Iris Magazine opens submissions for “worship” edition
Iris Magazine, a Geneseo student-run queer literature and art magazine, is now accepting submissions for the upcoming “worship” edition. The magazine accepts all forms of art, including writing and poetry, photography, and even music.
According to the Iris Magazine website, Iris is “a queer, student-run publication at SUNY Geneseo that aims to create a space for LGBTQ+ students to embrace and showcase their queerness in any form they see fit. We accept any and all submissions that students feel embody their queer experience, from paintings and playlists to stories and sculptures.”
Iris Managing Editor and junior English and creative writing major Ella Pearcy said that the magazine is a space for queer Geneseo students to express themselves in any way they want to, and that students are encouraged to submit anything they feel embodies their gender or sexuality.
“Iris Magazine is a creative literary magazine that is open to SUNY Geneseo’s queer population as a platform in which they can express themselves and the work they create,” they said. “It can be anywhere from traditional literary pieces like poetry, creative nonfiction, prose and fiction pieces, but we also take art, sculpture, photography, music playlists, really anything that a student feels embodies their queerness.”
According to Pearcy, the magazine is published twice per semester, with one edition published around midterm exams and one around final exam season. Each edition has a certain theme that all the submitted artwork must center around, and the upcoming edition is titled “Worship.” Although all the submissions must pertain to worship, Pearcy said that this does not hamper the creative freedom of artists or the diversity in submissions the magazine receives.
They said, “The theme for the upcoming edition this semester, the first publication this semester, is titled worship. So, we’re looking for creative pieces that our students feel encapsulates that theme. Every student can take the theme and interpret it in whatever way speaks to them most on that subject. We get so much variety in submissions, because there is the creative freedom to interpret the theme however you wish, and students always come up with some really amazing work. It’s always really cool to see everything they come up with and how each different person interprets the theme so differently.”
Past editions of the magazine have featured themes such as “new beginnings,” “omens,” and “nostalgia.” All past editions are available on the Iris Magazine website, with highlights, information, and upcoming events posted on the Iris Magazine Instagram, @iirismaag.
Students interested in submitting can do so via the Iris Magazine website, iris-magazine.com, and submissions for the “worship” edition close on Oct. 14.
