NUNUM - Blending Flash Fiction & Art

NUNUM's Interview with Six Questions

3/8/2019

SQF: Why did you start this magazine?

NUNUM focuses on blending flash fiction with visual art to produce a work which while faithful to both parents is, as all offspring are, unique unto itself.

This is all we publish, and we do it in order to further explore the idea that both the words of a flash fiction piece and the elements of an image don't exist in a vacuum. A reader's mind isn't blank, it is full of clusters of

Kobina Wright - Colours & Lines

2/26/2019

Kobina Wright is a second generation California native with a degree in Communications from California State University, Fullerton. Wright is an artist, writer and entrepreneur and is a board member of The G.R.E.E.N. Foundation, an organization that helps to service the community through health education and navigation to support individuals and families to access quality health care.

Scroll down and see more of Kobina's beautiful lines and colours.

Things by Kobina Wright

Aquatic by Francis Malapris

2/14/2019

Key encounters have formed Francis's photographic approach to bring him to social contact and staging. He then abandons computer sciences to exploit his bubbling creativity, full of sensitivity. The human being is then at the center of his work, after the fashion of the "Self" (Freud), which lies between unconscious desires and moral standards. Affected by the death of a friend, he undertakes a strong introspection that will highlight neuroses that he crystallizes through nude photography.

NUNUM's Detailed Submission Guidelines

2/8/2019

Details
- all submissions must be sent through our Submittable account (emailed submissions will not be read)
- first publication only - means your story or image can’t be published elsewhere, including on a blog, social media account, etc.
- simultaneous submissions, no worries, just let us know if your work has been accepted somewhere else
- multiple submissions are fine, just submit them one file at a time
Flash Fiction
- max 500 words, no minimum
- use Times New Roman
- use font size 12
- double space
- use page numbers
- no name, email, address, etc. anywhere on submitted work
Art
- jpeg please (if we need or want a different file type we will ask you)
- low resolution images, keep the file size below 1mb (again, if we need something bigger we will contact you directly)
- we are interested in anything and everything visual, from classic b&w pics to anime fan art to collage and anything in between or beyond
Blog
- for now our blog is by invitation only, but if you do have something you think would be great for it then drop us an email - no attachments - either copy/paste or type your idea in the body of the email
More Details
- we pay using PayPal
- payment is made in Canadian dollars
- payment is $20 for both flash fiction and art, minus any processing fees due to locale, etc. (this rarely happens)
- give us a month to get back to you about the status of a submission, we try to do it faster but you know sometimes things get in the way
- if its been over a month feel free to query us about the status of your submission via email editor@nunum.ca
- by submitting writers/artists acknowledge: NUNUM requires first-time North American publishing rights with the right to reprint submissions in subsequent anthologies even after publication rights have reverted back to author. Accepted work is subject for use in any future anthologies or design projects, both digital and print, and NUNUM asks that any reprints give first publication credit to NUNUM.

Meet NUNUM's Winter 2018 Contributors: Leah Dockrill

2/4/2019

Leah Dockrill's 'It's Just Girl Talk' brought a new level of wherewithal to Ina's 'The Therapist' and together the two of them blended into something that our Winter 2018 Issue simply needed to have included within its pages.

Meet NUNUM's Winter 2018 Contributors: Ina Roy-Faderman

2/3/2019

Ina took us on a trip with her piece 'The Therapist' and showed us all what happens when you blow big whistles. Check out our Winter Issue and find out what happens when the birds got a hold of her ideas.

MFA Dispatch: A Few Thoughts on the MFA by Will Clattenburg

2/2/2019

MFAs, Their Utility, Etc.

Anything that gets you writing is a good thing. Taken in that light, I’m happy that I spent 3 years earning an MFA. Was the MFA degree totally useful? Probably not. Then again, I didn’t apply for or accept an MFA thinking I would use it as an academic stepping stone to a Ph.D or something like that—I know some people do. But my writing and life philosophy is that after a certain amount of years in school it’s best to move

Meet NUNUM's Winter 2018 Contributors: Caitlin Bagwell

2/2/2019

So proud to give Caitlin's first publication a home in NUNUM's Winter 2018 Issue. Had no idea when we accepted it but after seeing her 'Surplus Male' piece, I've no doubt this is but one of the many gems Caitlin is going to through out into the world.

Meet NUNUM's Winter 2018 Contributors: Bob Thurber

1/31/2019

Bob gave us a piece called 'Balloon Party' for NUNUM's Winter 2018 Issue and it is something we are still trying to peel the layers off.

Although I love all our pieces, the way Bob's words blended with the art in this piece exceeded any expectation I was foolish enough to be still holding on to.

Meet NUNUM's Winter 2018 Contributors: Anita Goveas

1/20/2019

Anita Goveas slid us a wonderfully insightful piece for our Winter 2018. 'Sideways' blended into a doodle in our pages and became the anchor story with which we ended our first year of telling stories.