Documenting and celebrating our club, city, and BHAFC fan culture.
Articles and ramblings, photo essays, illustrations and images, or items that can be attached to the ‘zine or included within an envelope. Published three times a season.
All contributions are super welcome and gratefully received – concourse pints on Dogma by way of thanks, plus contributor copies.
Submission guidelines
Our history is unique. It is one of the greatest stories in British football and should be cherished as such. But it’s a tale well told.
We believe that BHAFC – the club, city, and our fanbase – is unique not just for what happened in the distant past, but for what happened since, what happens in the here and now, and what might happen in the future.
Dogma seeks to document our lived experiences and celebrate the things we love (and hate), the things that bring us joy (and pain). The here and now, our thoughts and feelings, the things we do and the things we see.
Historical season reviews, traditional-style match reports, or fact-based player profiles… these are great, but perhaps not for Dogma.
Articles
Long-form pieces particularly welcome. Feel free to submit digital or hand-written documents.
Historical stuff is fine, just as long as it’s from the heart. But things focusing on the current (or at least the recent past) would be even better.
Articles will be credited (or not, your choice), with a by-line at the end of the article, and in the inside back cover notes. Plus via social channels around the release dates.
Dogma is organised into these three sections, so where possible, please bear this in mind when considering a submission:
Section 1; Faith
Articles focusing on the players, the stadium, matches and match days.
Section 2; Conviction
Forthright and opinionated articles on the club, the city, football, or just life in general.
Section 3; Doggrel
Wrapping up the less serious, slightly random or non-Albion articles (including pieces about football overseas or featuring a different club or team) into a distinct section that sits outside of the faith / conviction editorial ethos.
Photography
Albion related images. Anything goes, captured at any location up and down the country, or further afield, captured on the train, the street, outside the stadium, in the pub. Those little things you notice, the things that make you smile. Feel free to supply a caption, or a line or two, along with the photo should you wish.
Other images. Brighton is an amazing city (goes without saying) with loads of interesting things drawn on walls, stuck on lampposts, and scrawled on pub toilet cisterns. Photos that don’t have much (or any) connection to the Albion are most welcome, but must have been captured within the boundaries of Brighton and Hove.
Images will be credited (or not, your choice) within the inside back cover notes. Plus via social channels around the release dates.
Illustrations, artwork (digital or hard copy) etc
Same as above. Albion stuff, non Albion stuff, whatever you’ve got. Feel free to submit in digital or hard copy format. All will credited (or not, your choice) within the inside back cover notes, and via social channels around the release dates.
Items
Dogma is a printed or hand-made item. Therefore things can be attached to it, or sent as loose items alongside a copy of the ‘zine within an envelope (Dogma is distributed by postal service, not via sellers outside the ground).
Broadly speaking the submission guidelines for items are as per the above… but obviously it’ll need to be a physical thing, and not hugely heavy (as this would affect the postal costs).
Submission deadlines, season 2023/24
Issue 12, publishing Spring 2024
Submission deadline: tbc
Submissions / contact / questions
Contact Dogma (via email) at: dogmasubmissions@mail.com
Feel free to share ideas with us, fire questions at us, or send in a complete submission for consideration.
Or, we’re always happy to meet over a pint or coffee, matchday or otherwise, to discuss ideas and involvement.