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Submit | Orris Root | Science and Art Magazine

Orris Root is a literary magazine merging science and art. Featuring emerging writers, artists, and scientists, we aim to combine the world

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Today is the last day to submit to the Fall 2019 issue!

Send in your work ASAP!

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Nasa | Leela Soma | Orris Root Spring 2019

One of the seven in Columbia you travelled into infinity to space, the final frontier An Indian woman from the Punjab you drew pictures of planes in your childhood ‘You are just your intelligence’ you said in the weightlessness of a space shuttle The thirty days in space you must have seen the be

Read Leela Soma’s poem Nasa on the Orris Root website.

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The Spring 2019 Issue is now online!

Read science poetry by new and returning writers and view works by new and returning artists. Orris Root is always free to read and free to submit to, so what are you waiting for? Go check out these exciting new pieces!

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We are now accepting submissions for the 2019 Fall issue!

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Meet the scientist painter who turns deadly viruses into beautiful works of art

David Goodsell’s scientifically precise watercolor paintings of the cells and microbes he studies grace journal covers and impress colleag

Incredible paintings by scientist and artist David Goodsell turn the tiny world of viruses into vivid works of art.

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Send art, poetry, prose, or other mediums within the next two weeks!

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A Pioneering Photographer's Legacy In Algae

In 1843, Anna Atkins created the first book illustrated with photography. It took over a century for her pioneering work to be recognized.

The first seed of photography planted with algae

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Fall 2018 | Orris Root

Artists, writers, doctors, scientists, and students created stunning pieces for the first issue of Orris Root, featuring poetry, prose, photography, collage, and computer art.

The exciting first issue of Orris Root! Check out the talent featured here!

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Orris Root is a literary magazine merging science and art. Featuring emerging writers, artists, and scientists, we aim to combine the worlds of science and technology with the world of visual art and creative writing. We publish science poetry, nonfiction, science fiction, and visual art. Free to submit.

Check out our gorgeous website!

(and while you’re there, consider submitting your art or writing)

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The Human Microbiome Reimagined as a Cut-Paper Coral Reef by Rogan Brown

Yes, it’s made of paper.

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Every great writer is a great deceiver.

Vladimir Nabokov

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Submission (Still) Open

We’ve extended our submission deadline, so that you have more chances to be featured in the first issue of Orris Root! Send us your poetry, fiction, essay, art, or a piece that doesn’t seem to fit into a genre.

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Bio-luminescent Bacteria Art

Hunter Cole uses bacteria to temporarily light her artwork

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Make the familiar strange so we can look at it again with fresh eyes

Ruth Ozeki

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The cross-section of science and art

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For although the world is hard, words matter.

Louis Menand

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