Edition Art & Science

Edition Art & Science (often abbreviated EDITION AS) is the publishing imprint of AG Literatur, an Austrian literary association whose full name is Arbeitsgemeinschaft Offene Literatur (Working Group Open Literature). The association was founded in 1996 and describes itself as a production community of Austrian authors. Edition Art & Science serves as the book-publishing arm of the association, complementing its internet literary journal Litera[r]t. The imprint publishes literary works, with a particular emphasis on poetry. Its best-known recurring project is the Jahrbuch der Lyrik (Poetry Yearbook), an annual anthology that has become one of the association's most resource-intensive literary projects. Edition Art & Science also maintains a book series (Buchreihe) through which authors can participate in its publications. The editorial focus of Edition Art & Science is described as solidarity and openness. The imprint positions itself as a publication platform for texts, offering authors a route to publication alongside the association's online magazine Litera[r]t. Manuscript submissions are accepted through two channels: the book series and the Litera[r]t journal. Edition Art & Science operates in the Austrian literary and small-press publishing market. Its activities are supported in part by public cultural funding, and the association has publicly advocated for literary funding through open letters to cultural officials. In 2026, the imprint announced that its Poetry Yearbook would appear in a digital version, citing a halving of federal funding for that year. As a small, association-based literary publisher, Edition Art & Science is not a commercial mass-market house; it functions as a non-profit-oriented platform for Austrian and German-language literature, with a focus on poetry and emerging authors.

Edition Art & Science is the publishing imprint of AG Literatur, an Austrian literary association founded in 1996. The association's full name, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Offene Literatur, signals its identity as a working group for open literature, and its supplementary designation describes it as a production community of Austrian authors. According to the association's own account, from 1996 to 2003 AG Literatur developed evolutionarily — that is, it experienced slow, steady and peaceful growth — while remaining true to the idea already embedded in the association's name: a production community of Austrian authors. This formative period established the organizational basis on which Edition Art & Science would later operate as a publishing platform. Over time, the association expanded its publishing activities. Edition Art & Science emerged as its book-publishing arm, running a book series (Buchreihe) and producing literary works, most notably poetry. The association also launched the internet literary journal Litera[r]t | Zeitschrift für Literatur und mehr, which became a second publication channel for authors alongside the imprint's books. A central recurring project of Edition Art & Science is the Jahrbuch der Lyrik (Poetry Yearbook), an annual poetry anthology. The association describes the yearbook as its most resource-intensive annual literary project, requiring substantial effort in editing and communication. The imprint has issued calls for submissions for the yearbook, including a call for the 2026 edition. In the mid-2020s, the association faced funding pressures. For 2026, federal funding was cut by half, directly affecting the Poetry Yearbook. In response, Edition Art & Science announced that the 2026 yearbook would be published in a digital version, and the association published an open letter to Culture Minister Andreas Babler arguing its case. The imprint also issued a Grundsatzpapier (position paper) and publication conditions for authors. Throughout its history, Edition Art & Science has positioned itself around the values of solidarity and openness, presenting itself as a publication platform for texts and offering authors multiple routes to publication. It remains a small, association-based literary publisher within the Austrian and German-language literary scene.

• 2026

  Jahrbuch der Lyrik 2026 announced as a digital edition after federal funding is halved.

• 2003

  End of the association's evolutionary growth phase (1996–2003) described in its own account.

• 1996

  AG Literatur, the association behind Edition Art & Science, is founded.

Small, association-based Austrian literary publisher focused on poetry and open, solidarity-driven publication.

• Jahrbuch der Lyrik (Poetry Yearbook)

  Annual poetry anthology, described as the association's most resource-intensive annual literary project.

• Litera[r]t | Zeitschrift für Literatur und mehr

  Internet literary journal and a second publication channel for authors.

• Buchreihe (book series)

  Book series through which authors can participate in Edition AS publications.

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