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ANGELA RAWLINGS, LARA W. HOFFMANN, RANDI W. STEBBINS

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the pieces with mixed reactions. These are always lively and interest-
ing.
When selecting pieces for Ós The Journal No. 3, a new issue pre-
sented itself. After much deliberation when forming Ós, the members
had decided on a printed, black-and-white literary journal. Suddenly,
the editorial board was enchanted by a number of submissions of
visual poetry, comic strips, visuals with poetry, and other visual ma-
terial. Knowing that printing in color was outside the budget and did
not fit well with the journal’s format, the board was facing having to
exclude these innovative pieces. Instead of giving up, the board de-
cided to combine an online and printed edition of the journal. The
visual pieces would be assigned QR codes that would lead to pro-
tected, online versions of the full-color piece. Each author would be
credited with the printed code and some of the pieces were printed in
part in the journal. The board, however, did not go ahead with this
plan without first talking to each author of the accepted visual pieces
and getting their approval for the hybrid publication of their work.
Ós strives to find creative and open ways of inviting submissions,
deciding on submissions, and publishing pieces that might otherwise
be seen as unpublishable. In Ós The Journal No. 4, we included
sound pieces using the same QR code technology.
6. Reception of Ós Pressan in Iceland and Abroad
Since its inception in 2015, Ós Pressan has been active in Reykjavík,
in Iceland, and abroad. The list below is taken from Ós’ annual
reports and its publication list.
• 32 national and 1 international readings, including the launch
of 4 editions of the journal
• 16 workshops
• 8 publications
• 5 exhibitions
• 3 literary collaborations locally and 1 internationally
• 5 national and international lectures
• 1 successful grant from the Icelandic Equality Fund