"...the camp sensation is produced by our own joy in having discovered the object, in having been chosen, solicited, by it. Experiencing the camp glow is a way of reversing one's abjection, and, by witnessing the depletion of cultural monuments, experiencing one's own power to fill degraded artifacts to the brim with meanings."
-- Wayne Koestenbaum, The Queen's Throat

Die Cast Garden is now

looking for work exploring:

  • drag
  • Ethel Merman
  • Pop culture failures
  • John Waters
  • overdoing it
  • vintage tv
  • child stars
  • Tennessee Williams
  • opera makeup
  • playing it up
  • "Big-eyed" Keanes
  • interpretive dance
  • big hair
  • knock offs and cheap imitations
  • glitter beards
  • glam rock
  • show tunes
  • Judy Garland
  • kiddie shows
  • and much, much more!

We will consider nonfiction prose, poetry, images and multimedia. We are not reading fiction at this time.

The deadline for submissions is 07//17/04.

Please send inquiries and submissions in the body of the email to editors@diecastgarden.com

Once work is accepted for publication, Die Cast Garden acquires the rights to publish. After publication, rights revert to the author. The author agrees that any subsequent publication must acknowledge Die Cast Garden. By submitting work, you affirm that you have read and agree with these editorial policies. Please submit work in the body of the email, or as an attachment. For attachments, text files should be in rtf (rich text format) or a Mac file. For visual and web-based work, please submit a URL where the work can be viewed, or describe the work via email before sending attachments.