PRISM PRESS

FALL ISSUE OPEN CALL
Theme: (NEO) FUTURISM

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* NOTE: New Deadline and publication date

Due to the breadth of the theme and its immediate relevancy to today, this will be a much larger project with a hard-cover publication. 

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*Distributed to curators, galleries, and publishing professionals

*International exhibition platform with VR + print circulation

*Selected artists archived and promoted through Prism Press network

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Prism Press invites artists and writers to submit work for our Spring 2026 issue (print publication & V.R. Exhibition centered on (Neo) Futurism. 

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Open Call: Futurism — Reconsidered

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Futurism, an early 20th-century movement originating in Italy, sought to break from tradition and embrace the energy of modern life. Artists such as Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Umberto Boccioni, and Giacomo Balla celebrated speed, technology, and industrial progress, imagining a future defined by innovation and transformation.

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More than a century later, we now inhabit that future. Our present world has far surpassed the industrial revolution with the internet revolution and now stands on the precipice of the AI revolution. Has humanity taken technology too far? The book “If Someone Build It, Everyone Dies” a critical work about what seems to be the inevitable Super AI by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares certainly thinks so. 

 

This open call invites artists, writers, and poets to reflect on how those early visions have unfolded. Has modernity delivered on its promises, or revealed unforeseen consequences? What does the future mean today, in a world shaped by technological acceleration, environmental urgency, and shifting human experience? Are we headed towards a dystopian world or are we already inhabiting one and if so, is technology to blame or is it because of some other variable like the global structure such as capitalism or simply human nature? 

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All writers and artists included in this publication retain full copyright of their work.

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NO A.I.

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We accept:

• Visual Art: all mediums (time-based work is printed with a still + qr code link)

• Poetry: “Shape" or “Concrete” poetry highly desirable. 

• Letters to the Future format for prose

Selected contributors will be published in a professionally designed Prism Press catalogue / magazine and virtual exhibition.

Each selected artist and writer will receive:

• A complimentary copy of the printed publication

• Inclusion in a curated, ISBN-registered catalogue /magazine

• Visibility through Prism Press platforms and archives

• Distribution of this edition to professionals in the publishing and fine art fields, including curators, editors, arts organizations and art libraries. 

This is an opportunity to have your work positioned within an international, thoughtfully curated context that bridges contemporary art and publishing.

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Deadline: August 20th 2026 (or 100 Applications : whichever comes first)

 

Publication Date: September 8th

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Prism Press is committed to presenting work that is conceptually rigorous, visually compelling, and culturally relevant. We invite submissions from emerging and established artists and writers worldwide, and place a high value on diverse and eclectic perspectives.