Do Not Research is now accepting submissions for the next issue. Accepted entries will begin publishing in 2025. Send us essays, art, videos and more.
Submission Guidelines:
This year we are prioritizing new contributors who have not yet had a chance to publish on DNR. All submissions should be work you made within the last two years. It’s okay to send work you have already published on your own website, social media, etc.
TEXT: We ask for a minimum of 800 words. This year we will prioritize critical writing. Send us essays about internet culture, art, politics, media theory and ethnographic research. If you are submitting long form writing, such as research essays or material from a book, please choose a single chapter or section to excerpt. If your text includes images, please send them as attachments. Do not embed them in a Google doc.
ART: Include titles, years, materials and dimensions. Please include a statement or description of at least 250 words to help us understand the work. This year we will prioritize submissions with exhibition documentation and full bodies of work over submissions of individual artworks. Please note: we are unable to accept incomplete works, pitches or proposals. We are unable to publish PDFs, browser based art or code. Please format your work in a way that we are able to publish it.
VIDEO: For submission, video works should be hosted on YouTube or Vimeo. (We need external hosting for our review process.) We encourage you to include a download link so we can host the accepted videos on our site. Please include a brief statement or description of at least 250 words to help us understand the work.
All contributors are paid an honorarium and gifted lifetime membership to the community.
Be sure to include your name, your socials (IG, Substack, etc), and payment info (Venmo, Zelle or PayPal). Remember to include your pseudonym if you are publishing anonymously.
By submitting your work, you agree to publish on Do Not Research and to have the piece hosted on our site. Our archives remain open and freely accessible. We are not able to make edits to a piece after it is published.
Deadline for submissions: midnight on Monday, January 6th, 2025.
Send submissions by email: donotresearch@proton.me
In addition to our rotating group of community editors, we are please to invite guest editor Anika Jade Levy, co-founder & editor of Forever Magazine, to join us for the 2025 issue.
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will be submitting!