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<\/path><\/svg><\/span>Please email all submissions to: nwbvdmagazine@ewu.edu<\/a>
*If submitting to multiple genres, please send each<\/strong> submission in a separate<\/strong> email. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Visual Art & Photography Submission Guidelines<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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*We are currently only accepting submissions from undergraduate students of Eastern Washington University. Follow us on social media and we will announce if this changes!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Submitting to multiple genres is accepted and encouraged. Please send each genre submission in a separate email. Make sure to follow the correct guidelines for each corresponding genre.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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 General Submission Guidelines<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artists will submit only their own original work that has not been previously published in a newspaper, magazine, or periodical. If a work is accepted by us, the author will retain all copyright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artists will submit only on behalf of themselves. It is assumed that the submitter of the document is its author. Plagiarism and intellectual theft are not tolerated, and if discovered, will result in the exclusion of the submitter\u2019s works from the magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Contact us as soon as possible if your work has been accepted for publication elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attention to conventions for grammar, spelling, and formatting are essential. Please ensure that your work has been edited and proofread and is ready for publication before submitting it to us. Contact the EWU Writer\u2019s Center if you would like personalized help to ensure your work is at the highest possible quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have a pen name or preferred name, please include your preferred name in the email subject line and body. <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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File Titles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To preserve the integrity of our acceptance process, we ask that you do not put your name anywhere in the file name or in the file itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

File Name: [Genre]- [Piece Title] (attached as a JPEG., JPG., PNG., or TIF. file)
Example: Fiction \u2013 My Story.docx<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Email Subject Line<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email Subject Line: [Name]-[Genre]-[\u201cTitle\u201d]
Example: Madison Flint \u2013 Fiction Submission \u2013 \u201cMy Story\u201d<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Email Body<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While we do not require official cover letters, we ask you write a professional email. If you are unsure of what to write, here is an example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear [Name of Genre Head Editor],
Please consider my [story(s), essay(s), poem(s), art piece(s)], [\u201cTitle(s)\u201d], [x words]. 
Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to hearing from you.
[Your favorite sign-off],
[Name]<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Pen Name Reminder<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have a pen name or preferred name, please include your preferred name in the email subject line and body. <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Other Information<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We understand that your work may include themes that might be off-putting for some audiences, and that\u2019s okay: if your work contains sensitive topics, please include a content warning in the body of your email. Failing to give our staff any necessary content warning, or submitting any work that is purposefully offensive\/discriminatory will result in your entire submission being discarded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there are people whose real names are included in your works, please get their permission to publish that work before you send it to us. Alternatively, you may change the names included in your works prior to submitting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We want this magazine to be as inclusive, diverse, and accessible as possible for all members of Eastern Washington University\u2019s community. For this reason, we will be excited to include works by diverse groups regardless of age, sex, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, etc., but please know that we will be looking at the quality of the work rather than the biographical information on the author when making decisions on what to publish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We welcome work from writers of all educational backgrounds\u2014you do not need to be an English, Creative Writing, or Art major to submit your work to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have a preferred first\/last name that is not your legal name, please use your preferred name for both the subject of your email and the title of your submission. Clarify in the body of your email which name you would like your work to be published under.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Contact Information and Response Time<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We assure you that we will do our best to give everyone a timely response on their submission status, however, in order to provide each piece with fair and equal opportunity, this process may take a few weeks or even months. Our staff is working diligently to ensure that we are not rushing your work and we ask for your patience during this process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will reach out to the email you submitted your work with to contact you about the status of your submission. There is no need to give us any additional contact information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We look forward to reading your work!<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Contact Information and Response Time<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We look forward tJPEG., JPG., PNG., and TIF. files are required for acceptance. Please contact us if a PDF. file is your only <\/strong>option.
Minimum 300 DPI (dots per inch) per file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art is an extremely broad subject, there are as many forms of art as there are people and we are looking for as much variety, contrast, and diversity in style as you can give us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any style\/medium of art is acceptable, examples include: Representational, Abstract, Non-representational, General associative, Symbolism, Fantasy, Steampunk, Science Fiction, Modernism, Narrative, and Sensual (within stipulated limitations). Examples of mediums include: digital artwork, scanned file of traditional artwork, photography, collage, photos of paintings, and photos of sculptures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are submitting a photo of a traditional artwork, please ensure that it is of the highest quality possible. Include good lighting. If possible, feel free to edit the photo in a software such as Photoshop in order to ensure a crisp and clear image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To preserve the integrity of our acceptance process, we ask that you do not put your name anywhere in the file name or in the file itself.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Please email all submissions to: nwbvdmagazine@ewu.edu*If submitting to multiple genres, please send each submission in a separate email.  Visual Art & Photography Submission Guidelines *We are currently only accepting submissions from undergraduate students of Eastern Washington University. Follow us on social media and we will announce if this changes! Submitting to multiple genres is accepted and encouraged. Please send each … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33702,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wpo365_audiences":[],"wpo365_private":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35905","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/nwbvdmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35905"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/nwbvdmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/nwbvdmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/nwbvdmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33702"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/nwbvdmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35905"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/nwbvdmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36512,"href":"https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/nwbvdmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35905\/revisions\/36512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-inside.ewu.edu\/nwbvdmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}