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THE PHOTOSTATIC RETROFUTURIST
is seeking submissions.
Deadline for the first issue: April 10, 1997.
Deadlines for future issues: Every January 10,
April 10, July 10, and October 10.
Publication dates: The first of each February,
May, August and November. |
WHAT WE WANT
We want your artwork and writing, the
best products of your critical faculties, the evidence of your willingness
to connect with others and strive for the "community" part of
"communication." How do intelligence and wit find their natural
expression in the unprecedented human condition in which we live? Etc.?
This incomplete picture of what we want will be filled in somewhat in Background Information.
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levels of accomplishment. We care much less about resumes and show records
than we do about how your contribution resonates with our sensibility. Students,
amateurs, and non-artists, as well as professionals, are encouraged to submit
work. The emphasis will be on graphics (designs,
photographs, collages, etc.) and essays (theoretical, personal, humorous,
etc.). The publication's printed manifestation will be black and white,
600 dpi (Machine: a PostScript- capable Xerox DocuTech 135). |
Content is a very important consideration in our selection
process. The merely beautiful will occasionally do, but only if it transcends
itself in some way (we will know it when we see it). More likely of interest
to us are works that exhibit a cultural vibration, make an observation,
critique a point, observe a certain tendency, or ring with some sense of
immediacy and relevance. Again, we will know it when we see it. E-mail is
my preferred method of correspondence, but neither p-mail
nor telephone will be shunned by any means. |
SUBMIT
We will accept submissions on paper, i.e.,
collages, photographs, paste-ups, manuscripts, or other hard copy. We
will not return any unsolicited materials submitted unless you send along
a self-addressed sufficiently stamped return mailer.
We will accept electronic submissions,
as stipulated below.
Graphics and Texts: Page size: 6.75 x 8.5 inches
(172 x 216mm). Black and white only until further notice. Keep in mind
that your graphic will be reproduced at 600 dpi (anywhere from 60 - 83
lpi halftones for grayscale).
Computer file formats (Macintosh): FreeHand, Illustrator,
Photoshop, PageMaker, QuarkXPress, Extreme 3D, xRes, tiff, gif, jpeg, EPS,
PostScript, and any file formats supported by the above. Text formats:
any popular word processor format. PC files are also accepted in the above
listed formats. Send on floppy, Zip, CD-rom, e-mail attachment or other.
TECHNICAL DATA
The following technical data is provided solely
for those for whom it will be useful for those who are planning submissions
to The Photostatic Retrofuturist with a mind toward achieving the
best results possible. It is not intended as an endorsement for any particular
product or computer platform.
We recommend sending images in TIFF or EPS format
on media formatted for Macintosh or PC. We recommend sending texts in WriteNow,
RTF, or Microsoft Word formats. E-mail attachments can be sent to psrf@inav.net.
We use a Macintosh running System 7.5.5. We use
the following applications: Eudora Pro 3.0, Extreme 3D, Fontographer 4.1.5,
FreeHand 7.0, HyperCard 2.2, Illustrator 6.0, Macromedia xRes 3, Netscape
Navigator 3.0, PageMaker 6.0, PageMill 2.0, Photoshop 3.0, QuarkXPress 3.31,
WriteNow 4.0. We use the following storage or input devices: Zip drive,
SyQuest 270 |
MB (supports 105 MB cartridges), CD-ROM, 600 d.p.i.
grayscale scanner, and of course, good-old 3.5-inch floppy disks. The Macintosh
we use can read from PC-formatted media.
We use PageMaker, which can open the following
text and image formats: GIF, JPEG, TIFF, EPS, CGM, ClarisWorks 1.0-3.0,
DCA, Excel 3.0-5.0, MacWrite II, MacWrite Pro, Metafile, MS Word 3.0-6.0.
MS Works 2.0-3.0, PC Paintbrush, Photo CD, RTF, Tagged Text, Text-only,
WordPerfect Mac and PC, WriteNow 2.0-4.0, XyWrite 3 and probably others.
We use Photoshop, which can open the following image
formats: Amiga IFF, BMP, GIF, EPS, Filmstrip, JPEG, MacPaint, PCX, PICT
File, PICT Resource, Pixar, PixelPaint, Scitex CT, Targa, TIFF, and possibly
others.
If you are not sure how to send your submission,
please contact us. We would be happy to help you with technical matters. |
CONTACT
US
You may contact us at: ll@detritus.net or ll@detritus.net .
or (SASE requested): Static
Output / P.O. Box 8832 / Iowa
City IA 52240-8832 / USA
or telephone or fax: 319 358 1053
Correspondence and contact of any kind
is welcome and encouraged.
SUBSCRIBE
For those of you who might be interested in acquiring
copies of The Photostatic Retrofuturist, here's how:
- Single copy price is $4 postage paid to any US
address.
- Subscriptions are $12 for one year/4 issues to
any US address.
- Foreign (Any major western currency accepted
if you send cash. If cash is carefully concealed in a thick envelope, this
is generally low-risk; however, the risk is all yours.) --
- $5 for single issues, postage paid.
- $20 for 1 year/4 issue subscriptions.
Send check, money order (US funds), or currency
(at your risk) to --
Static Output / P.O. Box 8832 / Iowa City IA 52240-8832 / USA
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