Time and Propinquity: An Anthology of Fiction and Philosophy
Call for Submissions
Montag Press invites submissions for Time and Propinquity, a forthcoming anthology of original contributions of fiction and philosophy, on the very broad subject of time. What T.S. Eliot thought of as “unredeemable”, Nietzsche “a flat circle", and Augustine “such as we are” is the subject matter of this book.
We encourage writers to interpret questions around temporality in any way you’d like to. We actively seek a broad range of responses; so, please feel free to write about what interests you on these subjects, but some philosophers whose work you may touch upon include Kant, Heidegger, Husserl, Ricoeur, Augustine, Parmenides, MacTaggart, etc. (Please refer to the attached document for a set of possible inspirational starting-off points.)
While we don’t intend to be overly prescriptive, it is expected that contributions might arrive via the following sources:
Authors of philosophy are asked to provide a short epigraph from an established philosophical writing on time pertaining to the subject they’ll be writing about. Example, this quote from Thus Spake Zarathustra:
"Look at this gateway! Dwarf!" I continued, "it hath two faces. Two roads come together here: these hath no one yet gone to the end of.
This long lane backwards: it continueth for an eternity. And that long lane forward—that is another eternity.
They are antithetical to one another, these roads; they directly abut on one another:—and it is here, at this gateway, that they come together. The name of the gateway is inscribed above: 'This Moment.'
At this first stage, creative writers can also submit their responses to existing works of philosophy.
Once philosophical responses are in, creative writers will then be asked to respond to the works of philosophy (either the original source material or the contemporary philosophers' work) via their original fiction, personal essays, poems, monologues, short plays, and so on. In this way, it is hoped that there will be a 'call-and-response' echoing throughout this anthology.
As a starting point, we have assembled eleven substantive quotes that either philosophers or creative writers may use as inspiration.
If you have alternative ideas or questions, please get in touch. We would be happy to hear from you.
We do not intend to set a word limit for individual contributions.
Please format your subject line as follows: [Submission: Time and Propinquity / Title / AUTHOR NAME] and email submissions or queries to timeandpropinquity@gmail.com
Best wishes,
The Editors
Michael Sauve & David Mathew