Mailed entries should be postmarked by this date. WNCC campus entries may be delivered to campus mail in the main building at WNCC in Scottsbluff. Virus-free electronic submissions are welcome if submitted in Microsoft Word format as attachments.
All submissions must be the author's or artist's original creative work only and must include the following information:
1. Name (A legal name is needed for contact and verification purposes. A pen name may be acceptable if work is selected for publication.)
2. Address (e-mail and street or P.O. Box)
3. Phone number
4. A list of titles of the all works submitted
5. A 2-3 line biographical note including whether you are a WNCC student, faculty, or staff member, and where you attend classes or work.
Submissions are FREE for WNCC students, faculty, and staff.
Non-WNCC contributors should mail or drop off a $5.00 submission fee, which covers all submissions by one author or artist. Make checks payable to: WNCC Emerging Voices.
Writer’s Guidelines
Prose: Short stories/Essays/Creative non-fiction. 2,500 word limit per story. Must be typed and double spaced. Prose must be submitted in Microsoft Word format as an attachment and/or on a virus-free computer disc.
Poetry: Five page limit per author. Must be typed, single spaced is fine. Poetry must be submitted in Microsoft Word format as an attachment and/or on a virus-free computer disc.
Handwritten or drawn "visual" poetry on line-free paper is also acceptable if hand delivered or mailed.
*Please include the title and page number on each page of the manuscript.
*Submissions are blind (your name should not appear on any page of the manuscript). The jury panelists will not see the authors' names until after judging is completed.
*Manuscripts and computer discs will not be returned. Authors may pick up their discs after publication.
Artist/Photographer Guidelines
Accepting:
High quality photocopies of artwork including black and white line drawings or sketches;
Black and white photographs;
High-contrast color photographs;
Any size of photographs up to 8 x 10 are welcome.
Work should not be matted or framed.
Artwork may be picked up after the magazine has been published. It will not be mailed to you.
We are not responsible for lost or stolen artwork.
Submit entries to:
Emerging Voices
Western Nebraska Community College
1601 E. 27th St.
Scottsbluff, NE 69361
Notification to authors/artists will take place in late April. Emerging Voices is scheduled for release in May 2007.
