Call for Submissions: Seam Allowance

Seam Allowance is the invisible expanse between the cutting line and the stitching line.

Seam Allowance celebrates literary experimentation and unconventional style.

Seam Allowance is a margin of excess.

"The phrase that is always in my mind is 'never before seen'. When I see it on the catwalk, I am shocked, because I never expected it to be what it is. It never is what I expect. It's always gone beyond that."

— Vivienne Westwood

Seam Allowance 

What should you send?

• Never before seen' poetry or prose (under 1,000 words).

• Send writing about anatomy, biology, technology, fashion, sexuality, architecture, astronomy, asymmetry, metamorphosis, decay, alchemy, ritual, the uncanny, etc.

• ​Book reviews (under 1,000 words).

• Daring multilingual constructions and translations.

• Sublime abstractions and blurred lines.

• Unexpected materials and designs.

• Subversive, multivalent wordplay.

• Hybridity and dissymmetry.

Notes on Publication

 

If selected for publication, your writing will be paired with an introductory editorial note and a garment of the editor's choosing.

 

Simultaneous submissions are permitted. We kindly ask that you notify the editor if your submission is chosen for publication elsewhere.

 

All submissions should include a cover letter, a third-person biographical note, and any relevant social media handles.
 

Response time can take up to three months.
 

Send something faster than the eye can follow to:

 

seamallowancejournal (at) gmail (dot) com (Change (at) to @ and (dot) to . )