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Oh! Chicago!

Issue No. 01

No-Type Magazine   /   Deadline: 07/15/25

Daniel Burnham's 1909 Plan of Chicago imagined a utopian metropolis: efficient, beautiful, harmonious, and accessible to all. Grand boulevards, sweeping lakefront parks, and integrated green space still echo that ambitious vision. Yet today, the shimmering facades of glass and steel serve as both beacons of progress and cold monuments to capitalism and exclusion.

The Chicago that exists now reveals the tension between ideal and reality: a city of grandeur and grit, privilege and inequity, bold design and quiet disillusionment. Towering skylines impose anonymity; winding neighborhood streets offer intimacy and resilience. This city simultaneously welcomes and estranges.

For our inaugural issue, No-Type Magazine invites lens-based artists and photographers to investigate this complex landscape. We seek work that reflects the emotional and psychological experience of navigating Chicago—its beauty, banality, contradictions, and forgotten corners.

All photographic genres are welcome: street, documentary, conceptual, architectural, portraiture, experimental, archival, or hybrid forms. We want images that challenge, complicate, and illuminate the visual language of Chicago.

Fees

$20

Eligibility

This call is open to all artists worldwide. You do not need to live in Chicago to participate, but your work must focus on the city in some way. All submissions must be lens-based or photographic in nature. No AI-generated work or non-photographic mediums will be accepted. The entry fee is $20 per artist, which allows for up to five image submissions. You may submit fewer than five images, but no more than five images per entry. Multiple entries are not permitted. The deadline to submit is July 15, 2025, at 11:59 PM CST.

Requirements

All images must be saved as JPG files at 72 dpi resolution and sized to 2000 pixels on the longest side. Files must be named using the following format: lastname_firstname_imagetitle.jpg (example: smith_john_citygrid.jpg). Images must be uploaded directly through the submission form below. Please ensure that individual file sizes do not exceed 10 MB per image. Files that do not meet these requirements may be disqualified.

Awards

Selected artists will be featured in No-Type Magazine, Issue No. 01 | "Oh! Chicago!" — launching in Fall 2025. Each selected artist will receive one complimentary copy of the magazine and be featured on our website and social platforms.

Contact Information

Dylan Yarbrough
2233 S Throop St Studio 437
Chicago, IL 60608

P: 5015159477
W: www.notypemagazine.com
E: info@notypemagazine.com