{"id":13174,"date":"2026-02-03T21:57:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/?p=13174"},"modified":"2026-02-03T21:57:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:57:53","slug":"submissions-open-for-issue-29-displacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/?p=13174","title":{"rendered":"Submissions open for Issue 29: Displacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Manchester Review is looking for prose, poetry and art in response to these themes for our upcoming special issue\u00a0<i>Displacement<\/i>. Examples of themes include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Displacement of humanity due to climate change<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Experiences of diaspora<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">The meaning of home and finding new homes<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Displacement as a result of sociopolitical or economic reasons<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Finding homes within oneself outside of labels predetermined by society<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Talking about her work, titled\u00a0<i>I strongly believe in our right to be frivolous<\/i>\u00a0\u2013 \u0643\u064f\u0644\u0651\u064a \u0625\u064a\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0641\u064a \u062d\u0642\u0651\u0646\u0627 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0637\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0634, Mounira Al Solh reflects on her experience of displacement saying\u00a0\u2018I am home everywhere today, and nowhere, because my initial homes have rejected me, as well as the hundreds of people I have met and drawn, and with whom I have had incredible conversations about our lives.\u2019. This makes us consider the multitudes contained within the words \u2018home\u2019, which can both be somewhere and nowhere, and \u2018displacement\u2019 as a process which dislodges and uproots while also enabling connection and rooting in new ways.<\/p>\n<p>Narratives of home and displacement have been prevalent throughout history and continue to be relevant with displacement of communities in search of safety, opportunity, or a habitable environment. Displacement can occur on a more granular level too, whether that\u2019s changing neighbourhoods, finding homes in new identities or becoming displaced from one\u2019s body as they navigate gender outside of heteronormative convention.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We will welcome submissions between 1st-28th February<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Manchester Review is looking for prose, poetry and art in response to these themes for our upcoming special issue\u00a0Displacement. 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