Triple Canopy is pleased to announce its third annual call for proposals. Commissions will be considered under http://canopycanopycanopy.com/projectareas#project_areas">six project areas and published in the course of the next year. Triple Canopy’s artistic, editorial, and technical staff will work closely with contributors as they develop the best approach to realizing their projects on the Web, from the conceptual phase to the design and technological production. Recipients receive:

Three to six months of artistic, editorial, and technical support Honorarium of up to $300 as well as materials costs Opportunity to present the project to an audience in the form of a reading, workshop, or discussion Opportunity for inclusion in our annual print publication, http://canopycanopycanopy.com/support#artwork">Invalid Format: An Anthology of Triple Canopy, as well as our ongoing broadsheet series Archiving and long-term maintenance of the final project by technical staff. Recipients receive:

--Three to six months of artistic, editorial, and technical support

--Honorarium of up to $300 as well as materials costs

--Opportunity to present the project to an audience in the form of a reading, workshop, or discussion

--Opportunity for inclusion in our annual print publication, http://canopycanopycanopy.com/support#artwork">Invalid Format: An Anthology of Triple Canopy, as well as our ongoing broadsheet series

--Archiving and long-term maintenance of the final project by technical staff 

Applications are due by midnight on Monday, February 13, 2012. Applicants will be told by March 1 whether their proposals have reached the second round of review. Commission recipients will be announced on April 3. Projects will be developed in collaboration with Triple Canopy for publication in the online magazine (or live presentation in New York) between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013.

Editorial procedure 

Triple Canopy staff will work with commission recipients throughout the development of their projects. This work begins at the conceptual level, with the discussion of the ideas underlying the project, formal and aesthetic strategies, potential collaborations with other artists or writers or programmers, and technical execution. Triple Canopy editors will expect contributors to be comfortable going through multiple drafts of their projects, regardless of the form or status upon submission. (We believe that a rigorous editing process is equally useful for artist projects, poetry, prose, and multimedia work.) Ultimately, contributors will receive around forty hours of editorial and production assistance.