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Accepting submissions for Red Ink 16.2 (Spring 2011).

Native-Defined: Reclaiming Language & Power

Words are the symbols that communicate indigenous power, thought, life, and meaning. Power establishes itself in the word, while the mastery of language leads to empowerment. But how? Show us.

What do words and terms like "sovereignty," "self-determination," “sustainability” "indigenous knowledge” “borders” “Indian vs Native” “Tribe vs Nation” and “Indigenousness” etc.., what do words like these really mean in Indian country and to indigenous peoples everywhere? How do these terms relate to our everyday experiences? As Native peoples, we have taken these terms and complicated them with our own connotations. How are Native leaders, intellectuals, artists, and writers guided or challenged by the principles embedded in these terms? As our generation takes on greater leadership to implement strategies and solutions to benefit our people, we have to ground ourselves in terms/rhetoric/words that mean something, words solid enough to propel movement(s) and ideas forward, words that represent our core values and beliefs.

Some questions to ask yourself as you respond to this issue’s prompt:
• What words do you live your life by and why?
• What words do we need to make sure our young people know?
• What words aren’t being debated enough or looked at from an indigenous perspective?
• What do words claim?
• What is the importance of naming?
• How do words harm us?
• Who do words belong to and how do we determine if they are beneficial for our causes?
• How do words woven into our traditional stories influence the way we live our lives today?
• How do words affect our contemporary narratives about ourselves and how we see ourselves as Native people?
• How are words connected to landscape, the internalization of our environments, claiming identity, and sustaining us as a people?

Possible submissions take the form of short stories, photography, scholarly articles, poetry, drawings, paintings, non-fiction and personal essays, and any other kind of printable media.

Deadline: December 31, 2010

SUBMISSIONS

Email to redink@email.arizona.edu. Mail submissions on disk if your file size exceeds 10MB.

Submissions must include:

• Title(s)
• Author's/Artist's name
• Phone number
• Address
• Tribal affiliation (required for creative writing, artwork, and photography submissions)
• A short biography of 30 words or less (for publication) must accompany all submissions.

Emails are preferred. If you must, mail submissions to:

Red Ink
American Indian Studies Program
Harvill Bldg., Room 218
P.O. Box 210076
Tucson, AZ 85721-0076

ARTICLES & ESSAYS
Red Ink encourages submissions from all academic disciplines. All work should be original contributions that have not been previously published in other journals or publications. The following guidelines must be adhered to:

• Articles must be less than fifteen (15) typewritten pages
• 12-point Times New Roman
• Double spaced
• One inch margins on all sides

Use the MLA style for citing sources although other citation styles of academic/professional equivalence will be accepted. Email submissions in the form of Word document files or similar (.doc) to redink@email.arizona.edu.

CREATIVE WRITING
Red Ink encourages Native writers to submit works in the genres of poetry, short stories, creative non-fiction (autobiographies/ memoirs only please), humor (anecdotes & cartoons), and prose. Email submissions in the form of Word document files or similar (.doc) to redink@email.arizona.edu.

ART & PHOTOGRAPHY
Red Ink encourages submissions from Native American artists and photographers. Do not send originals. Mail submissions on disk if your file size exceeds 10MB. Mail images on disk or email high-resolution images to redink@email.arizona.edu in the form of:

• TIFF/TIF
• JPG/JPEG
• EPS
• AI
• PNG
• PDF

Include:

• Title(s)
• Your full name
• Medium
• Short description of the work or information you deem necessary

BEWARE - Images less than 3300x2550 are subject to reproductions appearing blurry, pixelated, and any other types of distortion. Please submit images that adhere to our standards:

REVIEWS
Red Ink publishes critical book, film, art, and music reviews. Reviews should be 750-1000 words in length (approximately 3-4 typed pages) and should be an overview of the work in question (which should not be more than one year old). Reviews should not cite outside sources. The following guidelines must be adhered to:

• Articles must be less than fifteen (15) typewritten pages
• 12-point Times New Roman
• Double spaced
• One inch margins on all sides

Use MLA style for structure. Email submissions in the form of Word document files or similar (.doc) to redink@email.arizona.edu.

Red Ink employs a blind submission process. Before your piece is reviewed for publication, the Red Ink editor will remove any personal identifying material from the actual submission. Any work sent by teachers, staff, faculty, etc. must mail written consent signed by teacher and student for any work to be considered for review and publication.