Submission Guidelines
Deadline for Submissions for our Fall Issue (Volume 4 Issue 1) is October
17, 2008
We carefully consider work from all writers who send submissions. We
accept work in traditional, non-traditional and multi-generic forms. We
accept individual and collaborative pieces. We now accept spoken word,
music, sound instillation, video submissions, comic strips, and review
essays.
Send your work to euphemism@ilstu.edu
or euphem@ilstu.edu
- Subject line: submission, month, year (e.g. Submission February 2007).
- Attach your work in .rtf, .jpg .mp3, .png, .gif, .wmv, .pdf and .mov
formats
- Because we follow a blind review process, please remove your name
from all attachments.
- Title each attachment according to genre (e.g. "Poetry 1,"
Fiction 1" Poetry 2," "Essay 2").
- Make sure your name and e-mail address are clearly indicated in the
body of your e-mail.
- If your work is accepted, we will contact you via e-mail and request
an author's statement.
- Please do not paste your work into the body of the e-mail.
Poetry:
- 3 poem maximum
- poems that utilize non-standard white space (concrete poetry for example)
can be sent in .pdf
Short Fiction:
- Up to 5,000 words, double spaced
- 2 submission limit
Essay/Creative Non-Fiction:
- Up to 5,000 words, double spaced
- 2 submission limit
Visual Art:
- send in .jpeg, .gif or .png format
- can be no bigger or smaller than 300 pixels wide
- picture quality must be medium
- must have descriptive file name
- 5 image maximum
Spoken Word/Sound Instillation:
- send submissions in .mp3 files
- 2 submission limit
Original Music:
- send submissions in .mp3 files
- original (non copyrighted) songs only
- 5 minute limit on each submission
- 3 submission limit
Video Submissions (video poems, flash poetry, cinepoems, experimental
video, short documentary):
- send sumbissions in .wmv or .mov formats
- no copyrighted material (songs, images)
- 5 minute limit on each submission
- must be exportable for web viewing
- 3 submission limit
Comic Strips:
- send submissions in .jpg or .pdf. (Note: if you compose in a different
format, e-mail and let us know and we'll see if we can publish it)
- 3 strip limit
Essay Reviews:
- We accept varied lengths, though prefer no review be over 5,000 words.
- We publish reviews of university-sponsored readings, plays, films,
and concerts as well as local events not likely to receive attention
in mainstream publications.
- We seek reasonable description, thoughtful analysis of the performance,
and careful contextulization.
- These essays should reflect a desire to celebrate creative expression
at Illinois State University.