ARTOEND Submission Guidelines

Send your submissions to our form at: napatfoundation.org/submissions.

Submissions are accepted across 3 categories: Articles, Artworks, and News. Each category includes (1) specific guidelines and (2) a preparation checklist.

For Individuals or Groups

I. Articles

01.  For Essays

Non-fiction academic prose OR non-fiction narrative prose. With a meta-justification.

Critical Analysis Submission

We are looking for critical analyses which either intervenes in, synthesizes with commentary, or discusses rigorously the current debates of the interdisciplinary discourse about arts. Written pieces are non-fiction, minimum 1000-word long, with APA style citation and a double-justified main body in a standard typeface.

Stories Submission 

We also seek non-fiction narrative prose, in which individuals and organizations whose work are relevant to our theme can share their experience with the field, illuminating and elucidating our readership by insights which cannot be obtained a priori. Literary devices are welcomed, but should remain secondary to the informative nature of the narration. 

Images & Illustrations 

We welcome diagrams, reproductions of referenced artworks, data visualisations, archival photographs, and original illustrations. Each image should have a clear relationship to the text at the point where it appears, and contributors are responsible for clearing reproduction rights before submission. Images included at submission stage do not need to be final production files; a working-quality version is sufficient for editorial review. 

Final high-resolution files will be requested during the collaboration period if the essay is selected.

Authorial Biography (150 words)

Consider it a place to introduce your works, prior publications, background, and any substantive affiliations. They need not be without errors or inconsistency with the work—consider this a behind-the-scenes to your work. You can also provide links or usernames to any websites, digital portfolio, or social media.

02.  Checklist

A checklist covering every requirement for essay submissions.

(a) The Essay

• For Stories: non-fiction, narrative prose. Length: 1,000 words minimum. Excluding bibliography. The limit is intentional: precision, not comprehensiveness. It asks you to identify what is essential.

• For Critical Analyses: non-fiction, academic prose. Length: 1,000 words minimum.  Excluding bibliography. The limit is intentional: precision, not comprehensiveness. It asks you to identify what is essential.

• APA citation style. Double-justified body text. Standard typeface.   

• Possess an inferrable meta-justification: The piece should gesture at why its provision of information matters. Synthesis, unexpected connection, or unusual cohesion of a tension: all are welcome.

• No AI-generated linguistic components. No authorial conflict of interest:  Per the Editor’s Note. Maximum two authors per essay; both must confirm no conflict of interest.

(b) Images & Illustrations

• Submit image files separately, not embedded in the essay document:  Label each file clearly with a number corresponding to its in-text caption (e.g. Fig_01.jpg). Include a caption list at the end of the essay file.

• Submission files: minimum 72dpi, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, or PDF accepted. Working-quality files are sufficient for editorial review. Do not embed low-resolution screenshots in the essay body; submit them as separate files.

• Final production files, if selected: minimum 300dpi, CMYK preferred for print, sRGB for digital. Final files will be requested during the collaboration period (20–30 November 2026). Do not delay your submission waiting to prepare final-resolution files.

• Each image must be accompanied by a caption and a usage rights confirmation.  Captions should include: title of work, creator, year, medium, and source or collection. You are responsible for clearing reproduction rights. NAPAT Foundation will publish the image in print and digital formats as part of the magazine.

• Minimum 4 and maximum 6 images or illustrations per essay. 

• Original illustrations and diagrams created by the author are strongly encouraged. If the illustration was created with digital tools, confirm it does not use AI-generated components, per the Editor’s Note.

(c) Authorial Biography (150 words)

• Introduce your work, prior publications, background, and any substantive affiliations: Not a CV. An opportunity to position yourself as a thinker.

• Optional: include links to websites, portfolios, or social media.  For inclusion alongside your biography if selected.

II. Artworks

01.  For Artworks

Works which put art into a dialectic with the sciences. Any medium. Rights required before publication.

We are seeking artworks which put art into a dialectic with the sciences (5 pillars of NAPAT). The pieces can be of any medium, whether they are audiovisual, digital-interactive, semantic, generative, mixed media, installation, or painting. For visual pieces and photos of physical works, we also accept the submitted pieces to be a minimum resolution version of the work, as long as it is the original, high-resolution version which will be featured should the piece be selected.

Artist Statement (300 words minimum)

Along with the work, please also send us your artist statement which addresses certain features which you want to elucidate or justify, the reasons and the process behind creation. This way, we can ensure the disclosed and the abstract are kept in accordance with authorial intention and their mandated aesthetic experience. If it does not affect the perception of the work, please address how it relates to our editorial theme.

Artistic Biography (200 words minimum)

We, and our readers, long to understand compositional philosophy, as well as the genealogy of influences which are pertinent to what your craft centers. The explicative tone of an archetypal biography may be included, or you can opt for other modes of expression: through narration, metaphorical creative writing—fiction and non-fiction. Our only stylistic request is that it functions in the lesser experimental realm than your work does. You can also provide links or usernames to any websites, digital portfolio, or social media.

02.  Checklist

A checklist covering every requirement for artwork submissions. 

If your work is selected and a requirement cannot be met exactly, we will contact you to discuss alternatives. No work will be declined on technical grounds without a conversation.

(a) The Work

• Submit a file of the artwork in any accepted medium: Audiovisual, digital-interactive, semantic, generative, mixed media, installation, or painting. No medium is excluded.

• For visual pieces and photographs of physical works, a minimum-resolution submission file is accepted: The original, high-resolution version will be required if selected. Lower resolution does not disadvantage your application.

• The work must not utilise AI-generated visual, auditory, or linguistic components: Per the Editor’s Note above. You are responsible for ensuring this at the point of submission.

• No authorial conflict of interest. All collaborators must be disclosed: Collaborative artwork submissions are not accepted without a stated maximum of contributors.

(b) Artist Statement (300 words)

• Address features you wish to elucidate or justify about the work: This is not a summary. It is an account of authorial intention—what you want readers to see, what you have chosen not to explain, and why formal or conceptual decisions were made.

• If the connection to the editorial theme is not immediately evident, address it here: Especially important for works whose relationship to the theme is unobtrusively embedded. The statement is the right place to surface it.

(c) Artistic Biography (200 words)

• Convey your compositional philosophy and the genealogy of influences central to your practice:  Can be conventional biography, narration, or metaphorical creative writing. Operate in a slightly less experimental register than the work itself.

• Optional: include links to websites, portfolios, or social media.   For inclusion alongside your biography if selected.

For Organisations, Foundations & Collectives

III. News/Press

A dedicated submission pathway for organisations working in disciplines related to ARTOEND’s mission to be featured as a press profile or self-introduction.
A press feature in ARTOEND is an editorial introduction—a curated, well-written account of who you are, what you work on, and why it matters to the conversation ARTOEND is building. We will work with selected organisations during the collaboration period to ensure the feature represents you accurately and sits coherently within the issue.

01.  Who should apply

Organisations working in one or more of NAPAT’s five disciplines: Neuroscience, Art, Philosophy, Anthropology, Technology.

This pathway is open to any non-commercial or mission-driven organisation whose work is meaningfully related to ARTOEND’s editorial territory. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Foundations and not-for-profits working in the arts, sciences, or their intersection

• University departments, research centres, clubs and interdisciplinary labs

• Artist collectives and creative studios with a research or discursive dimension

• Cultural institutions, museums, and galleries engaged in neuroaesthetics or art-science programming

• Technology organisations working on tools, platforms, or research at the boundary of creativity and cognition

• Publishing houses, editorial platforms, and archival projects in adjacent disciplines

If you are uncertain whether your organisation qualifies, please write to us before submitting. 

02.  Checklist

A checklist covering every requirement for organisation press submissions.

If your submission is selected and any material requires modification, we will contact you during the collaboration period (20–30 November) to discuss adjustments. No submission will be declined on technical grounds without a conversation.

(a) Organisation Overview (300 words)

• Write an overview of your organisation’s mission, work, and relevance to ARTOEND’s editorial territory: This is the primary editorial text for your feature. Write it as you would introduce your organisation to an informed peer in a related discipline. It should communicate what you do, what drives it, and why it belongs in this conversation.

• Address, where relevant, how your work engages with the vol.1 editorial theme: Strongly encouraged. The feature will be more coherent within the issue if the connection to neuroaesthetics, lived experience, and creative practice is made explicit.

• No AI-generated text: Consistent with the Editor’s Note for all submission categories. The overview should be written by a person within or closely connected to the organisation.

(b) Organisation Biography/Stories (100 words)

• Write a short biography/stories summarising the organisation’s founding, location, key activities, and any notable affiliations or recognitions:  This will be used in the contributor credits section of the magazine, separate from the main feature text. It is the brief, factual account: who, where, what, since when.

• Include a named contact: full name, title, and email address.  —  The editorial team will correspond with this person during the collaboration period. The contact name and title may be published in the magazine at your discretion.

• Include website URL and any social media handles you wish to feature: These will be published alongside the feature and in the digital version of the magazine as active links.

(c) Press Images (4 minimum, 8 maximum)

• Submit a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 6 press images:  Images may show the organisation’s work, space, events, projects, people, or outputs. They should collectively communicate something about what the organisation does, not simply document that it exists.

• Submission files: minimum 150dpi, JPEG or TIFF.   Working-quality files are sufficient for editorial review. Final production files will be requested during the collaboration period if selected.

• Each image must include a caption: what is shown, location or context, year, and photographer credit.  Image rights must be cleared for publication in print and digital formats. NAPAT Foundation cannot publish images for which rights have not been confirmed by the contributor.

• At least one image must be a high-quality horizontal photograph suitable for a full-width layout: Minimum final resolution 300dpi at A4 landscape (3507×2480 pixels). If you do not have a suitable image, please let us know and we will discuss alternatives during the collaboration period.

(d) Logotype (Optional)

• Submit your organisation’s logo in high resolution.  Preferred: SVG or EPS (vector). Acceptable: PNG at minimum 500px wide on a transparent background. JPEG is not accepted for logos. The logo will be used in the feature layout and may appear in the magazine’s contributor index.

• Include both a light-background and dark-background version if available:  ARTOEND’s layouts use both dark and light contexts. If you only have one version, submit that and we will adapt it in consultation with you.

03.  Editor’s Note

We are looking for organisations whose work contributes to the disciplines at the heart of ARTOEND’s mission.

Your submission should introduce your organisation in a way that makes clear both what you do and why it belongs in this publication. We are looking for the account of your work that you would give to a thoughtful colleague in a related field who had not yet heard of you—honest, specific, and alive to why what you do matters.

If you have an ongoing project, a recent publication, an event, or a body of research that is directly relevant to the Volume 01 theme of bringing neuroaesthetics into life, please foreground it. The editorial team will work with you during the collaboration period to shape the final feature text.