About you are here

you are here: the journal of creative geography is published by graduate students in the School of Geography & Development at the University of Arizona. The journal is an annual publication that seeks to explore the concept of place through articles, fiction, poetry, essays, maps, photographs, and art.

you are here encourages submissions from geographers, historians, anthropologists, architects, scientists, writers, artists, and anyone else interested in exploring creative geography.

We are no longer accepting submissions for our 2012 issue

To those that submitted work for the 2012 issue, we thank you for your patience during the review process. We have finished reviewing submissions and will begin contacting contributors in the coming days. You can expect to learn the outcome of your submission by mid-May. 

you are here invites submissions for the 2012 issue, Suspensions: Spaces Between Illness and Health. Along with traditional forms - photographs, poems, short stories, original artwork, and critical commentary - we encourage submissions that redefine borders, either of the theme or of the page. All entries are limited to 10 pages. Please submit by February 1, 2012 (now closed). 

In this call for submissions, we ask you to reflect on what it means to be in suspension. Is suspension a state of health, illness, or perhaps somewhere in between? Does striving for balance between home, work, and social obligations create suspension? What impact does suspension have on day-to-day life, health, or sense of well-being? How does being in suspension ground material, emotional, spiritual, spatial, and temporal experiences? What negotiations might one make while in suspension? We invite you to explore your ideas, draw from personal experiences, and to ask your own questions. Please adhere to the Submission Guidelines outlined below. 

Submission Guidelines

We encourage submissions from geographers, historians, anthropologists, health practitioners, scientists, writers, artists, and anyone else interested in exploring the concepts of health, illness, and states of suspension. Writing should refrain from using terminology specific to one discipline, and should not be overtly academic in style. 

you are here is an annual publication that focuses on a variety of perceptions of place, and ideas about how place it interpreted, experienced, and created. Submission formats have included, but are not limited to: short fiction, essays, memoirs, journals, photo-essays, interviews, poetry, painting, maps, collage, and photography. 

Please include a cover letter containing complete contact information with all submissions. Original material will not be returned unless requested. Submissions may be sent to youarehere.arizona@gmail.com or mailed to:

   you are here

   School of Geography and Development

   Univ. of Arizona, Harvill Building, Box 2

   P.O. Box 210076

   Tucson, AZ 85721-0076

Original material will not be returned unless requested. If requesting that the material be returned after review, please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope with correct postage. Please note that submissions are reviewed following the submissions deadline for each issue. 

Poetry

We will only consider three poems per author, so please select the work that fits best with the journals. 

Fiction, Non-Fiction & Essays

Maximum length is 4,000 words. Shorter selections are more likely to be published. Writers are also encouraged to include photos, artwork, etc. to accompany their piece (following guidelines below).

Photographs, Art & Maps

Images may be submitted via email if the total file size is less than 5MB. Otherwise, please submit images electronically on a CD. Images must be submitted in a .tiff file format at a resolution of at least 300 dpi at the size they are to be printed (journal pages are 5.2" by 8.6"). You may also submit originals through the mail (address below), and you are here will convert them to this format.

We encourage you to submit text to accompany your images - please see text guidelines above. Please include your contact information (both email and postal addresses) on electronic or hard copy submissions. Finally, please include a SASE with correct postage if you want your work and/or disk returned to you.

Contributor Rights

you are here holds first North American rights on all published materials. After publication, you are here retains nonexclusive rights for the continued use of your work in both print and electronic forms. As to all other uses, you retain all rights. If you intend to sell any manuscripts or artwork previously published by you are here, we request that you acknowledge its first appearance in this journal.

Ordering Information and Past Issues

Ordering Information and archives of past issues can be found here: www.u.arizona.edu/~urhere/index.html