#rurality

[the-city-in-mind]

An interesting deep dive into who identifies as “rural” (hint: it’s not actual rural people) and how that influences our politics, by Ray Delahanty (CityNerd)

[intomore]

“The Lincoln Highway” by William Mark Sommer

[farmlorezine]

SUBMISSIONS OPEN FOR FARM LORE ZINE

We are currently accepting submissions for the inaugural issue of FARM LORE, a literary zine focused on contemporary rural voices. FARM LORE seeks to find and elevate images, thoughts, and creative works from people who live in rural cities, towns, and spaces. We aim to expand and complicate narratives of people who choose goats, pines, dirt, the agrarian, agricultural, and pastoral over the metropolitan, the urban, and the citified.

In order to submit, you must live in a rural area; this definition is up to you and your location does not need to be submitted for our review in any way. That said, we would love to know where you are from if you are comfortable!

The zine will posted online; number and distribution of printed copies is to be determined.

Applications close May 17th for the first issue. Submissions can be made via email to [email protected].

We are looking for work in the following categories:

Creative Writing (especially interested in poetry or essays, but any writing is welcome): -No length minimum; 1500 words maximum. -Poetry, prose, essays of any kind, micro-fiction, letters, non-fiction, short plays, and hybrid/experimental work all welcome

Photography/Illustration/Comix/Collage/Visual Works: -Maximum of 5 images -JPEG or PNG

Interviews/Conversations/Quotes: -May be conducted via any medium (text, chat, in-person, etc); please submit a formatted transcript

Reviews: -Book and film reviews especially encouraged; we also welcome music, art, or reviews of other mediums -Reviewed work does NOT have to come from rural creators; we are more interested in analysis from rural creators

Recipes: -Please include measurements, whether US/metric/etc -Photos of process or final product welcome -Short narratives about the food/recipe welcome and encouraged

Craft/DIY: -Step-by-step instructions or easy-to-follow narrative -Photos/illustrations of process or final product welcome

Portraits: -Portraiture of people, animals, or plants alongside optional brief bio or quote

For written works, .DOC, .ODT, or a shared Google Drive document is heavily preferred. For reference, the final zine size will be 8.5in x 5.5in.

Please include with your submission:

Title

Name

Bio

Author Photo (not required; can be a representation rather than direct photo of self if preferred)

Current rural locale (not required)

Questions? Email us at [email protected] or check out the FAQ.

[razreads]

Past miles and miles of barren land. I don’t understand this part of America. The heat, the sand, the small towns. Why would you live somewhere that seemed to be doing its best to tell you to go away?

Rainbow Rowell, Wayward Son

[mathom-crafts]

old habits Brescia. vecchie abitudini. Brescia. #granoturco #traditions #corn #rurality #ruralismo https://www.instagram.com/_mathom_/p/BwcrksLn1zC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=68cwmw76qgib

[fredcanongephotography]

Indonesia by fred canonge Via Flickr: Farmer, Cantral Java. 2017 

[margravelucian]

November the 21st. 

I took an nice blurry nighttime photograph of the Leeds barley sculpture and decided to, for once, do a colour study of something, instead of just a broad-stroke lighting study.  I just love the meeting of rurality and industrialisation in this sculpture. The scattered barleycorns are delightful.