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Zokutou is a creative writing group based in the United Kingdom,
whose main aim is to expand the limits of writing beyond the
mundane. In this capacity, the Zokutou Anthologies are a quarterly
collection of artistic endeavour: short stories, poetry, creative
non-fiction, artwork and photography, all of it based around
a single theme. Each anthology is thus a broad narrative of
what results from taking an idea, and using it to explore
the realm of inspiration.
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zokutou 10: X
The tenth Zokutou anthology submissions
must be received by 23:59 on 30st September 2005, and
be based around the theme of 'X'. The anthology will
be published at the end of October 2005. More information
can be found at the submissions
page. See the forum for updates.
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Submissions must be received
by:30th June, 2005
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zokutou 9: Red or Blue
Whether you see red or feel blue, just add a splash of colour to your life.
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zokutou 8: The Business
The dedicated workers or the dangerous
trickesters, everyone knows someone in 'The Business'
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zokutou 7: Apocalypse
The most demonic and ardently difficult
anthology to date. A hard subject to write about, and
even harder to write around, but ultimately, it has
lead to a great variety of work that deals with the
end times.
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zokutou special: extract
Following Nanowrimo
2004, a second year of retrospection into the flurry
of words written over the month has resulted in completing
members of Zokutou selecting bite-sized chucks of their
unfinished masterpieces, displayed here in all their
glory.
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zokutou 6: London Pubs
Anyone who spends any time in London
is influenced by the diversity of names given to the
pubs. Evoked in signs are the history, mythology and
future of the town. This is the magic of London, reworked
a thousand times, and every time somehow the same.
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zokutou 5: Rebels; bandits; pirates;
traitors
Zokuto: the dark side of Zokutou - a
first year celebration of the anthology explores the
alternative romanji meaning of our upward spiral.
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zokutou 4: breakfast
At the start of a long day, it takes
a lot to get you going. Breakfast is, afterall, the
most important meal of the day.
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zokutou 3: resolution
We see in the New Year, 2004, with the
third Zokutou anthology. With hope and aspiration, as
well as the corruption that finds a new way in, when
the fresh start turns sour.
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zokutou special: extract
Following Nanowrimo
2003, completing members of Zokutou have selected
and polished the gems from the rough of their first
draft, showing the elegance that can come from 1,667
rushed words a day.
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zokutou 2: haunting
The second zokutou anthology was released
on 31st October 2003, and with such an auspicious date,
the theme of "Haunting" seemed the perfect
stereotyped foil from which to produce something a bit
special.
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zokutou 1: the upward spiral
The first zokutou anthology was inspired
by the group's name; "Upward spiral" is the
English translation of the Japanese word ‘zokutou’.
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