NIDSTANG is now accepting submissions for our inaugural issue.

This is the herb that fought against the worm—
this can avail against poison, this can avail against contagion,
this can avail against hated things that fare throughout the land.

NIDSTANG is an anarchist journal of poetry published by Pleroma. We are interested in art that evokes the spirit of the nithing pole, the ancient Germanic curse-pole.

This is the herb that fought against the worm

We are interested primarily in writing that is potent and lives past the written word: poetry as speech-act, poetry as ritual, poetry as terrorism — “Art as crime; crime as art.” Of particular interest is poetry which violates, interrogates, and resists the powers that be. Not only institutional power, but the structures inherent to all language, the binaries upon which all meaning is constructed. We want venomous tongue — words that by their very nature inflict damage. This should not be confused with mere critique, but rather understood literally: we want writing which conjures. Hence, NIDSTANG: the atavistic belief in the subtle powers of language.

NIDSTANG will be published both online (on a rolling basis) and in print (with illustrations). We have no strict restrictions on what can or cannot be submitted, however, only work of a certain quality and tone will be selected for publication. While this is a poetry journal and will likely remain so, we welcome all submissions, and we are always interested in interesting work. 

There is no reading fee; and NIDSTANG will be freely available to any interested parties in print.

Please send all submissions to nidstang@insiberia.net with the subject “Submission“. If you run a zine distro or similar project and would like to receive bulk copies of NIDSTANG #1, send a safe mailing address secured with Privnote to nidstang@insiberia.net with the subject “Order“.