About Hétérographe
“Hétérographe, revue des homolittératures ou pas : ” (loosely translated by : “ Heterograph,
review of homoliteratures… or not : ”) was founded in 2008 in Switzerland and is published
half-yearly by Les Editions d’En Bas.
It is a cultural space open to literary and theoretical writings on LGBTQI topics in order to
destabilise boundaries, to deconstruct gender power relations, to bring out and display
artistic work that is driven by these questionings as well as to broaden the discussion on
bodies, literatures and sexual identities.
Its issues introduce new fiction, poetry, essays as well as art from many nations to French
speaking readers.
Submissions - Guidelines
We are actively seeking work for our forthcoming issues.
We welcome your submissions in creative writing (poetry, short fiction), literary and LGBTQI orientated non-fiction, and theoretical essays.
Please note that your submission must be original and previously unpublished work whose length must not exceed 8'000 signs. We will take care of the translation and send it to you for approval before its publication.
For theoretical work and literary essays, please send us an abstract (1'000 signs). If it is approved, we ask you for the full version.
If you are an artist willing to submit a portfolio of pictures/photographs/illustrations, please note that we can only publish 10 images in black and white per issue.
All text submissions can be sent in .DOC or .PDF format by e-mail (object : text submission) to :
info@heterographe.com
Art submissions can be sent in JPEG format :
- If the files are smaller than 1Mo, by e-mail (object : image submission) to : info@heterographe.com
- If the files are bigger than 1Mo, on a CD, by post to :
Hétérographe Revue des homolittératures ou pas : Avenue Montagibert 10 1005 Lausanne Switzerland
We are looking forward to your ideas and thank you for your interest !
One of the things that 'queer' can refer to: the open mesh of possibilities,
gaps, overlaps, dissonances and resonances, lapses and excesses of
meaning when the constituent elements of anyone's gender, of anyone's
sexuality aren't made (or can't be made) to signify monolithically.
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick