WRITERS WANTED

Surreal painter, Swartzentruber, forfeit authorial intent in favor of adopting the talent of international writers to craft meaning via poetry, prose, and short essay for this collection of paintings. The text will tour with the 36 "Totem Triptychs" at museums and galleries, and will be on permanent displayed at this site.
SUBMISSION CRITERIA:
Articulate a convincing argument about the painting with an authoritative tone, and embrace literary excellence. 300 word max. Each writer may submit one work per painting.

1. DIRECT SUBMISSION

If you prefer to publish directly through this site, you may select any of the totems and submit.
A. Choose a painting for your reader interpretation. Totem artwork American Sportsman Anti-Monotony Aristocracy Carnal Casino Cherub Credit Girl Ear Wax Egocentric Estrogen Factory Entrance the Fading Fresh Kills H20 the Humanities Humor Judgment Kitsch Lineage with Chair Maternal Sin Migraine and Girlfriend More Fish Mortal Native Travel Normal Nursing a Grudge II Ozone Pacifism the Pastor Pedigree Personality the Replacement Schoolmaster Please Stand in Line Taming of the View Testosteron Virtual Communication
B. Look over the image carefully and take some notes.
C. Write original poetry, prose, and short essay describing the selected totem. (300 word max.).
D. Title will be the totem painting your select. You may add a subtitle
E. Include your name, city, state, and country you are from. Example: "Estrogen", essay, Bibiana Nowak, Krakow, Poland. You are welcome to include the title of one of your noted publications or significant award as a biography.
F. Email your text When sending your e-mail make "Totem Essay" the Subject. Do not send as an attachment.

3. INFO FOR LITERARY MAGAZINE EDITORS

Project specifications for interested literary magazines:
1. Notify us of your commitment to the project and we will add you to our list of participating literary publications.
2. Select two to four Totems to publish in your literary magazine. Your paintings will not run in other literary magazines.
3. You may opt to run one Totem per edition, or all the Totems at once.
4. Cut and past images into your site. High-resolution image files are available upon request for printed publications.
5. Publish an invitation to your writers and request that submissions be sent directly to your literary journal.
6. Jury the submissions for quality and publish successful entries.
7. We will add successful entries from your publication to our site upon notification. As a courtesy, your journal will be identified with the author credits, on each published submission.
8. Provide a link to the Totem collection for your readers to process the entire project.

• = Available to literary magazine
• = Reserved

Testosterone
H2O
Native Travel.
Pacifism
Judgment
The American Sportsman
Ozone
Estrogen
Earwax
Give me some Credit
Maternal Sin
Mortal -Half Drunk Muse
Carnal Casino - Mungbeing
Pedigree
Aristocracy
Monotony
More Fish
Egocentric - Mungbeing
Factory Entrance
Schoolmaster
Taming of the View -Half Drunk Muse
Stairway to Heaven: The Pastor
Normal - Mungbeing
The Replacement
The Humanities -Foot Steps to Oxford
Lineage: With a Chair -Half Drunk Muse
Personality: This Little Light of Mine -Half Drunk Muse
Cherubim
Commercial Art
Virtual Communication -Foot Steps to Oxford
Migraine and His Girlfriend
Please Stand in Line - Mungbeing
Nursing a Grudge: Death Awaits -Half Drunk Muse
Fresh Kills
The Fading -Half Drunk Muse
The Rules of Humor

Stop by and enjoy, award winning author, Marc Harshman’s reader interpretative prose on the paintings Anti-Monotony, Normal, H20, Credit Girl and Humanities. Watch for more!

Poet and Storyteller Marc Harshman holds degrees from Bethany College, Yale University Divinity School, and the University of Pittsburgh. He received the Ezra Jack Keats / Kerlan Collection Fellowship from the University of Minnesota for research on Scandinavian myth and folklore. Recipient of the WV Arts Commission Fellowship in Poetry and a chapbook of poems, Rose of Sharon was published in 2002. Harshman's books have been published in Spanish, Danish, and Swedish. As author of ten children's books. Only One was a Reading Rainbow review title on PBS TV and The Storm was a Junior Library Guild selection, a Smithsonian Notable Book for Children, a Children's Book Council Notable Book for Social Studies, and a Parent's Choice Award recipient.

Opportunities for Writers:
• American Chronicle
• Artist Resource: Calls for Writing
• The Art Crit Page
• Lit.org: A Community for Writers
• Craigslist: Writers (Chicago)
• elance
• WriterLance
• Every Lit Mag
• Japanese Haiku Poetry Resources