Stimmen der Rebellion
Dengê Berxwedane
Voices of Rebellion
Call for Art
Theme 2025 : With Love & Rage
We invite you to submit your art for our upcoming issue "with Love & Rage". We are looking for feminist poetry, prose, photography and visual art that boldly and honestly shows us the struggles and solidarity of the world around us - with flames, blood, love and everything in between.
This issue aims to once again give space to every act of rebellion, no matter how small, showcasing your diverse stories and experiences. We are looking for fearless and tender words of determination - we are looking for art that sets the capitalist, patriarchal system ablaze and completely unhinges it.
In particular, we want to give space to the theme of international solidarity and how our interconnected struggles and shared experiences can empower us to confront sexism, oppression, destruction and violence. We encourage you to illuminate and interpret themes of resistance, radical tenderness and the transformative power of solidarity in your work.
Guidelines for submission:
🔥Poetry and prose: up to 3 entries, each no more than 1,500 words.
🔥Visual art: up to five works of photography or visual art
🔥Submissions are open to women lesbians, inter, non-binary, trans and agender persons
🔥Closing date: 15.01.2025
About Us
Our Mission
Stimmen der Rebellion/ Dengê Berxwedane / Voices of Rebellion is a feminist art and literature project dedicated to empowering voices through creative expression. Our platform offers workshops, an annual exhibition, and an online magazine, providing a space for artists and writers to showcase their work. We welcome submissions from all backgrounds, aiming to amplify diverse voices and perspectives in the realm of art and literature.
Our Story
Who We Are
We are friends, comrades, activists. We are also working class writers and artists united by our passion for feminism, creativity, and fighting contemporary capitalism. We are a collective project that is ever evolving. We are grassroots organisers. Our organisational team currently is run by Ferze, Nabila, Laura and Kate - who you can read more about here.
Our Story
It all began during one of our weekly coffee chats, where we often discussed the lack of visibility for art and literature by women and our genderqueer siblings. Frustrated, we decided to take matters into our own hands, organizing free workshops to create accessible spaces for emerging artists. The positive feedback from these workshops led us to launch our project, "Stimmen der Rebellion / Denge Berxwedane / Voices of Rebellion."
We offer free poetry and photography workshops, organise poetry nights - aaand have an extravaganza of feminist art at our annual exhibition and publish it all in our magazine. (Read it here)
For the past four years, this project has continued to grow, and we are proud to have published the work of over 150 artists, poets, and writers. We try to break free from colonial and oppressive systems that still shape our lives. Art is our powerful path to freedom, and we want to share this journey with you! So don't hesitate to submit - If your work adheres to our theme, we will accept it! We don't believe in elitist selective processes - we just want to share the feminist rebellion around us!
Our goal is to foster engagement for social justice and structural change. Voices of Rebellion provides women and genderqueer individuals with the opportunity to share their realities, struggles, and acts of resistance with the world. We aim to cultivate cultural awareness around feminist thought, experiences, and action—establishing a rebellious space in the public sphere.
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