Selection will be made by Hannah Black and Book Works and announced by the end of April 2018.

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1 Contact ( ) Guest edited by Hannah Black Deadline for submissions: 1 March 2018 A Call for Open Submissions to a New Series This is a call for submissions to work with me and the editorial team at Book Works on a project that takes the form of a small book. This book can comprise fiction, theory, poetry, fragments, drawings, texts, graphic novels, annotated drawings, poems, diagrams, or anything else. The very loose theme is contact. I m looking for works that encounter the complications of encounter: friendship/enmity, scenes, screens, movements, moments of togetherness. Contact can span from moments of intensity to networks of alienation, from the professional to the personal, from the colonial to the queer, from the stranger to the extra-terrestrial. Contact can be a word for wordless physical closeness, whether sex or violence, or for conversation. I would like it to indicate an aspect of the shared everyday just kind of rubbing along together, hanging out, in our many configurations or else, as a noun ( add to contacts ), it can signal individuals as possibilities, as usages. It can interrupt a loss, as when word unexpectedly comes from a missing person, or pierce a plenum, as in sci-fi movies where aliens reach out or invade, or when colonizers do the same in known reality. I m using contact to mean the ever-present possibility that the social just is, that it s there, an indifferent medium, an amniotic fluid for whatever the life among us is pregnant with. But you can write about any of these things or none of them or whatever they make you think of. Hannah Black Open Submission Contact is a new series guested edited by Hannah Black and selected from open submission. Black and Book Works will select three projects to commission for publication in early Summer We are interested in proposals in English, from international artists and from all sections of the community. Selection will be made by Hannah Black and Book Works and announced by the end of April How to Apply To apply please return the following before the deadline to: Hannah Black c/o Book Works 19 Holywell Row London, EC2A 4JB Cover sheet with your name, address, , and contact telephone number Proposed outline of no more than 500 words

2 A 1,000 word sample of the project outlined for publication in the Contact series No more than 4 examples of previous and relevant work One-page CV Completed equal opportunities form A registration fee of Submissions must be hard copy. Hand-written submissions or electronic files will not be accepted. Late submissions will not be accepted. Eligibility Proposals are welcome from all sections of society, irrespective of nationality and residence, and including practitioners from different culturally diverse backgrounds. Editorial and Design Book Works will coordinate all aspects of editing and production, including decisions involving design, budget, promotion and distribution of the book. Commissions will be edited by Hannah Black and Book Works, as a co-operative process, with the aim of producing projects sympathetic to the ambitions of the series. The editors would expect to work closely with the commissioned artist/author/collective on shaping the project and on any redrafts and revisions. You will be consulted at each stage of the process and expected to help take decisions about the way in which the work is presented. You will also be asked to work to deadlines and attend meetings as agreed, and must be willing to take some active part in the launch/promotion of the book. The books will be distributed and promoted by Book Works in UK and rest of world. Feedback Due to the volume of applications we will not be able to give any specific feedback on individual proposals unless short-listed. Book Works does, however, run free monthly artists surgeries on all aspects of publishing and self-publishing. For more information visit our website here: Fee A commissioning fee of 1,000 will be paid in two instalments to selected artists/writers, plus 50 copies of their publication. Book Works will be responsible for all production, publishing and marketing costs. The selected artists will be asked to sign an agreement with Book Works that will include a contract and detailed schedule for work. General Information Hannah Black is an artist and writer from the UK currently living in New York. Recent solo shows include Soc or Barb at Bodega in New York and Small Room at MUMOK in Vienna. Her writing has been published in Artforum, Texte Zur Kunst, Afterall, Tank, The New Inquiry and Harper s Magazine, among others. She is the author of the books Life (with Juliana Huxtable; Buchhandlung Walther König, 2017) and Dark Pool Party (Dominica/Arcadia Missa, 2016).

3 Book Works commissions new work in collaboration with artists, writers, and designers; publishes and produces books, multiples, videos and internet/new media projects; organises exhibitions, installations, time-based and performance works, discussions and events. Book Works distributes its titles in the UK and works with distributors in the USA and Europe. It also has a studio offering a range of printing and binding facilities and services. Recent commissions with artists and writers include publications with, Hamja Ahsan, Iphgenia Baal, Sophie Collins, Lubaina Himid, Francis McKee and One of My Kind (OOMK). For full details about Book Works past/current projects please visit their website Book Works is supported by Arts Council England.

4 Application Form Contact, guest edited by Hannah Black Please fill in the form and return to Book Works by 1 March 2018 Name: Address: Telephone/mobile: Applications must include Proposal, samples and examples of work as requested Registration fee of 10 Completed equal opportunities form (see attached) Notes All applications must be sent as hard copies; handwritten submissions, electronic files or s will not be accepted. You may indicate supporting material e.g. website/film clips etc., to be viewed online in your application but this will be viewed as additional to, and not instead of, your proposal outline. Send applications to: Hannah Black, c/o Book Works, 19 Holywell Row, London EC2A 4JB Reference: Contact Registration fee can be paid with: Cheque to Book Works (UK) Ltd Credit card (Mastercard, Visa accepted) please include name on card, card number and expiry date) Direct bank transfer to: Book Works (UK) Ltd Account number Sort code Paypal: admin@bookworks.org.uk Reference for payments: Contact 2018/your name in the bank transfer/ message

5 Equality Monitoring Form Book Works is committed to be an equal opportunities organisation and practices an equality policy aimed at promoting opportunity and access irrespective of identity based on race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religious beliefs, or socio-economic background. As part of this policy, the following details are collated for monitoring purposes as part of our funding agreement with Arts Council England. We would be grateful for your assistance in completing and returning this form, which will be held independently from your application and kept in strictest confidence. Postcode What is your postcode, or country of residence if visiting from overseas? Context Please give us the reason for your contact with Book Works e.g. board member, contract of employment, job application, artist s proposal, artist s contract, workshop attendance etc Gender Male Female Prefer not to say Sexual orientation Do you have a sexual orientation you would like us to know about? Age Not known/prefer not to say

6 Disability Yes No Prefer not to say Nationality Ethnic Origin please specify for example White White British/Irish/Any other White background; Mixed/Dual Heritage White and Black African/Asian, any other mixed background White Asian or British Asian Black or British Black Chinese Mixed or Dual Heritage Any other ethnic group Not known/prefer not to say Religion or Belief Do you have a religion or belief you would like us to know about? Please return this form to: Contact 2018 Book Works, 19 Holywell Row, London EC2A 4JB Deadline: 1 March 2018

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