Focussed on creative practice as a means to attune to our ecology, Ambient Receiver (AR) welcomes submissions of poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction/lyric essay, visual art and sound works that explore the dynamic and complex entanglement of human and more-than-human worlds. We look to receive writing that considers humankind’s shifting relationship with ‘nature’ and the non-human; relationships that either limit or enhance our engagement with ecological and civilisational crises. It is likely that successful submissions will creatively challenge human exceptionalism, and or suggest new ways of being in the world—be that directly or indirectly. 

Ambient Receiver aims to showcase creative practitioners who, in various ways, mediate and/or reach toward to the non-human. Experimental work is welcomed. We are open to submissions of field-recording, audio-cartography, spoken word, ambient and drone that have a relationship to the biosphere.

Ambient Receiver is supported by a VC PhD Scholarship 'Writing with the More-than-Human', Creative Writing and Continental Philosophy, School of Humanities, Faculty of Creative Arts and Humanities,  Liverpool Hope University.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

[Please read the about section/read the journal to familiarise yourself with the kind of work that the journal is looking for]

SOUND: Please send 1 recording, saved as a wav or mp3, accompanied by a brief description of the work’s relationship to the bio-sphere. We welcome any work that falls generally into the categories of ambient, neo-classical, deep listening, musique concrète, sound poetry, audio-cartography and field recording.

POETRY: No more than 3 poems, saved as a single word document. There is no line limit in operation, and we are pleased to receive long poems. Please only submit one long poem if it exceeds 5 pages [no book-length poems, please]. Poems must be unpublished online or in print. If you would like your poem to also be considered for the contributor mixtape, please attach a recording with you submission (saved as a wav or mp3).

SHORT STORY: Work should be up to 4,500 words [there is no lower limit] and saved as a word document. Stories must be unpublished online or in print. No Novel extracts please.

NON FICTION: Work should be up to 4500 words [there is no lower limit] and saved as a word document. Work must be unpublished online or in print. We are looking for creative non-fiction/lyirc essay/hybrid work. No purely academic essays, please.

VISUAL ART: Previously unpublished (previously exhibited is fine) works in all media welcome. Please send no more than three images or one video. Where possible, please take photos in natural light on a neutral background. Save files by title. For large files, dropbox links are preferred. Images should no less than 300dpi, Jpeg or PNG. In the body of your email, please list: dimensions, medium, date when work produced, title; along with some background on the work illustrating how it relates to the concerns of the journal.

GENERAL: Submissions should be saved as follows [Name. Category. Title.] as a word document, preferably in 12pt garamond or similar. Please title your email [Submission. Category]. Please take a minute to introduce yourself (say hi) in the body of your email, giving a brief third-person bio as well as any social links.

If your work has an unconventional layout that you would like us to preserve, please attach a pdf as well as the word doc.

You are welcome to submit work in more than one category, but please don’t inundate us! 

We are happy to consider simultaneous submissions. Please let us know if work you have submitted has been accepted for publication elsewhere asap. 

We are committed to redressing imbalances of representation, inclusivity, and diversity, both within the pages of our journal and in the wider cultural landscape. 

Submissions are welcomed from creatives at any stage of their career. We strongly encourage submissions from underrepresented writers.

Please note! We’re experiencing some trouble receiving/replying to yahoo email addresses. If you can, please make contact from a different account.

We aim to respond to submissions within two months of the submission closing date. 

We are unable to offer feedback on unsuccessful submissions, but we will be in touch to let you know our decision.

We are currently unable to pay contributors, but are looking into ways of doing so in the future.

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Email: submissions@ambientreceiver.org