Mythos Media is seeking submissions for the (tentatively titled) anthology Immanence of Myth. This project came about through my own experiences, notes & essays on the subject, but I have decided to open the floor to contributors to increase the breadth of the book.
This book will likely be broken into three sections: a deconstruction & analysis of “myth” as a concept, some forms of modern myths, and a section dealing with personal myths & experience- how myths (your own or others) have transformed or affected you. (see below)
The premise of this book is that myths actually have an essential function in our daily lives, as a meaning-creating method of interpreting our experience, rather than being an “untrue but regularly held belief” or a fanciful story from a bygone era. We hope to redefine this idea in section 1 & provide unique examples in section 2 & 3:
For section 1 we are looking for essays that explore the concept of myth outside the “box” of one particular worldview. This can include analysis of existent myths but we are not creating an annotated bulfinch’s, and those examples should be used to support your central thesis.
Section 2 – articles on modern mythology, for example in media (movies, TV, literature, Internet), pop culture, and corporate/brand use of mythological techniques.
For section 3 we are looking for personal-essay style encounters with myth. These can be humorous, dramatic, or anything in-between but should not be journal entries– in other words, you have to provide the reader a means of understanding how myths have affected you, and how the reader can understand their own lives through a mythic lens.
In all cases, cite your references, and please proofread & spellcheck your work.
Submit your work as a Word or Open Office document.
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Publication:
- We will be releasing this anthology through Mythos media. The first edition will be made available as a free PDF and POD hardcopy. We will push this through several online channels (including Alterati) but each contributor should also promote it to their network of contacts. If this effort is successful we will push it to in-store publication.
- Your work will be published nonexclusively, meaning you can publish your submission (as submitted) at a later date with someone else if you so choose. If we partner with any publishers in a later edition we will insist on the nonexclusive use of your work unless you say otherwise.
- Submission does not ensure acceptance.
- Your submissions will be edited. We will attempt to include you in that process when possible but we maintain the final editorial decision. Please don’t submit if this will be a problem.
- We are not maintaining a strict guideline on length. Shoot for between 1500-7000 words.
- The first edition will be unpaid and available to contributors at the base printing cost. We may be able to offer a flat rate on later editions if the 1st edition does very well but this is not assured.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: December 10th, 2009.
Publication date TBD
SEND SUBMISSIONS TO: jamescurcio AT gmail DOT com and subscribe to the blog at http://joinmycult.blogspot.com to keep up-to-date.
