Words Apart

Words Apart Every issue of Words Apart accepts fiction, journalistic non-fiction, poetry, video clips, and art (especially photography).

Words Apart is a socially-conscious literary magazine that combines the roles of journalist, historian and writer in order to merge current events, history and the arts into one publication. We are open to any type of artistic submission but give priority to work that focuses on social justice or marginalized perspectives and hope to focus 50% of each issue on a given topic. See the submission gui

delines on our website for details on how to submit. Words Apart is an online publication that is staffed by Emerson College graduate and undergraduate students both in publishing and creative writing programs. For submission information and more, visit our website at www.wordsapartmag.com.

Are you a writer and activist? Has social media and online activism changed how you make yourself heard? We want to hear...
11/21/2016

Are you a writer and activist? Has social media and online activism changed how you make yourself heard? We want to hear about it! Today is the last day to submit your fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, and photography pieces for our issue. Check out http://www.wordsapartmag.com/ for more information. We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Attention, Bostonians! Community Works and the Emerson College Elma Lewis Center will host the 9th Annual Share a Laugh ...
05/31/2016

Attention, Bostonians! Community Works and the Emerson College Elma Lewis Center will host the 9th Annual Share a Laugh comedy showcase at the Paramount Theater this Thursday at 7:30 PM!

Community Works is a nonprofit that provides support for social justice organizations. Proceeds for this event will go toward supporting their 31 member organizations! Purchase your ticket now at http://ow.ly/4hOP300I1WZ. We hope to see you there!

Our friends at Massmouth Inc. will be hosting their 2016 Big Mouth Off, a competition featuring 10 talented storytellers...
04/13/2016

Our friends at Massmouth Inc. will be hosting their 2016 Big Mouth Off, a competition featuring 10 talented storytellers, on March 15 at Boston's EpiCenter! We hope to see you there!
Check out the link for details and tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2016-big-mouth-off-tickets-23718036285

10 tellers perform for the prize of best story of 2016. Don't miss this annual event featuring the winners from the Club Passim and Trident Booksellers 2015-2106 slams. This year, the event offers guests the additional opportunity to socialize and meet local storytellers before and after the competi…

04/11/2016

THANK YOU to everyone who came out to the Story Slam Tournament, and to everyone who has participated throughout the year. It was a tight competition, but we are happy to announce that Alexandria Ellison was our grand winner! Well done, Alexandria!

03/18/2016

We are pleased to announce that Words Apart's 8th issue, "Displacement," will go live on March 23! We received a large number of amazing submissions, so this issue promises to be one of our best yet!

We will be celebrating the launch of "Displacement" with a Story Slam from 4-5 p.m. on March 23 in Emerson College's Skybox!

If you are interested in participating in the Displacement Story Slam, please contact us at [email protected]. The winner of this competition will go on to compete with past winners for a chance to win $500!

We’re very excited about Issue 8, so we hope you’ll join us to celebrate with food, beverages, and fantastic storytelling!

02/18/2016

Congratulations to the winner of our February Story Slam, Dorcas Thete! We'd like to thank everyone who came out this afternoon! We had a fantastic group of storytellers tonight, and we hope to see you all at our next Story Slam: Displacement!

Hey ya'll, check out this awesome event, coming up this Saturday!Arte en Casa II: Relatos de DesarraigoUna exhibición de...
02/17/2016

Hey ya'll, check out this awesome event, coming up this Saturday!

Arte en Casa II: Relatos de Desarraigo
Una exhibición de arte para los que no son de aquí ni de allá.

Arte en Casa II: Stories of the Uprooted
An art exhibit for those who are from neither here nor there.

**ARTISTS PLEASE FILL OUT THE FORM!! // ¡ARTISTAS POR FAVOR LLENEN EL FORMULARIO!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1BWEgzgx0cAmWrxk4mTwcCK8UdXCgHavIciuwIEzug24/edit

⚡Español abajo ⚡

We´re back for our second series of Arte en Casa, this time presented by Colectivo Americanas, a newborn artistic duo. For the artists in us who feel they have a lot left to say, welcome to Relatos de Desarraigo, Stories of the Uprooted.
For the places and people we´ve left behind, consciously or not, for the times we´ve been told who we are, for that 80%, 90% of us that we can´t translate.
For those of us who practice how to pronounce our own names in the mirror, the in-betweeners, the ones who travel every day in their dreams back to their roots...
Welcome. You´re home.

If you have art that tells the story of your uprooting (whatever that may mean to you.. land, love, family, language, gender...) please please send us your proposal in the link below. We´ll be telling our stories.

Join current Artist-in-Residence at Emerson College from Jardín, Colombia, Maria Cecilia Cardona, and I as we create an art refuge once again.

Date: Saturday, February 20, 2016
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Jamaica Plain, MA

If you are submitting a proposal:
- PLEASE fill out the form with your proposal! This time we´ll be telling one cohesive story so make sure you submit ASAP so we can make sure to accommodate your art according to the overall theme.
- Your art can be in any form/medium/technique
- Remember your art must tell the story of uprooting, whatever that may mean to you. It can be as radical, political, personal, impersonal, disruptive, loud, or silent as you want it to. Think about what you´d like to share with a group of people who happened, by chance, to coincide in Boston. We come from everywhere, we are anything and everything. Show us something you´re proud of. It´s a free space, just remember you will be held accountable for the material you present.

If you are just going to experience other people´s art:
- Once again we´ll be having an entrance fee of $3 to cover expenses. If instead you´ll like to bring food or drinks, that´s awesome, just let me know beforehand!
- Please no hard liquor. We´ll be having beer and wine, but I´d also like to keep a safe space for those friends who don´t drink alcohol.
- If you would like to bring people, my only request is that you make sure all guests respect a safe space for all humans.

Location to be posted the day of.
Photo: Border fence, San Diego/Tijuana

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Regresamos con nuestra segunda serie de Arte en Casa, presentado por el dúo artístico recién creado, Colectivo Americanas. Para los artistas dentro de nosotrxs que todavía tienen mucho que decir, bienvenidxs a Relatos de Dessaraigo.
Para los lugares y las personas que hemos dejado atrás, conscientemente o no, para las veces que nos han dicho lo que somos, para ese 80%, el 90% de nosotrxs que no podemos traducir.
Para los que hemos practicado cómo pronunciar nuestros nombres en el espejo, los entremedios, los que viajamos todos los días en nuestros sueños de vuelta a las raíces...
Bienvenidx. Estás en casa.

Si tienes arte que cuenta el relato de tu desarraigo (lo que eso signifique para ti... la tierra, el amor, la familia, el idioma, el género...) por favor envíanos tu propuesta. Vamos a contar nuestras historias.

Ven y comparte con Ceci y conmigo para crear un refugio artístico nuevamente.

Fecha: Sábado, 20 de febrero de 2016
Hora: 8:00pm
Lugar: Jamaica Plain, MA

Si vas a entregar una propuesta:
- ¡POR FAVOR llena el formulario con tu propuesta! Esta vez vamos a contar una historia continua, así que asegúrate de hacerlo lo antes posible para poder acomodar tu arte dentro del tema principal.
- Tu pieza puede ser de cualquier forma/en cualquier medio/con cualquier técnica.
- Recuerda que tu pieza debe contar un relato de desarraigo, lo que eso signifique para ti. Puede ser tan radical, político, personal, impersonal, disruptivo, tan ruidoso o silencioso como quieras. Piensa en lo que te gustaría compartir con un grupo de personas que, por pura casualidad coincidieron en Boston. Venimos de todas partes, somos todos los tipos de personas. Enséñanos algo que te enorgullezca. Es un espacio totalmente libre de prejuicios, serás responsable del material que presentes.

Si sólo vienes a presenciar el arte de otrxs:
- Nuevamente estaremos cobrando la entrada a $3 para cubrir los gastos. Si quieres traer comida o bebida en vez del donativo, me parece perfecto, pero déjamelo saber antes.
-Por favor no traigas alcohol que no sea vino o cerveza. Quisiera respetar el espacio para aquellxs amigxs que no beban alcohol.
- Si quieres traer amigxs, sólo pido que te asegures que todxs respeten el espacio y a las demás personas.

La dirección la subo el día del evento.
Foto: Muro fronterizo, San Diego/Tijuana

Date: Saturday, February 20, 2016 Time: 8:00pm Location: Jamaica Plain, MA We´re back for our second series of Arte en Casa, this time presented by Colectivo Americanas, a newborn artistic duo. For the artists in us who feel they have a lot left to say, welcome to Relatos de Desarraigo, Stories of t…

Want a chance to win CASH?Want a 100% chance of getting FREE FOOD?Come to the Words Apart Story Slam, next Wed!
02/12/2016

Want a chance to win CASH?
Want a 100% chance of getting FREE FOOD?
Come to the Words Apart Story Slam, next Wed!

01/25/2016

We would like to encourage our readers to consider contributing to Hong Zang's Campaign, "Evolving Engagement: Alternative Spring Break 2016"!

Hong, along with 11 other Emerson students, hopes to participate in Alternative Spring Break in El Paso, where they will serve the local community while learning more about immigration as a human rights issue.

"I believe in the big power in doing small things. I’m happy when I wake up everyday feeling I’m a better person than I was the day before.

That’s what the immigrant janitors and workers at Emerson College have infused me. They sing joyful songs to me, smile at me, and hug me. Then I, an international student from Asia, found home in this Latino community. I know there are more such communities in this country, so I’m ready to go on this trip to know more about them, to help them feel home as I feel with them, on this land of freedom where hardworking people deserve a dream and support to realize it."- Hong Zhang

We want them to be able to go, but they need your help to get there! You can show your support for these students by contributing to Hong's campaign here: https://emerson.useed.net/vdQRbcZoxsQ

Students participating in Emerson's Alternative Spring Break program will spend spring break week in El Paso, Texas learning from and about immigration as a human rights issue and, most importantly, how they can create a positive impact on the people and communities most affected by it. Help us rais…

01/06/2016

Words Apart is now accepting submissions for our 8th issue, "Displacement." We accept poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, and photography submissions. Check out our website at http://www.wordsapartmag.com/ for more information. We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Our submissions for Issue 8, "Displacement," are now open! Spread the word!
11/18/2015

Our submissions for Issue 8, "Displacement," are now open! Spread the word!

Issue Eight: The theme of Issue Eight is Displacement. Being forced out of place, time, memory, history–displacement can take various forms: refugees, Alzheimer’s patients, postcolonial subjects, marginalized populations, etc. What are the consequences of being displaced, and/or of displacing others…

This looks really interesting! We hope to see you there!
10/29/2015

This looks really interesting! We hope to see you there!

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