Deadline for submissions is January 31, 2012.

The Stylus submission process has undergone a major change, moving from our old submissions manager to Submishmash. Please note the change in submission procedures and follow all instructions carefully.

All potential journal submissions must be done online through our Submishmash submissions manager.

Stylus accepts high-quality submissions of poetry, prose and art from all currently enrolled University of Maryland students. Our reading period is from September to February, and our final deadline is January 31st for Stylus and February 15th for the Jiménez-Porter Literary Prize. We encourage students to submit early in the year in order to receive detailed feedback on their work.

We accept up to five pieces per submission season. The work is put through a rigorous, anonymous review process. A brief biography to accompany the work in event of publication must be submitted with the piece. We maintain flexibility in the layout process.

No work is guaranteed acceptance until publication.

Submissions Guidelines

  1. Do not include any identifying information in the document containing your work. Your name, UID, and bio should be listed in the "Cover Letter" field. Pieces submitted with names, UIDs, bios, or other identifying information will not be considered.
  2. You may only submit 5 pieces to Stylus. You may independently submit 5 pieces to Litfest, but no more than 5 entries will be considered for any single submitter per category.
  3. Note that with the move to Submishmash, submissions to Stylus and submissions to Litfest are completely different categories. Make sure that if you want a piece to be considered for both, you must manually submit it to both categories.
  4. A valid UID is required to submit, and must be included in the "Cover Letter" field. Only University of Maryland undergraduate students may submit to Stylus.
  5. A brief bio must be included in the "Cover Letter" field. The bio will accompany the work in event of publication.
  6. Pieces should be submitted in a word processing document. (.doc, .docx, .rtf, .txt. Please, no Pages documents)
  7. Art should be submitted as a .jpeg, .png, or .tif file.
  8. Each piece should be submitted in separate files (no grouping of pieces). After submission of your first piece, you will have the opportunity to submit additional pieces.
  9. We currently only accept .mov and .zip formatted files for multimedia submissions. If your multimedia work needs to be submitted in a different format, please email the Multimedia Editor at stylusmultimedia@gmail.com.

Poetry

No additional guidelines.

Prose

Stylus has a 3,500 word limit on all prose pieces and reserves the right to edit pieces for length. If any edits or revisions are necessary, Stylus will contact you as soon as possible.

Multilingual

Work should be accompanied by an English translation in the document file.

Art

Files should be at 300dpi or greater. Submitters should also include information about the medium and actual dimensions or size of each art piece in the comment field. Students unable to send their pieces electronically should contact our Art Director.

Multimedia

Files should be downloaded as a Quicktime Movie file (.mov) or other compatible file and uploaded onto YouTube. The link should then be sent via e-mail to the Multimedia Editor at stylusmultimedia@gmail.com, along with a description of your piece, your name and contact information.