C - THE ART ISSUE
About The Issue
Every year, CONNECT Magazine dedicates the June issue to promoting the wonderful art, writing, and photography created by the members of the international community living in Japan.
CONNECT ART ISSUE 2024 SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!
Hello, international creatives in Japan! Another year has come and gone, and it’s time for a new CONNECT Art Issue. Are you an artist looking to expand your audience and share your work? Then consider submitting to AJET CONNECT’s annnual Art Issue! We accept submissions of all kinds, including photography, writing, paintings, drawings, sketches, music, videos, haikus, poetry... you name it!
For more information on how to submit, read our guidelines below. If you have a question, you can check out our FAQ or send us a message though our Contact page!
2024 Submission Deadline
Monday, April 29th at 11:59 p.m.
GUIDELINES
Photography and Visual Art
Photographers and artists can submit up to 10 pieces.
Submitted pieces must have been taken/made in Japan.*
Image Requirements**
300 ppi or better
NO Filters (unless part of the artwork)
NO Watermarks (Artist signature OK)
*In some cases pieces taken/made outside Japan may be accepted if the piece both ties into the contributors motif and relates back to Japan. If any of your pieces were taken/made outside of Japan, please include a short explanation as to how it relates to Japan (and your message/motif) in the comments section of your submission.
**Although we strive to avoid altering submissions, circumstances may arise where we have to crop images due to design restrictions that don’t fit within the overall issue layout. We have made our layout more flexible to avoid such edits and will seek approval of any cropping from the artist before putting them in the issue.
Creative Writing
Writers can submit a piece in any form of their choosing (short stories, poems, haiku’s, etc.) Please submit your piece as one single document (even if it's a collection of poems or short stories) in word document format, not in PDF format.
The word limit is 1000 words maximum.
“What if my piece doesn’t fit within the 1000 word limit?” - We can publish an excerpt of your piece and provide a link to the full work. Please check out the “Short Stories” section of our FAQ for more information.
Other Forms of Art
Other, more interactive forms of art, such as music or videos, is also accepted! However, Issue (our host site) does not allow us to embed music and video into the magazine itself, so please read our FAQ here for more information on how to submit such pieces.
HOW TO SUBMIT
Submissions are being accepted via Google Form. Please visit our Submissions page for the link to the form.
The form will ask you for the following information:
Page one - General Information
First and Last Name
Name as you would like it published
Location in Japan - Prefecture
E-mail Address*
Page two - Submission(s) Upload
Submission File(s)
Submission Title(s)
Page three - Social Media and Extra Comments
Contact Information/Social Media Links - 5 max**
Requests/Notes
(This is just an overview of the information. The Google Form will have more detailed instructions on how to properly label and title your submissions.)
*We need this in case we have to get in touch with you. We will NOT publish your e-mail, unless you include it with your contact information/social media links.
**Please provide URLs for all contact information and social media. We need the full URL for each platform, not just the handle.
