Submission Guidelines for College Students
Writing Our Hope is an online project committed to publishing works of creative nonfiction written by young people on the themes of hope, tolerance, and equality. The web project follows the August 2007 publication of Our Hope: Writings and Photographs on Tolerance and Equality by creative writing students at Booker T. Washington Magnet High School in Montgomery, Alabama.
New Call for Submissions
On September 1, 2008, Writing Our Hope will begin accepting creative nonfiction submissions on the themes of hope, tolerance, and equality from any currently enrolled college student, ages 18-24, in the United States, Canada, or Mexico. The web-zine has already published two issues and one supplement containing the work of high school students during the 2007-2008 school year. Accepting submissions from college students is an expansion of the project.
Submission Guidelines for College Students
NO SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED DURING THE SUMMER. THE SUBMISSION PERIOD FOR FALL IS FROM SEPTEMBER 1 - NOVEMBER 15, 2008. THE SUBMISSION PERIOD FOR SPRING IS FROM JANUARY 1 - MARCH 15, 2009.
Creative nonfiction is a literary genre that presents factual material in a literary, rather than academic way. Personal essays and literary journalism are the two most common examples.
SUBMISSIONS THAT DO NOT FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES WILL BE RETURNED UNREAD.
Submitting writers must be 18-24 years old and currently enrolled in an accredited college or university.
Submitted works of creative nonfiction should be 500-2500 words in length, completely truthful, well-written, and free of grammatical and typographical errors. Personal essays, short memoirs, or works of literary journalism are acceptable.
Submitted works should have a theme surrounding hope, tolerance, and/or equality.
Works should be typed, pasted into the body of an e-mail and sent to ourhope@writingourhope.org. Please, no attachments.
All submissions should include the following information in the body of the e-mail, above the submitted work: your name, the name of the college or university that you attend and its location, your professor's name, and that professor's e-mail address.
We do not guarantee that all works will be accepted. Reasons for not accepting work could include: 1. submitting a work that does not follow our project's themes, 2. submitting work whose writing is not clear and cannot be understood, or 3. expressing any desire to see harm done to another person or people.
Authors will receive a response within 60 days regarding a submission. That response will be sent to the e-mail used to submit your work. Accepted work will be published in the Writing Our Hope web-zine.
There is no monetary payment to authors for inclusion, acceptance, or publication.
To view past issues, click on the links below:
Issue #1 was released on December 10, 2007
Issue #2 was released on April 25, 2008
Supplement #1 was released on May 25, 2008
Writing Our Hope is an online project committed to publishing works of creative nonfiction written by young people on the themes of hope, tolerance, and equality. The web project follows the August 2007 publication of Our Hope: Writings and Photographs on Tolerance and Equality by creative writing students at Booker T. Washington Magnet High School in Montgomery, Alabama.
New Call for Submissions
On September 1, 2008, Writing Our Hope will begin accepting creative nonfiction submissions on the themes of hope, tolerance, and equality from any currently enrolled college student, ages 18-24, in the United States, Canada, or Mexico. The web-zine has already published two issues and one supplement containing the work of high school students during the 2007-2008 school year. Accepting submissions from college students is an expansion of the project.
NO SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED DURING THE SUMMER. THE SUBMISSION PERIOD FOR FALL IS FROM SEPTEMBER 1 - NOVEMBER 15, 2008. THE SUBMISSION PERIOD FOR SPRING IS FROM JANUARY 1 - MARCH 15, 2009.
Creative nonfiction is a literary genre that presents factual material in a literary, rather than academic way. Personal essays and literary journalism are the two most common examples.
There is no monetary payment to authors for inclusion, acceptance, or publication.
To view past issues, click on the links below:
Issue #1 was released on December 10, 2007
Issue #2 was released on April 25, 2008
Supplement #1 was released on May 25, 2008