Songs in Our Paths: Haiku & Photography (Volume 2) continues offering an opportunity to reflect on the world around us and uncover its mundane, but often overlooked beauty.
The book will be released on May 25, 2021, and is available to pre-order until then! Click here to purchase a copy.
See you soon for more news about our PoArtMo Collective! In the meantime:
Many of you have sent us the same questions over and over via email. That is why we created a very detailed FAQ and Philosophy pages to help you.
But we wanted to make things even easier by breaking down all the questions into easy-to-digest posts.
Today’s question is: “What is the maximum length you accept per type of art submitted?“
At Auroras & Blossoms, we accept the following types of art: short stories, six-word stories, flash fiction, essays, poetry, poetry-graphy, drawings, paintings, and photography.
Poetry-graphy is where your poetry is overlaid within an image that is either your own image or you own the rights to the image itself. Your poem must contain a maximum of 250 words, fit into one image and be large enough to be able to be read on small screens. For examples, click here.
Maximum length we accept per submission:
Poetry: up to 1,500 words.
Poetry-graphy: up to 3 images.
Drawings / Paintings / Photography: up to 3 images
Short stories / Essays: up to 4,000 words
Six-word stories: up to 6 stories
Flash fiction: up to 1,000 words
Photography essays / articles: up to 1,500 words and 3 images
Multimedia submissions (more than one art form): up to 3 pieces and 4,000 words.
Note about image quality (visual work): JPEG – 1,500px on the longest side, 300 ppi, 5 MB maximum.
See you soon for another topic covered in our FAQ series and don’t forget to check out our latest submission calls!
The PoArtMo Mini-Reviews are short, quick-read reviews written by members of the PoArtMo Collective. Our goal is to introduce you to art (books, documentaries, movies, etc.) that you may not be familiar with, and that both adults and youths alike can enjoy.
Gake no ue no Ponyo (Ponyo on the cliff by the sea – Japanese Animated Film)
Genre: Anime, Fantasy, Adventure.
Year: First aired in Japan : 19th July 2008.
Creator(s): Hayao Miyazaki.
Summary:
Sôsuke is a five year old boy living in a small fishing town. One day while playing on the shore, he discovers a strange goldenfish with a human face trapped into a glass jar. He frees the strange creature and names it Ponyo. This strange goldenfish is in fact Brunehild, the daughter of Fujimoto (a once-human wizard) and Gran Mamare (also known as the Goddess of Mercy by humans). Fascinated by Sôsuke and his world, she wants to become human and live on Earth. But her use of magic causes a dangerous unbalance in Nature…
Why we like it: A beautiful story, I’m rarely disappointed by a Ghibli, as usual the characters are well rounded and very moving. Same conclusion with the background, which is absolutely wonderful.
Who can read / watch: Everyone aged 8 and above.
Favorite moment: The appearance of Gran Mamare, I found her to be absolutely beautiful.
PoArtMo verdict: While searching some information about the film, I found out that the animation was totally hand-drawn, which is amazing and incredible! Beautiful music by Joe Hisaishi (as usual I’m tempted to say). I love the references to Andersen and his Little Mermaid and those to Wagner with Brunehild (which is the real name of Ponyo) and ‘The Ride of the Valkyries’ when Ponyo, as a little girl, rides waves to find Sôsuke.
For more information on the show, check out these links below.
Many of you have sent us the same questions over and over via email. That is why we created a very detailed FAQ and Philosophy pages to help you.
But we wanted to make things even easier by breaking down all the questions into easy-to-digest posts.
Let’s start with the following question: “What are the topics / themes of your platform?“
We accept any topic/theme providing that it is positive and uplifting in nature, with the exception of erotica and politics.
Positive art stands for art that is stimulating, optimistic, confident, uplifting, and inspirational.
No matter what topic you choose to tackle (e.g., death, disease, mental illness, suicide, depression…), the pieces you send us should answer three basic questions:
– “How do they help others?” – “How do they open their minds?” – “Do they bring a better understanding of the situations or stories I am describing?”
If you can’t answer those questions, your submission is unlikely to make it into one of the issues of our magazine. So, please don’t send it to us. We will not respond.
With that said, other magazines will probably be happy to accept your stuff. We just don’t do edgy. We are 100% focused on positivity. This focus will never change.
See you soon for another topic covered in our FAQ series and don’t forget to check out our latest submission calls!
The PoArtMo Prompt is a monthly series with a twist. Submissions can only be sixku, kindku, pareiku, or flashku, the forms that we invented.
What’s in it for you? Well, the chance to be featured in a future issue of our magazine or even in a future anthology!
This month’s prompt is “Close to the ground”.
Imagine being an insect or tiny animal. What kind of stories would you have to share with us about the world around you?
Remember: If you choose to write a pareiku then you will need to use two copyright free images to inspire your piece. Here are two images that you can freely use.
1. If it is your first time on our website, please read our FAQ to understand our submission process.
2. Submission deadline: May 31, 2021.
3. Only inspirational / positive / family-friendly art. No politics, no swear words, no erotica.
4. Send us your Sixku, Kindku, Pareiku, or Flashku for potential inclusion in our PoArtMo Anthology.
NB:
If you decide to send us different images instead of using the ones we provide, ensure that you have permission to use them. We also require that said images are not widely available on the Internet. Finally, they must meet the following requirements: 300 ppi (resolution), 1,500 pixels on the longer side and less than 5MB in size.
