The Quarry

Submit to The Quarry’s Fall Amplify Zine on Intersectional Identities

Since 2020, The Quarry has published a Fall Amplify Zine, highlighting underrepresented student voices on campus. This year The Quarry has decided to showcase student work about intersectional identities. Parts of our identities often bleed together, influencing how we experience the world and ourselves. Experiences with gender, race, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexuality, and so on rarely fit into neatly defined categories. The Quarry wants to highlight how art can be used to address and explore the many avenues of identity. 

We are accepting submissions of all art forms (literary, visual, performance, etc.) that center around two or more of your identities. The list above contains examples of identities, but do not feel limited to those provided.

Each artist is limited to a maximum of three submissions. The number of pieces in a series counts as the number of total submissions. For example, a series containing three separate photographs counts as three submissions. Please submit a form for each individual piece. 

Submissions are open from October 13th to 24th.

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Submission Criteria

Submitting a Series of Works (of any medium) 

• The number of pieces in a series counts as the number of total submissions. For example, a series containing three separate photographs counts as three submissions. If you have questions about a specific piece counting as a series, please contact quarry-exec@stolaf.edu.
• Please submit pieces of a series individually. Please format files as TITLE_LASTFIRSTNAME_SUBMISSION#. Pieces with long titles may be shortened in the file name. (e.g., ALLQUIET_BERGEREDWARD_2).
• If a piece has been published elsewhere previously, it may be submitted. However, a piece may not be republished to The Quarry.
• If applicable, please include trigger and content warnings. Please also consider that, while we are able to publish graphic content, pieces that seek to harm, deface, and/or promote hate towards any person or group of people will not be considered for publication.

Literary Submissions

The Quarry accepts works of prose and poetry in any genre (fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, poetry, experimental works, etc.). Preferred file types of text include: .txt, .docx, .pdf, .csv, and .html.

Prose (Fiction, Nonfiction, Essays)

• Maximum of 1,000 words (single-spaced, 12-point, Times New Roman font) per story.

Poetry

• Maximum of 60 lines (single-spaced, 12-point, Times New Roman font) per poem.

Art and Performance Submissions

The Quarry is able to accept works of art across all mediums and formats. Please format files as TITLE_LASTFIRSTNAME_SUBMISSION#). Pieces with long titles may be shortened in the file name. (e.g., ALLQUIET_BERGEREDWARD_2). Preferred file types include: .pdf, .jpg, .png, .wav, .mp3, .mov.

2D Art (Photography, paintings, digital art, collages, etc.) 

• Please include artwork dimensions (height x width) and specific medium(s) with your submission (e.g., B&W film photography, gouache painting, digital drawing, etc.).
• Ensure all submissions are, at minimum, at 300 DPI in order to ensure resolution and quality for printing or gallery reproduction. (This can be done with the printers available on campus.)

Music, Film, and Performance

• Please submit a high-resolution video, file, or link to your work using an .mp4 or .mov file, Vimeo link, or YouTube link.
• Please limit time-based submissions to under 5 minutes in duration.
• If you are submitting a piece that has an auditory aspect (lyrics, dialogue, etc.), please consider adding closed captions or attaching a script with your work.

Other Submissions

• We are looking to publish all types of artistic work. This includes, but is not limited to: textile works, pottery and ceramics, wearable art, functional art, video games, sculpture, theater scripts, music compositions, etc. 
• Please include artwork dimensions and medium(s) with your submission (e.g., wire sculpture, yarn, porcelain, etc.).