About Fillip
Submission Guidelines
The Fillip editorial board actively seeks reviews of art exhibitions and art books, as well as essays on contemporary art and culture. We are searching for vital, intellectually rigorous art and cultural journalism. This in no way need preclude humourous, personal, or lyrical responses to cultural objects and experiences. We welcome writing that is aware of current discussions on key debates and issues so as to expand on or challenge these discussions.
Upcoming Deadlines
Issue Nine: October 1st, 2008
Issue Ten: December 1st, 2008
Issue Eleven: March 1st, 2009
Submission Process
Fillip’s editorial board directly solicits the majority of submissions, but also considers unsolicited manuscripts for publication. Prior to submission of content, an abstract must be sent proposing the nature of the text: 250 words for essays and 125 words for exhibition and book reviews. In addition, contributors must include examples of previous writing: one long (2000 words or more) or two short (1000 words or less) examples of completed writing on art or cultural subject matter.
Submissions, abstracts and sample writings should be sent by email as MS WORD or RTF attachments to submissions@fillip.ca . Exhibition and book review manuscripts should be 1250 to 1500 words. Essay manuscripts should be between 2500 and 3000 words. Contributors should follow the latest edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. Endnotes should be kept to a minimum. Please include a 50-word abstract and a biographical note of three to four sentences with all submissions.
Helpful Resources
What to write for Fillip? First, please read through the below documents and links which detail our policies and house styles.