Paris/Atlantic Wants You
Paris/Atlantic, first printed in 1982 under the direction of Editor Michael Lynch, has grown and flourished since its beginning as a black and white collection of poetry. Available online and printed in the spring of 2018, its most recent edition features over a hundred pages of art, writing, and full-color photography. Recognizing it as a platform for AUP's creative community, the university provides resources to print and distribute the literary and arts magazine.
Charlotte Lewis, a senior studying Creative Writing and French, is this academic year's Head Editor of Paris/Atlantic. Along with Charlotte, this year's editorial board includes Managing Editor Marina Françolin Borges and Art Director Sarah Sturman. Paris/Atlantic is different from other AUP student media publications because the magazine is literary, so they don't include academic papers or journalistic work. Charlotte says the "process of putting the journal together is just incredible, and [she] cannot wait for that."
A portion of the cover of Paris/Atlantic 2015. Image Credit: Paris/Atlantic
Marina has previously contributed to Paris/Atlantic and speaks well of the publication, acknowledging that it is an outlet for participants wishing to be artistic in a university setting. She said that Paris/Atlantic is "representative of what students are going through and their capacity in the artistic world. If there was not something like this, maybe we would all forget that we also make art and we would think that we're only academic." Marina has produced written and visual pieces that were published in Paris/Atlantic. Some of her submissions were not accepted, however, but Marina says this only adds to her appreciation of the publication because the pieces that were accepted were the ones she created from a truer place of emotion. She feels that the publication "values what is genuine, what is raw."
Artwork by Marina featured in Paris/Atlantic 2018. Image Credit: Paris/Atlantic
Submissions can be made from now until December 12, 2018. If your work will be published, expect to hear back from the Paris/Atlantic editorial team by January 31, 2019. If your work is not published in this year's edition, Charlotte encourages writers and artists to resubmit next autumn. Those eligible to submit their works for consideration are current students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the university.
Paris/Atlantic welcomes creative writing, art, photography, and audio-visual submissions. Submissions must be made before the deadline of 12 Dec and can be sent to parisatlantic@aup.edu. You may submit up to three literary pieces with a 1,500-word limit, up to five visual pieces in any file format but PDF, and up to two audio-visual pieces with a five-minute time limit. Audio-visual submissions, like songs or videos, can only be published on Paris/Atlantic's online version.
Previous editions of Paris/Atlantic are available online and in the AUP library's archives.
