[Bilimsel Haber] SPECIAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: THE VIDEO ESSAY

[Gonul Pultar]

		* Blackbird's SPECIAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: THE VIDEO ESSAY*

	

	

	

	

SPECIAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: THE VIDEO ESSAY Postmark / Email receipt 
deadline: April 3, 2009

About video essays

Like its print counterpart, the video essay is an attempt of personal 
reflection while engaging with the facts of the world. The video essay, 
writes Phillip Lopate, “wears proudly the confusion of an independent 
soul trying to grope in isolation toward truth.” Agnes Varda, the poetic 
French filmmaker who coined the term cinécriture, or film-writing, best 
described the promise of the video essay when noting that, for her, 
writing meant more than simply wording a script. Choosing images, 
designing sound—these, too, are part of that process. At its best, the 
video essay combines the visceral power of sound and image, building a 
sympathetic resonance with language and taking a direct route to the 
senses. We believe this emerging form of creative nonfiction to be, by 
its very nature, personal, poetic, open to invention. We invite your 
explorations.

Specifically, Blackbird is seeking video essays between two and ten 
minutes in length (with five to seven minutes being an ideal).

Submissions accepted for publication will be asked for accompanying 
text, preferably a process statement about your work.

Work is intended for publication in the v8n2 Fall 2009 issue of Blackbird.

Submitting via email

* Do NOT send work as an attachment. Rather send an URL link to an 
online version of work.
* Send all email submissions to transom at vcu.edu—this email address is a 
submission drop box only.
* Begin the subject line of your email with Video Essay.
* In the body of the email, type or paste your cover letter, which 
should include:
your name, mailing address, email address, and phone number.
the title of submitted work.
work’s exhibition history (if any).
URL link to online version of the work.
(standard formats preferred: .mov, .avi or .swf)

Submitting via regular mail

* Mail your video essay in a page-size manila envelope, your full name 
and address on the outside, to Editor, Video Essays.
* Video essay must be submitted in one of the following standard 
formats: .mov (Quick Time), .avi (AVI file format), or .swf (flash).
* Include a cover letter, which should include:
name, mailing address, email address, and phone number.
the title and length of submitted work. work’s exhibition history (if 
any). * Media must be clearly labeled with name, email, and title of 
submission.
* Media will not be returned.
* All correspondence regarding submissions will be by email. * Mail 
submissions to:
Blackbird
VCU Department of English
P.O. Box 843082
Richmond, VA 23284-3082
USA

Accepted video work will be hosted on our server and remain online in 
our archive.
Direct all queries to:
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blackbird at vcu.edu

	Lulú De Panbehchi
Virginia Commonwealth University
Grad Student-Media, Art & Text PhD program
Department of English
900 Park Avenue, Hibbs, Room 306
P.O. Box 842005
Richmond, VA 23284-2005
USA

Email: panbehchiml at vcu.edu <mailto:panbehchiml at vcu.edu>
Visit the website at http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/v7n2/sub-video_essay.htm