Issue 11, vol. 6
Process vs. Product
Issue 10, vol. 5
Figurative vs. Literal
Issue 9, vol. 5
Horizontal vs. Vertical
Issue 8, vol. 4
Stillness vs. Frenzy
Issue 7, vol. 4
Accident vs. Design
Issue 6, vol. 3
Dialectic vs. Antinomy
Issue 5, vol. 3
Independent vs. Representative
Issue 4, vol. 2
Subjectivity vs. Objectivity
Issue 3, vol. 2
Minimalism vs. Maximalism
Issue 2, vol. 1
Confession vs. Mask
Issue 1 (Preview), vol. 1
Tradition vs. Experimentation
He could afford to be casual about the war with a fellow American, even one who was old enough to have memories of what it had been like to live through it. The war belonged to Vincent as much as anyone.
Saint-Michel: A Moment in Six Forms
Andrew ValenciaWindow with Clouds
Christopher Woods
Barb and spine,
column and procession—
rungs of helix fit
under lens. This rough art
stammers forward...
Vinculum
Katharyn M. Browne
The nurses nodded toward the chairs every time I went to ask how long? as if they’d seen a million girls pushing a million dead babies into the world, into this dark room. I was afraid to push them, afraid of being shuffled to the bottom of the pile of files. So, I waited my turn.
Immaculate
Wendy Sumner-WinterNews
Send us your work! Lucky Issue #13...Intuition vs Logic...
Lucky Issue #13!
Send us your best work by October 1, 2010.
submissions@swback.com
Summer time and the living's easy...
So what's going on at Switchback?
We've secure our line-up for issue 12.
We're soliciting art for issue 12.
We're thinking about doing a Switchback Editor's Reading this summer... Would you come if we read?
We've secured a new venue for our issue 12 launch party: Books and Bookshelves in the Castro, which we're super excited about. It's gonna be on November 18, 2010!
We're discussing the theme for issue 13, so we can open up the call for submissions.
We're looking forward to recruiting some new staff members from the incoming class!
Issue 12 Submissions Closed
For those writers and artists that missed the deadline, our next reading period will begin sometime mid-Summer, once we decide on the next theme. Keep checking our call for submissions page, follow us on twitter, or befriend us on Facebook to be the first to know!
Issue 11 is Live!
Don't forget: we're still taking submissions for Issue 12: Minority vs. Majority until March 17. We especially need nonfiction and art submissions so send us your best!
Building and Taking Submissions!
We are also reading for Issue 12: MINORITY V. MAJORITY! Check out our submission guidelines and send us something awesome. Our deadline is St. Patrick's day, the perfect excuse to reward yourself with a green cookie or beer after you've given us your best work.
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