Where Ideas Grow, the Creative Writing blog for York St John students, calls for your submissions!
This blog is primarily for Creative Writing students studying at York St John University, however submissions from the other writers will be considered.
We are asking for all forms of writing, whether it’s poetry, non-fiction, short stories, script, a book review, or a tailored excerpt from a longer piece of fiction. There is no theme for this submission, we want to hear your voice and something that excites us!
Each piece will be assigned to a specialist member of the team depending on the form of writing you have chosen to submit. Please see our “About Us” page to discover more about our current team of editors.
Submission guidelines:
- The word count for prose is 1000 words.
- The line count for poetry is 30 lines.
- Your submission should be sent as a Microsoft Word document (.docx)
Currently it is open submission call, but this is subject to change in the future!
We will contact successful submissions within a two-week period. If you haven’t heard from a member of the team in this time, we thank you for your submission but please assume you have been unsuccessful this time around!
You can submit on multiple occasions, but please only send one piece at a time.
Also please include:
In the subject line of the email: your name, the name of the piece and the form (e.g. John Smith, “Roses are Red”, Poetry).
In the body of the email: A brief 50–70 word bio in the third person, including your name, location, course of study and your inspiration for the piece.
Your submission can be published anonymously, but please make this clear in your email – either in the subject line or the email body.
We look forward to reading your submissions! Please note not all submissions will be selected for publication on the blog.
We also encourage you to remember that is a great opportunity to showcase your writing to the wider Creative Writing community.
All accepted work will be published as a post on the Where Ideas Grow blog (https://blog.yorksj.ac.uk/creativewriting/) and promoted with a post on social media.
Email your submissions to: whereideasgrowblog@gmail.com. Please use this contact if you have any questions too!