A volunteer team of MFA creative writing students will edit and publish Constellate, which will launch in October at the 48th Annual 鶹ý Literary Festival. We hope this edition will continue the legacy of the first one. 鶹ý students in all programs at all levels are eligible to submit. You'll find full guidelines below, courtesy of editor-in-chief Ifrah Yousuf, along with a link to our submission portal. If you've got further questions, please email constellateanthology@gmail.com.
Constellate- Volume II, Student Anthology Submission Guidelines
The MFA Creative Writing Program at Old Dominion is thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity for our talented student writers to showcase their work in our upcoming anthology. We invite submissions from current students enrolled in 鶹ýto contribute their original pieces of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. In this issue, we are planning to publish creative writing pieces: fiction, poetry as well as works of creative non-fiction (e.g. memoirs, personal essays, travelogues, etc.)All currently enrolled 鶹ý students—any major, any degree program, graduate or undergraduate - are eligible to submit.
Theme:
The theme for this anthology is open, allowing for a diverse range of creative exploration. We encourage submissions that reflect the unique voices, perspectives, and experiences of our student writers.
Creative Nonfiction Submission Guidelines:
- Please submit in Word document format.
- Creative nonfiction encompasses literary essays, personal essays, memoirs, travelogues, etc.
- Should not have been published anywhere else
- Submissions must be at least 500 words and a maximum of 2000 words
- Maximum of one submission per person in this genre
Poetry Submission Guidelines:
- Please submit in Word document format.
- Should not have been published anywhere else
- Be creative
- Maximum of two poems per person in this genre and should be submitted in the same document
Fiction Submission Guidelines:
- Please submit in Word document format.
- Submissions must be at least 500 words and a maximum of 2000 words
- Your story should have a beginning, middle, and end… or a good reason it doesn’t
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Should not have been published anywhere else
- Maximum of one story per person in this genre
Please send your submissions via this form: by 11:59 PM EST, February 16th, 2025.Please format the name of the file in this format: “lastname.submissiontype” (“Yousuf.EnglishPoetry” for example), Each creative work should be submitted in a Word document. If you are submitting in more than one genre then it should be in a separate document but if you are submitting two poems, they should be in one document.
