SUBMIT BY DEC. 01 2024
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IMPORTANT DATES
Submission Deadline:
December 01, 2024
Notification of Acceptance: 
December 13, 2024
Issue Launch:
January 29, 2025

 

About Acid Free

Acid Free, the thematic online magazine of the Los Angeles Archivists Collective, seeks to be a smart, complicated, non-academic forum for a variety of voices and issues in our field, to ground archivists locally and regionally while also keeping an eye toward larger conversations and landscapes.

About the Topic

“Sound” can be broadly interpreted through an archival lens. Possible topics may include oral histories, time-based media, music, storytelling, playlist-ing, DJ culture, field recordings, and the absence of sound: archival silence(s), hearing impairment, silent film collections.

Submission Guidelines

Acid Free is open to articles that highlight documents, collections, or exhibitions; share projects and stories; critically examine archival issues and practices; explore local landmarks; or address other theme-related archival subjects. Articles can be any length, but we recommend keeping it under 1,000 words. We are a highly visual publication; please include images in .jpg format to illustrate your story.

In addition to the text + visuals, an audio file may also be submitted to compliment the writing.

Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis utilizing the following criteria: Hook, clarity, and relevance to the theme.

Image Guidelines

Please provide images that are at least 1920 px wide (300 dpi) as separate attachments from copy. Please indicate image placement in the article. 

Example

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[ image-001.jpg, Image caption goes here ]

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Citation Guidelines

Cite your sources in the body of your text as opposed to following a formal, academic citation style. For any links in the draft you submit, please bracket the url following the text you want linked, and we will create the hyperlink when we produce on the web. 

Example

Lorem ipsum [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum] dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod. Lorem ipsum dolor.

Citations for additional resources may also be listed at the end of any article.

Contact

Email: acidfree.la@gmail.com
Instagram: @laacollective