[ecrea] CfP - Riffs: Experimental Writing on Popular Music

Call for Proposals

The editorial team of /Riffs: Experimental Writing on Popular Music/ 
invite 300 word / one page of A4 (visual) proposals for the next 2018 
volume from PhD, MA, and outstanding undergraduate students, based on 
the following prompt:

*“There is nothing wrong with hating rock critics”*- Of Montreal, 2003

Your response should consider in some way journalistic and academic 
forms of writing and critiquing popular music, and the overlap between 
these two forms/forums. This volume will be guest edited by *Laura 
Snapes*, a music and culture writer based in London.

In their own ways and for different purposes, writers and musicians draw 
upon their creative, critical, and experimental qualities. Sometimes a 
song, or a phrase, will leap from the imagination, perfectly formed. At 
other times a degree of elbow grease is required. When the two worlds 
meet - as they do often through music journalism, interviews, research, 
and elsewhere - the relationship between writer and musicians can be 
fraught, or else riddled with delight, but seemingly always contains an 
underlying tension. In this issue of /Riffs/, we explore that 
relationship through various forms of experimental writing about popular 
music.

As the journal title suggests, we are interested in pieces that take an 
experimental approach to the consideration of popular music. For 
examples of pieces based on previous prompts, please visit our journal 
website-_http://riffsjournal.org_

Eight (experimental) written/visual contributions and two photo essays 
will be published in print, but we encourage audio, visual, and 
additional written contributions (from musical performances to poetry), 
to be included within the journal website.

Deadline for 300-word proposals: *5pm, Friday 17th November 2017*

Please include your name, institution, contact email, and current level 
of qualification

Full submissions (of 2,000-4,000 words/ visual content to not exceed 4 
A4 pages / or an audio/video file suitable for hosting on Word Press) 
will be invited by the 23rd November 2017 and a full contribution 
expected by the 12th of January 2018. All contributions published by 
/Riffs/ will be considered by the whole editorial panel, and edited by 
two specialist editors before publication.

Please email proposals to (info /at/ riffsjournal.org) 
<mailto:(info /at/ riffsjournal.org)>

*Please note: */Riffs/**shall be entitled to first use of the 
contribution in all the journal’s**different forms, but the author 
remains the copyright owner and can republish their contribution without 
seeking the journal’s permission. Riffs reserve the right to decline to 
publish contributions, if they are submitted after the agreed deadline 
and without the assigned editor being informed (and agreeing to) a new 
submission date.


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