CALL FOR GAMES: GAME POEMS MAGAZINE (DEADLINE APRIL 15 2025)
Game Poems Magazine is a new open access online literary magazine dedicated to exploring the artistic and poetic potential of short-form videogames.The magazine will publish short-form videogames directly in an online format (in the tradition of publications such as Taper and The HTML Review).Full description:
The videogame poem is a concept that challenges traditional boundaries between art forms. While poetry is often seen as a medium for introspection and cultural critique, videogames are typically associated with industrialism, consumerism, and resource consumption—more often about conquering worlds than contemplating them. However, these assumptions can be subverted.
Each issue of Game Poems curates an innovative collection of small, poetic videogames, or "game poems." That is, short interactive artworks that borrow language and framing from traditional videogames (e.g., they may utilize a player-controlled avatar or make use of classic videogame iconography), while also presenting themselves as poems in some way (perhaps by engaging with creative material constraints, playing with poetic text, or simply following in the lyric tradition of short-form personal expression).
The magazine foregrounds the convergences that exist between game making and poetry, highlights "born-videogame" poetics, and promotes videogame creation as a legitimate form of poetic practice.
The editorial collective has posted an open call for the inaugural issue of the magazine. “Intents to submit a game” should be registered as soon as possible via the online form on the website (deadline is April 15, 2025).The deadline for actual game submissions is June 15, 2025 (for full consideration and honorarium), with a late submission deadline of July 15, 2025.To learn more about the magazine, subscribe to our email list, or register an intent to submit, please visit https://www.gamepoems.org/
LINK: GAME POEMS MAGAZINE (Thank you, Jordan Magnuson)