Good day friend,
We here at Sentenced are HARD AT WORK!
This is SENTENCED’s very first weekly newsletter, coming at you live from satellites orbiting in the lower reaches of our Earth’s upper atmosphere. Thank you for signing up! You will not be disappointed.
If you’re not signed up, and you’re reading this on our website, go ahead and navigate to the JOIN page on our website to hear goings-on every so often:
Submissions are OPEN!
Submissions for our web and print outlets are OPEN!
We’re allowing submissions of anything and everything in the mediums of fiction, non-fiction, academic essay, translation, digital art, physical art, photography, comics, collaging, poster, spreadsheet, video art, clickbait article, political campaign advertisement, .gif, automated bot, pre-LLM chatbot, ironworking, glassblowing, lyrics, music, music video, video essay, translation, YouTube Poop, video game, wearable art (clothing), plush objects, fur-suits (clothing), sculpture, pottery, comedy sketch, reaction video, historical recreation, stage-play, screenplay, teleplay, theater, television, pornography, documentary, and film.
However, at this time, we will only accept static visual art, short comics, and writing ranging from 1 – 4,000 words.
Send your work on over to contributions@sentencedlit.org !
First Zine Available for Purchase!
We released our first physical zine! Yes, “Sentenced Vol. 1, No. 1 – to Death” is out now, and you can purchase it by sending us a message through the official channel which fits best for you– Instagram DMing @sentencedlit, emailing sentencedlit@gmail.com, or tweeting at @sentencedlit on twitter.
It’s ten dollars, plus shipping.
Are you on the fence? Unsure about the investment? Well, how about you read a sneak preview of the zine: Theo Scheer’s “My Secret”, released on our website today! This is just ONE SIXTH of the stories in the zine, not to mention all of the wonderful art contained within it. You can read it here: https://sentencedlit.org/my-secret/
New Interview!
Just this last Friday, we released an interview with the Poet of Theater, which you can read here: https://sentencedlit.org/an-interview-with-poet-of-theater/ ! A fantastic interview, conducted with grace by our ever-brilliant Remi Dawns.
Website Redesign!
After clicking on Theo’s story, or PoT’s interview, you might notice our website has been re-designed! In fact, it’s not the same website at all! We have become a “.org” site now. This new website is a lot better than the piece of shit website we had before. Who would keep a piece of shit website like that around?
The revamped site is full of new features, including our favorite one— on the homepage, you’ll see our beautiful new non-binary mascot, Mx. Period! Make them happy by reading, or punch them repeatedly to hurt them!
The Live Show Went OK!
Next, we’d like to thank the audience for our debut + seminal live show, Period Live, on January 10th in Sunny Los Angeles. We had a great time, and we hope you did too. Though he won’t see this, we send our most appreciative thanks to Aaron Louie, the actor who played a wonderful Tao Lin— the best performance of Tao Lin the world has ever seen.
For those who couldn’t make it to the show, well, we’re putting it through the wringer, chopping it up, and adding content. Yes, a full-length MOVIE CUT will be released in due time.
We’ll also release a Commentary Track. Attendants, rejoice! Get ready to have renewed interest in our project.
Clarification Regarding Political Loyalties
Finally, we’d also like to take this time to announce, here and now, that we are not and have never been an “Anarchist” publication. The only reason we said we were “Anarchists” is because we were disorganized, and had an unstructured, unrigorous approach to our actions. This will not be the case going forwards.
We are committed Marxists, and we’re hoping to break into more revolutionary work. You’ll be surprised by what we’re planning! We will share our organizational structure and goals in an upcoming Congress, set sometime in Q2.
In all seriousness:
While running errands for our show, several ICE kidnapping raids were conducted at places we had either just been to or just arrived at— however, we never once saw them. The surreality of these close misses, happening as we prepared for a show which was (for the most part) an apolitical vanity project, was not lost on us.
We regret calling ourselves “anarchist” in a political context where seriousness is necessary. Though we admit we are completely unprepared to do so, we are looking for ways in which to make ourselves more politically conscious.
The present state of literature, with a focus on writers who produce crude, hopelessly nihilistic work, makes it clear that the industry is in severe need of reorganization. We don’t really know what accomplishing this means on a practical level. It probably starts by doing basically the same thing we were already doing, but more, and more intentionally.
As Eugene Ionescu (tr. Nora Wright) said:
A center for all people, for all arts, such as the Pompidou, is necessary and vital, to sustain art that is non-exclusive, invites all responses.
Towards ten million Pompidous, all around us!
Thank you for understanding that SENTENCED is no longer a prank.
See you next time,
Sentenced Lit
sentencedlit.org
