MASTHEAD

​VISUAL ART EDITORS
Jennifer Dorner
June Pak

LITERARY EDITORS
Madhur Anand
Catherine Bush
​Stephen Collis
​Tom Cull
​Francine Cunningham
Catherine Graham
​Daniel Lockhart
Kathryn Mockler
Hoa Nguyen
​Elena Johnson
​Kirby
Canisia Lubrin
Khashayar Mohammadi
Kim Mannix
​Terese Mason Pierre
Sina Queyras
Shazia Hafiz Ramji
Rasiqra Revulva
Yusuf Saadi
​Trish Salash
​Sanchari Sur
Jacqueline Valencia

EDITORIAL COLLECTIVE
All the editors have different roles. Not all of the editors will be reading submissions.
Some will read from the slush pile, others will be soliciting, or working on the print anthology, or organizing events. 

Please direct any questions to Kathryn Mockler: submissionswatchyourhead[at]gmail[dot]com


HISTORY OF WATCH YOUR HEAD
The seed of this project was planted at a protest. On September 7, 2019, Kathryn Mockler organized a reading with eight writers for an environmental group hosting a climate protest at Simcoe Park during the Toronto International Film Festival. The day-long event included music, readings, and art performances. As the sky threatened rain and most people in the area were enjoying the festival, the event itself was small—only about 15 or so in attendance and few passersby. 

But that didn’t matter. Once each performer took the mic, the size of the audience and the grey autumn day fell away, and it was just the writers, their words, and their messages which were captured on video. The readers included Margaret Christakos, Adam Giles Catherine Graham, Hege Jakobsen Lepri, Khashayar Mohammadi, Terese Mason Pierre, Rasqira Revulva, and Todd Westcott.

An online platform was needed to share this moving and powerful event, and so Watch Your Head was born where the videos and texts from that unforgettable day can be found. The title Watch Your Head operates not only as a literal warning about the climate disaster but also critiques of society’s self-interest and the failure to address collective global concerns.

Once the site went live, several writers and artists offered to lend their support to the project forming a large editorial collective to publish creative works focused on climate justice and the climate crisis.

Visit our contributors page to see the works we have published to date.

ESTABLISHED
September 13, 2019

PUBLISHER
​Kathryn Mockler

© Copyright 2020
Published by Kathryn Mockler,
​Toronto, Ontario, Canada

​ISSN 2563-0067