your scars (physical or emotional!) with stories of how you got them, a representative map of your heart or brain, your facial expressions, or your backyard as it seemed to you as a child, complete with the multiple imaginative interpretations of your treehouse or swingset. Push the boundaries of what a map can be.

Aside from making your own map, you could also use maps for an art piece or inspiration for a written submission. Your map could be through words, or you could merely touch on the theme in a poem or essay.

Maps and charts tell us stories—stories of the land, of politics, of people. They help us visualize spacial relationships, how we interact with our surroundings, and our place in our world, country, wilderness, neighborhood. They show us where to go, where we've been and where we are now.

For more inspiration, check out the amazing book, You Are Here, Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination by Katharine Harmon.

I'd like to be able to accommodate for larger maps(having fold out pages, etc) in this issue, so in your entry let me know how big you would like the map to be printed.

As usual, don't forget to submit what are you reading/watching/listening, as well as a one-line bio that includes where you are now.

I cannot WAIT to see what you come up with!
E-mail if you have questions.

happy mappy,

Emily