The project is called PostFiction. PostFiction is similar to Post Secrets in form, with a few slight differences. For those of you living under a rock for the past few years, Post Secrets is a project where people send in their secrets, anonymously, on postcards. Please do check out the website, which is updated with new secrets every Sunday.
PostFiction is the same concept, except instead of secrets, the people behind this idea are asking for your stories, poetry and other works of fiction. Here is the information my friend passed on to me about the project.
-First Issue will be publishing in November 2010
-To be a part of PostFiction, submit a 4 x 6 photo or postcard with a poem or a very short story written on the back
-Please keep the story under 250 words or about 25 lines
-Writing and the image should relate in some way
-All styles and genres are welcome
-Deadline for submissions is OCTOBER 31, 2010
-IMPORTANT - include a brief biography of yourself with your submission
PostFiction submissions can be mailed to:
POSTFICTION
758 Beverly Street
Winnipeg, MB R3E 2A6
I mailed two postcards today to the project. One is an old Beatles postcard I had kicking around, of the boys out promoting the Sgt. Pepper album. I wrote a very short story about Ringo's dissatisfaction with the group.
The second piece I created was on a crazy postcard I bought years and years ago but never knew what to do with. I picked it up because I loved the picture - Salvador Dali and Alice Cooper in 1973.
The poem I included on the back is as such:
To be surreal
Is more than using
Crutches to support
Phallic images of your mother
Or pretending to pick
Someone's Brain, literally
To be surreal
Is to defy
The common code of conduct
And to break the barrier
Between fact and fiction
With sharp strokes
On canvas
To be surreal
Is to be completely submersed
In the oddity you have created
Did you really use
That Lobster Phone?
To be surreal
Is to be as you were
As you are
As you will always
Be - surreal
4 comments:
Wow that is a great idea. I remember a little about the secret post card thing. I might have heard it on CBC radio. I do live under a rock most of the time though.
I would recommend sending something it! It's a great little project and I love things like this. Post secret is still going strong too! They have a blog, I think at http://postsecret.blogspot.com
Yeah, a friend of mine is also part of the coordination group...
I still don't know what to submit.
Cheers,
Ted
you gotta do it buddy, deadline is coming up!
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