Pitches Wanted (Disability)

Immerse is seeking pitches for the upcoming issue: Dreaming Disability Justice. Check out the call for pitches below to learn more and pitch by October 25, 2022. Our publication invites submissions featuring artists with disabilities or projects that speak to disability justice with an emphasis on the documentary form. While Immerse is often focused on more high-tech media, such as video game engines or expanded reality (XR), we would love to focus on the many innovative ways folks with disabilities have been making use of and breaking apart technology to tell stories (since the dawn of that tech!) We acknowledge the intersectionality of this issue—individual experiences with disability are strongly shaped by race, class, gender, age, culture, and relationship to colonization. We recognize the wholeness of individual experiences and are careful not to prescribe a single way of being disabled. We hope that this issue provides a launching point for visibility and (un)learning in institutional spaces, as well as a space that resonates with and centers the experiences of artists, scholars, and readers with disabilities. For full transparency, our process typically involves two rounds of edits on a piece anywhere from 600–1500 words on a text editor (Google Docs, Word, etc.) and the posting and publication of a piece into our Medium site page. We are happy to work with you through any accessibility concerns in these platforms. Proposals should be 250 words or less in length and submitted by Tuesday, October 25, 2022 to editor@immerse.news. There is no fee to submit, and while writing samples are encouraged, they are not required. Accepted proposals will be notified by mid-April. We pay a standard fee of $250.