Sixty Inches From Center

About

Sixty Inches From Center is a worker-led organization and publishing platform that produces collaborative projects about artists, archival practice, art history, and culture in Chicago and the Midwest. We are a collective of arts workers, writers, editors, artists, curators, librarians, and archivists who promote and prioritize the preservation of culture within Indigenous, diasporic, queer, and disability communities of our region.
We believe that the stories of artists, cultural workers, archivists, organizers, memory workers, and writers within Indigenous, diasporic, queer, and disability communities are essential to understanding history and creating inclusive future canons that align with the more liberated and just worlds that reflect our dreams and realities. Our stories need to be preserved and promoted simultaneously, so we work with local and national archives while providing platforms and capsules for the cultural practices of our people.

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Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 2010

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

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Interview: No specific word count limits known.
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Essay: No specific word count limits known.
Narrative Nonfiction: No specific word count limits known.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Critical, Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Performing Arts: General, Theory/Analysis/Criticism.
Place/Regions: Specific region.
Visual Arts: General, Theory/Analysis/Criticism.

Payment:

Token payment (under 1 US cent per word) to Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word) Pay ranges from Token payment to Professional payment. Details: USD $150 per piece; $1 per minute transcribed for interviews.

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Method: Online form.
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Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Open to a broad Audience.

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Art Media:

Photography.

Art Styles:

Open to all/most Art Styles.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Place/Regions: Specific region.

Payment:

Professional payment (US$50 or more per piece) Professional payment. Details: USD $150 per article.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Image.

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Last Updated: 26 Jul 2026

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