Contribute

We welcome contributions in the spirit of Memory Maps not exceeding 2,500 words.

Submission

All materials should be submitted by email annually between 1 March and 31 May to pterry@essex.ac.uk.

Please attach any photos you wish to use and indicate where they should be located in the text.

Rebecca Solnit - Genius Loci

"All maps are blank in a sense, for while my story is mine, my map of San Francisco is also potentially yours; both can be charted on the same map, and where the past has been mapped the future may yet inscribe other adventures."

Ronald Blythe - Genius Loci

"The hugger-muggerness of life in a farmhouse before there could be such an outlandish thing as a room of one’s own required one to see without looking and to hear without listening."

Detail of black and white photograph of flowers covered in frost by Carrie Finton linking to Memory Maps on the Victoria and Albert Museum website.

Memory Maps at the Victoria and Albert Museum

Memory Maps began as a collaborative project between the Centre for Creative Writing and the Victoria and Albert Museum. All articles and related content remain available on their website.