WRITE TO MOVE ANTHOLOGY

Article 13 Universal Declaration of Human Rights

1. Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each State.

2. Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.

Winnipeg Trails Association (WTA), in partnership with Winnipeg writer/editor Sharon Chisvin, is producing an anthology on the broad theme of freedom of movement. The anthology, Write to Move, welcomes submissions of fiction, creative non-fiction, essays and poetry that explore experiences and ideas about mobility, freedom, physical activity and physical limitations.

In other words, we are looking for written submissions about bike trips, hiking treks, crossing streets and crossing borders. We are interested in submissions about deportations and travel documentation, marathons and walkathons, wanderlust and wheelchair ramps, and rock climbing and social climbing.

We want to know – through your prose, your poetry or non-fiction – how you define freedom of movement. Why is it considered a basic human right? How is it enjoyed? And how is it suppressed?

The creation of Write to Move is a Winnipeg Arts Council WITH ART community public art program. Upon publication in the summer of 2020, the anthology will be incorporated into the City of Winnipeg's Public Art Collection.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

All submissions must be received by 11:59 PM October 31, 2019

Emerging and established writers 16 years of age and older are eligible to submit

There is no fee to submit

Individual writing pieces must not exceed 5,000 words

Only one submission per person

Only original and unpublished submissions

No simultaneous submissions

Email submissions to writetomove@gmail.com

Email submissions as .doc, .docx or PDF attachments, or pasted into the body of the email

Write ‘Write to Move’ and the name of your piece in the subject line

Include your name, email address, submission title, word count, the category to which you are submitting (fiction, non-fiction or poetry), and a 2-3 line biographical statement in the body of the email

There will be no payment for submissions selected for publication. In lieu of payment, selected writers will receive two complimentary copies of the anthology

The anthology publishers (WTA and WAC) will retain first world English anthology rights for six months following the anthology’s publication, and non-exclusive world English anthology rights in print and electronic formats. Contributors will retain their submission’s copyright and will be free to publish their submissions elsewhere six months after the anthology’s publication date.

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