Photo and Art Submission

We invite a diverse range of orig­i­nal art media which lift up issues of social jus­tice and faith: pho­tographs, draw­ings, paint­ings, dig­i­tal art, etc. Please review our upcom­ing jour­nal issue themes and our site con­tent to see if Unbound might be a good home for your art. Unbound encour­ages its artists to think out­side of the box and to express them­selves cre­atively, in ways not pos­si­ble in the tra­di­tional for­mat of a writ­ten arti­cle. Unbound wel­comes art that is grounded in your per­sonal expe­ri­ences, hopes, and frus­tra­tions. Unbound’s pri­mary con­sid­er­a­tions in its accep­tance or rejec­tion of art sub­mis­sions are: orig­i­nal­ity; rel­e­vance to the journal’s mis­sion and/or issue themes; appro­pri­ate­ness for a faith-based jour­nal with view­ers of a wide vari­ety of ages; and whether the art offers a cri­tique of soci­ety, church, unjust social mores and/or polit­i­cal policies.

In addi­tion, all pho­tographs must be accom­pa­nied by a signed release of any indi­vid­u­als who are depicted in the photograph(s). In the event the indi­vid­ual depicted is under the age of 18, the release must be signed by a par­ent or legal guardian.

If you would like to sub­mit a writ­ten expla­na­tion, please sub­mit that expla­na­tion in Microsoft Word, as an attach­ment, with your art.

To sub­mit your photo or art, email images at not less than 1024x800 pix­els, but prefer­ably higher (2240x1680). JPG, PNG, GIF only, no RAW or Adobe for­mats. Scanned images should be the high­est pos­si­ble res­o­lu­tion. Please note that we can only make basic color and con­trast cor­rec­tions for final print, and as such, all images should be “print-ready” with­out text over­lays, water­marks, copy­right notices, or bor­ders. Any images too small for good vis­i­bil­ity or not meet­ing the above cri­te­ria will not be con­sid­ered. All art must be in dig­i­tal form. If you have a paint­ing, draw­ing or other non-digital art, please scan or oth­er­wise dig­i­tally con­vert your work before sub­mit­ting. Unbound accepts only elec­tronic submissions.

Artists should be will­ing to respond to ques­tions from Inter­net view­ers of their art.

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