Backlash Press CIC Open Call

Printed Resistance Anthology 01: Erase

Submit your Artists Response to the word ‘ERASE’ with a particular focus on disappearing words, stories, livelihoods, and people.

All mediums welcome on a single A4 landscape page.

All Proceeds will be donated to UNICEF Gaza Crisis Appeal.

Created with funding from Arts Council England.

Submission is free and open until 3rd January, 2026.

Please email info@backlashpress.org with YouName/ArtworkTitle/ERASE in the subject line. Follow the guidelines below.

ARTWORK SPECS:

· High-quality JPEG (300 DPI)

· A4 landscape (3508 x 2480 pixels)

· Max file size 15MB

· CMYK colour mode

WRITING SPECS:

· Word.docx file

· Single A4 page

· 12pt font Times New Roman

· Single spaced (poetry) or 1.5 spaced (prose/essay)

SELECTED WORKS FEATURED IN:

· Limited edition hand-bound anthology

· An exhibition

· UK zine/small press fairs

Please share with anyone who might be interested:

Inspirational side note: if you have the opportunity, please visit the pamphlet exhibition at Senate House Library. The collection features handmade zines, artist books, pamphlets, and broadsheets from the likes of Blake, suffragette movement, early Audre Lorde poetry (bliss), all manner of printed anarchy, handmade books, alongside Pickwick Papers and off-Broadway playbills. I completely geeked out and have been boring my family stiff with printed material anecdotes. The exhibition was curated by the British Library’s librarian team (hello dream scenario of gold medal Olympian librarians) who happily answered my 5,000 questions x

Also, if you want to make a day of it, there is a Secret Map exhibition next door in the main hall at the British Library. What is not to love?

Good luck!

Gret Heffernan