Friday, February 25, 2011

New Lit on the Block :: Rem Magazine

Rem Magazine: The Radioactive Underground Journal, whose radioactive symbol reads "anti-fiction," "anti-poetry," and "anti-aesthetics," is an international experimental journal based in New Zealand/Aotearoa that "embraces new ideas and new forms as the foundations of innovative art and writing." New Zealander Orchid Tierney is the managing editor, with Simon Todd, associate poetry editor, and Tamara Azizian, magazine assistant.

The first volume (November 2010), available via Issuu, includes works by Katie Robinson, Bonnie Coad, Iain Britton, Amanda Anastasi, Kevin O'Donnell, Corey Mesler, P.A. Levy, Kelino A. Soriano, Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé, Zarah Butcher, RC Miller, Vaughan Rapatahana, Howie Good, Ricky Garni, Nalini Singh, Kevin Simmonds, Kyle Hemmings, Travis Macdonald, Matt Dube, Matthew Dexter, Michael Botur, Lei Wen, Gabrijel Savic Ra, and Sudhir Kumar Duppati.

Despite the "anti" comments, Rem does have submission guidelines which state they accept poetry (visual, free-form, concrete, asemic, vispo), fiction, non-fiction, essays, images, reviews on film, books, art, comics, graphics or installations, cross genres, and cross medias. No audio or video at this time. Submissions are open, and writers should read the first volume for a better understanding of the kind of works Rem accepts.