Submission Guidelines

A&U is a national, nonprofit HIV/AIDS magazine. We are interested in publishing original literature, art, opinion, and reportage relating in any way to the AIDS pandemic. With any submission, please include a brief personal biography (no longer than 25 words).

Submissions may be mailed to: A&U Magazine, Att: Submissions, 25 Monroe St. Suite 205, Albany, NY 12210. Electronic submissions, as Word attachments, may be mailed to Chael Needle, Managing Editor, at chaelneedle@mac.com or editor@aumag.org. Pay rate schedule available upon request.

Be sure to include your address, phone number, and e-mail address!

Fiction/Drama:

• no longer than 1,000 words. Excerpts of longer works may be accepted; please include full work as well as excerpt
• unpublished work only
• if plays have been performed, please include any important performance information
• include biography

Poetry:

• any length/style accepted, shorter works preferred
• include biography

Viewpoint/Essays:

• around 700 words
• include biography

Feature Articles:

• submit proposals, please do not send completed stories or interviews; feature articles: about 1,200 words, cover stories: about 2,000 words
• include personal resume

Reviews:

• reviews of film, theater, books, art exhibits, video, music, and other media accepted
• no longer than 300-600 words
• include visuals such as film stills or dust jackets
• include biography
• preface every review in the following manner:
  • title of work or exhibit
  • subtitle (if applicable)
  • author(s) (or editor, director, artist)
  • publisher (or film/video distributor, art gallery)
  • year of publication, length (pages or minutes)

Manuscripts cannot be returned

Guidelines for Submitting Visual Material:

• include SASE for return of visual materials
• please do not send original works of art*
• please attach a photo credit and description to each piece submitted
• please include a standard photographer's release, allowing A&U to publish the work sent.

Only the following formats are accepted (listed in order of preference):

Transparencies

• 35 mm, medium format, large format (up to 4x5 inches)
• color or black and white
• no negatives

Prints

• color or black and white
• no smaller than 5x7 inches
• no larger than 8x10 inches
• glossy finish only please
• please have custom prints made at a professional photo lab. Do not send consumer-grade machine prints

Electronic

• High resolution JPEG (300 dpi, no less than 4x6 inches)
• Also acceptable: high resolution tiffs and pdfs
• Contact us for other exceptions

* to submit works of art:

• please have paintings, sculptures and installations photographed in a manner suitable for printing press reproduction
• if professional photography is not available please follow these guidelines:
  • subject should be brightly lit
  • use more than one light source
  • avoid shadows (use diffused or indirect light)
  • use color slide film
  • use film with the proper color balance for your light source
  • properly align the subject and the camera
  • check slides after processing for color accuracy and sharpness
  • use professional,not consumer-grade, film
• please include a full resume

please label all slides in the following manner:

• title of work
• media
• year of creation
• artist name
• photographers credit
• if slides are courtesy of a gallery or artist rep., please credit
• if the work is part of a private or public collection please state

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