{"id":5418,"date":"2026-06-02T18:02:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T17:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/?p=5418"},"modified":"2026-06-02T18:05:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T17:05:05","slug":"submissions-call-andfriends-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/2026\/06\/submissions-call-andfriends-series.html\/","title":{"rendered":"Submissions Call: &#038;Friends Series!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Send us your ideas for a collaborative, combinatory masterpiece!<\/h3>\r\n\r\n<strong>Do you have an obsession? A subject that you think would make an incredible Sidekick-style book? If so, read on.<\/strong>\r\n<br><br>\r\nIn a break from our normal Sidekick practice, we\u2019re handing over the curatorial reins to you. We\u2019re seeking proposals for <a href=\"http:\/\/ https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/submissions-calls-2026\/\">the &amp;Friends series<\/a>, an experimental new series of <strong>amalgamatic poetry<\/strong> books, in which individual author-editors collate, curate, adapt and remix, combining original composition with work they\u2019ve solicited or borrowed from elsewhere.\r\n\r\n<br><br>\r\n<strong>Please note:<\/strong> This call is not for single-author collections, but hybrid books, in the spirit of our <a href=\"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/product\/sidekick-headbooks-set-4\/\">Headbooks<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/product\/hipflask-series-set-of-four\/\">Hipflasks<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<br><br>\r\nWe\u2019re inviting <strong>200-word proposals<\/strong>, along with a sample of 10-20 pages (not full manuscripts). In your submission, we\u2019ll ask you to discuss the amalgamatic elements in your proposal and share your vision for the book.\r\n\r\n<br><br>\r\nYou can view examples of two amalgamatic works in progress on the call page, and we suggest checking out the sample pages for our other titles to get a feel for what we\u2019re looking for, as well as subjects we\u2019ve already covered in depth.\r\n\r\n<br><br>\r\nPlease read the <a href=\"http:\/\/ https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/submissions-calls-2026\/\">full call for submissions<\/a> and ask us any questions before sending proposals. We look forward to reading your work!\r\n\r\n<h3>Deadline: 15 August 2026<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Send us your ideas for a collaborative, combinatory masterpiece! Do you have an obsession? A subject that you think would make an incredible Sidekick-style book? If so, read on. In a break from our normal Sidekick practice, we\u2019re handing over the curatorial reins to you. We\u2019re seeking proposals for the &amp;Friends series, an experimental new &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/2026\/06\/submissions-call-andfriends-series.html\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Submissions Call: &#038;Friends Series!&#8221;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1044,1045,902,188,910],"class_list":["post-5418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-friends","tag-amalgamatic-writing","tag-call-for-submissions","tag-collaboration","tag-mixed-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5418"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5425,"href":"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5418\/revisions\/5425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sidekickbooks.com\/booklab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}