Submissions

Reading Periods

Our next reading period will open February 2025.

General Guidelines

As a student and alumni-run journal, we cultivate a publishing environment of acceptance and tolerance. Any work deemed by our editors to be racist, sexist, homophobic, or in any other way intolerant will be declined.

• We do not accept previously published work.

• We accept simultaneous submissions, but please withdraw your piece immediately if it is accepted elsewhere.

• Writers/artists may send only one submission per genre per reading period.

• All written submissions must be in a Word doc, double spaced, with 12-point Times New Roman font.

• All art submissions must be in .jpg or .png format.

• In your cover letter, please include a brief third-person bio.

• Since we are on a university schedule, we try to respond to all submissions within three months.

• See below for genre-specific guidelines.

Poetry

Submit up to 3 poems, not to exceed 10 pages, in a Word doc.

Fiction

Submit up to 2,000 words of fiction, either as one story or multiple flash pieces, in a double-spaced Word doc.

Creative Nonfiction

Submit up to 3,000 words of creative nonfiction, either as one piece or multiple flash essays, in a double-spaced Word doc.

Visual Art

Submit up to 5 images in .jpg or .png format. We accept photographs as well as images of other forms of art including drawings, paintings, sculptures, and more.