Metro magazine Call for writers and submissions Metro magazine is seeking industry practitioners, teachers, academics and experienced feature writers with a background in film, television and/or media. We are always on the lookout for new contributors and welcome unsolicited submissions or article proposals for issues due for release in 2014 and onwards. If you wish to contribute, please contact editor Adolfo Aranjuez at [email protected]. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY DIRECTLY TO THIS EMAIL. Please include a description of the article(s) you are proposing and outline any relevant experience you may have in relation to the topic. If you are a new contributor, please also include a brief bio and samples of your writing. Due to a high number of responses, there may be a delay before we are able to respond your proposal; we can only respond to successful pitches/submissions. Pay rates and submission guidelines are available on our website: metromagazine.au/writers.html. Areas of interest The following list of topics is by no means exhaustive and can be adapted, changed and, hopefully, greatly extended. For a sense of the kinds of themes and topics that Metro covers, visit metromagazine.au/magazine/. Feature films. Critical and analytical essays on single films or groups of films, discussing new and upcoming Australian and New Zealand releases, including Around the Block, On the Jellicoe Road, Shopping, White Lies, Cut Snake, Fell, Now Add Honey, I, Frankenstein, The Reckoning, Felony, The Boy Castaways, The Babadook, Healing and Fair Game. Television. Critical and analytical essays on Australian and New Zealand television series, miniseries and telemovies (whether upcoming, screened or currently screening) and the television industry, including the Underbelly franchise, A Moody Christmas, The Gods of Wheat Street, Rake, The Outlaw Michael Howe, The Secret River, The Time of Our Lives, An Accidental Soldier, Dangerous Remedy, Head First, art programs such as Not Quite Art, ‘identity’ shows like Who Do You Think You Are? and Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery, and SBS’s new Indigenous channel NITV. Asia and the Middle East. Critical and analytical essays and reviews on recent, new and upcoming films from the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region – notably Wadjda (Saudi Arabia), Hunting Elephants (Israel), Rhino Season (Turkey), In Bloom (Georgia), Omar (Palestine), Pietà (South Korea), Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? (Taiwan), The Samurai That Night (Japan), Metro Manila (Philippines) and East Timor’s first ever feature film Beatriz’s War – and the state of Asian and Middle Eastern national cinemas. Documentaries. Critical and analytical essays on Australasian documentaries such as The Network, The Dark Matter of Love, All This Mayhem, Mary Meets Mohammad, The Unlikely Pilgrims, Fire in the Blood, Salma, Acid Ocean, Uncharted Waters and John Pilger’s Utopia. Industry. Coverage of local and international festivals. Interviews with and survey articles on filmmakers working in the region. Emerging trends in the Australian film and television industries, arts funding and marketing. Other. Discussion and reviews of Australian and international short films, animations and music videos. Articles on developments and issues in radio, games, TV-on-demand, web series, new media, transmedia, social media, podcasts, vlogs, crowdsourcing, mashups/remix and archiving. We are also seeking short articles on developing industry trends and festival/conference reports for our Scope section. As Metro is a partially refereed journal, we welcome research articles from academics on any of the above areas. If you have a proposal, please send an abstract.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 14:15:28 +0000
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