John Crozier Archives - Visual Verse

Image by John Crozier

Dear writers, readers and friends,

We have had an influx of submissions from new writers (is it the Euro heatwave?!) and with this came lots of enquiries about when to expect confirmation if a piece is published. A gentle reminder that we do not notify writers when a piece is published. We read over 150 subs every month and publish 100 of them. We would love to notify each and every one of you but there’s simply no time. We appreciate this is annoying, so here is a reminder of how you can keep track of your submission:

1. Check visualverse.org (https://www.visualverse.org) regularly. If published, your piece will go up on visualveres.org some time before the end of the month.
2. Create a Google Alert (https://www.google.com/alerts) or similar for your name, to be notified when your piece appears.
3. Search the Archive (https://visualverse.org/images/) . All past issues are kept here and all published writers are listed on the left, alphabetically by first name.

Do you have other bright ideas for monitoring your submissions? We’d love to hear them. Send us an email or Tweet us @visual_verse so we can share your tips with other writers.

Now, to the fun stuff. From our new HQ downunder, we are feeling nostalgic for the UK and Europe. The antidote is a deep-dive into Australia’s artist and writer talent pool. We kick off the issue with an image, by John Crozier, of London’s infamous Underground alongside words by Australian writer Eloise Grills (https://www.eloisegrills.com/) . Eloise is an award-winning writer and artist living in Daylesford, Victoria. Her collection of illustrated essays, big beautiful female theory, is out now with Affirm Press. She tweets and grams as

On page 2, we’re delighted to highlight the work of Luís Costa (he/they) who has been bringing some beautiful words to VV of late. Luís is, among many things, an anxious queer poet living in London. Longlisted for the 2022 Out-Spoken Prize, his recent and forthcoming work can be found in Stone of Madness, Inksounds, Queerlings, Farside Review, FEED and here on Visual Verse. Luís holds a PhD from Goldsmiths, University of London, and likes Baroque music, numbers and wine. He tweets @captainiberia (http://www.twitter.com/captainiberia) .
And on page 3, we welcome Mitra Visveswaran, a Visual Verse writing prize winner. Mitra is a 24 year old artist, poet and student of psychology from Chennai, India, and we are loving watching her work grow and develop.

So, dear writers, let’s see what you make of this month’s image. I love that we can’t begin to predict your responses to this one. Surprise us. And, more importantly, surprise yourselves.

The image is the starting point, the text is up to you.

Kristen
with Lucie, Isabel, Preti and the VV Team