Biroul de LucrAri Urgente (Bureau for Urgent Matters)
in collaboration with the Center for Emotional Research
invite you to submit. better yet, don’t submit!
just go on and write something
or finish-polish what you already got.
Inspired by new narrative texTs
their unapologetic writing for themselves,
their aching, teenage-like subjectivity,
and the soft language of poetry
that has been fuelling our core from the start,
we’re making three tiny books*
LOVERS WHO WRITE
TOO MUCH
a shifty HOMAGE to Writers who love too much
book one: you make dating seem easy
submissions CLOSED
BOOK two: kick that ick — muddy romance
the middle part of something you’re in, the gun from Godard’s quote, the icky bellybutton that’s an end and a beginning, an eternal connection and, alas, an eternal mark of severance. what’s the ick, how did it come about, how long has it been there, how long will you ignore it, or maybe you’re doing something about it?
translated into minor clearspeak, these would be texts about a problem. a love problem. however you define or relate to either of these terms. bonne chance!
submissions CLOSED
BOOK THREE: who am i this time?
post-priori reflections, the end that doubles as beginning, lessons learned, habits not fully form, the mud is still dry. work it!
submission PERIOD 01.04 - 15.05
we welcome with tight hugs:
fiction, diary, poetry, essay,
texts that refuse categorizing
form-free storytelling
gentle but rightfully ragey,
overly-emotional, please
your truth and in your voice
*or maybe one tiny (but thick) book in three different chapters
does your mama know you write?
01.04 - 15.05 accepting texts for
<BOOK THREE><WHO AM I THIS TIME?>
THE adventure chapter- things have ended, what now?
BOOK THREE: post-priori reflections, the end that doubles as beginning, lessons learned, habits not fully form, the mud is still dry. work it!
what’s your focus? hurry to the safe zone? what’s the safe zone? try to solve a similar puzzle using the same old method? talk the talk, but what about the walk? walk on!
bonne chance!
please read the practical bits / submission guidelines below before sending your text
practical bits
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anywhere between 500 and 3,000 words (shorter or longer if it really needs to be)
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the compilation will be published in english, translations are OK (please provide the work in the original language, as well)
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send as a .docx or .pdf attachment,
use a readable font (Times, Arial, etc.),
first page should have the title of your piece (and no other text)
put your name or pseudonym on the last page together with the title of your piece
name the file: your initials/title of the piece (e.g. CK Small Things Like These.pdf)
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only one submission per author for each of the three books/open calls.
you’re welcome to submit to more than one of the three books/open calls
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please mention if the text has been published before and where.
also, if it’s the case, make sure you have permission for republication before submitting.
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each published author gets 4 free copies of their book for the first print run.
if we do more, we’ll get in touch about your permission.