Submit to The Labyrinth!
The Labyrinth, BCC’s student literary magazine, is seeking poetry, short fiction, and creative essays for its Spring 2009 issue. In addition to publication, accepted works will be automatically considered for the Second Annual Creative Writing Contest, sponsored by The Labyrinth in association with the BCC English Department.
Prizes: $100 Best Fiction
$100 Best Poetry
$100 Best Creative Essay
plus Honorable Mentions
Deadline: February 15th, 2008
Submit work electronically to jzorn@bergen.edu with the subject line “Labyrinth Submission” or on disc to Room A-333, English Department Office, attn: Professor James Zorn. See below for submission guidelines.
Guidelines:
Contest and publication in The Labyrinth limited to full- or part-time students of BCC enrolled in Summer 2008, Fall 2008, or Spring 2009.
- All work submitted must be original and previously unpublished.
- Only electronic submissions (email or disc) will be accepted. Please format documents to be readable by Microsoft Word.
- Word length: fiction and essay, 5000 words maximum; poetry, 25 lines maximum.
- Contest prizes will be awarded in the form of gift certificates to BCC Bookstore or bookstore of prizewinner’s choice.
- Dual submissions in fiction, poetry, and essay permitted. Maximum number of submissions per individual: 3 in each prose category, 5 poems. Novel excerpts, short plays, and artwork may be submitted for publication in The Labyrinth, but will not be entered in contest.
- All work must be typed, double-spaced, and include on the first page the contributor’s name, full address, telephone number, and email if available. Contributors are advised to thoroughly edit and proofread work before submission.
- Submissions that do not follow these guidelines may be discarded.
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