Call for Articles by Creative Industry Experts
Attn: Gallery owners, publishers, grant-writers, arts-funding organizations, agents,
journalists, established artists and writers, museum staff and others working in the arts
Essay—Mental Contagion—Online arts and literature journal has opened a call for
submissions from experts working in arts and literary industries. Accepted articles will be
featured online for 2 months, as part of a ‘how-to’ guide in Mental Contagion’s new
feature Creative’s Field Guide, accessible via archive thereafter. The purpose of the
feature is to assist artists and writers in achieving goals through understanding
successful strategies and common mistakes for the following:
• Submission of artwork or manuscripts
• Submission of supporting materials (biographies, statements, etc…)
• Portfolio presentation
• Conceptual style or creative approach
• Grant writing
• Communication
• Other suggestions welcome (you’re the expert)
Benefits:
• Be a guiding voice in the community by helping artists and writers succeed
• Raise your personal or organization public profile and image
• Build public relations assets
• Develop content for press releases highlighting community involvement
• Build bibliography material for your resume or biography
Details:
• 400-800 words
• Unpaid
• Accepted articles must be previously unpublished
• In the event that a print edition of Creative’s Field Guide is developed for publication,
authors will be contacted regarding terms specific to the print format and permission for
inclusion.
Send writing sample (if available, but not required) in a Word document and list 2-3
article topic ideas in the body of the email; submit to director, Karen Kopacz, at
kkopacz@mentalcontagion.com. Write “Field Guide submission” in the subject line of the
email.
Mental Contagion's mission is to publish compelling work by unknown and established
artists and writers to an international community of artists, writers and enthusiasts. The
magazine explores content and processes through interview, essay and biography.
Mental Contagion is an arts and literature Internet magazine published on a bimonthly
basis, 6 times per year.
To learn more about Mental Contagion, visit our Web site at:
www.MentalContagion.com.
Mental Contagion's mission is to publish compelling work by unknown and established
artists and writers to an international community of artists, writers and enthusiasts. The
magazine explores content and processes through interview, essay and biography.
Mental Contagion is an arts and literature Internet magazine published on a bimonthly
basis, 6 times per year.