Upcoming Themes

Each of Terrain.org's issues is based on a predominant theme that relates to the built and natural environments. Contributions are oriented toward that theme, though the connection does not have to be obvious. We encourage interested authors and artists to consider submitting new material specifically for the themes, and material that has already been developed that fits into the themes.  For more information on submitting, view our Submission Guidelines or visit the Submission Manager.

Our next three issue themes are:

• Issue No. 29 : Migration
• Issue No. 30 : Ruin and Renewal - Contest Issue
• Issue No. 31 : Craft
   

Issue No. 29 : Migration
Spring/Summer 2012

Migration is all the rage these days — immigration, emigration, annual and seasonal migration — but that's been human and animal nature since the beginning. So why are people up in arms? On a more basic scale, what does migration tell us about species adaptability, ours and others? How does migration impact place and how does place impact migration? This issue of Terrain.org presents columns, poetry, essays, fiction, articles, reviews, an interview, the ARTerrain gallery, the UnSprawl case study, "To Know a Place," and more to travel the paths, roadways, flyways, streams, jetstreams, channels, currents, and tunnels of those going there and back to fulfill the deep and holy need that is migration.

Submissions due by February 1, 2012. Issue launches in April 1, 2012. [submit online now]

Issue No. 30 : Ruin and Renewal
Fall/Winter 2012 : 3rd Annual Contests in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry

We live in an age of increasing environmental change — whether global climate change or loss of biodiversity or the absorption of toxins at every stage of the life cycle. Some would claim, in fact, that we live in the age of ruin. But in catastrophe there is often renewal. How do we rebuild after natural disasters, or should we? What factors are at play in recovery, of culture and place? How can we foster a sustainable future given the changes anticipated and unforeseen that face us? Through columns, poetry, essays, fiction, articles, reviews, an interview, the ARTerrain gallery, the UnSprawl case study, "To Know a Place," and more, this issue of Terrain.org sifts through the predictions and data, the numbers and nomenclature, and the incalculable forces around us to call out, if not call forth, our ruin and renewal.

Submissions due by — and third annual Terrain.org contest entry deadline on — August 1, 2012. Issue launches in October 1, 2012. [submit online now]

Issue No. 31 : Craft
Spring/Summer 2013

It seems that the built places we value most are rich in craft, whether handmade or embued with art or otherwise created with unique and exemplary skill. What are the crafts that create our best places, and what places work to enhance our craft? How does nature hone our crafts, and how do our placemaking skills hone nature — or do they? What tools can we use in our efforts to craft a more sustainable world? This issue of Terrain.org presents columns, poetry, essays, fiction, articles, reviews, an interview, the ARTerrain gallery, the UnSprawl case study, "To Know a Place," and more to weave together an interactive examination of the places, tools, and discourses we strive, generation after generation, to craft.

Submissions due by February 1, 2013. Issue launches in April 1, 2013. [submit online now]

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