Submission Guidelines

Submissions for the 2008-2009 volume of The Oakland Review are now open! Submissions are due February 21, 2009 at 11:59pm.

How to submit

Email your work as Word or RTF attachments to oakland.review@gmail.com.

• Use your name and the genre(s) of the pieces in the subject line. (e.g. Poetry Submission: J. Smith)
• In the body of the email, include:
  • Your name as you would like it to appear in print
  • Your phone number and preferred email address
  • The titles and genres of the work that is attached

You may also stick a digital copy of your work, along with a piece of paper with the above info, into the LitBot in Baker Hall 260.

What you can submit

Any combination of the following:

• Poetry
  • Submit 5 pieces or fewer
  • Do not double-space your poems
• Prose
  • Submit 4 pieces or fewer
  • Each piece may be no longer than 20 pages of 12-point, double-spaced type
  • This genre includes fiction, creative non-fiction, screenwriting, and plays
• Art
  • Submit 3 pieces or fewer
  • We prefer large JPEGs for evaluation; if we choose your work, we will request a high-resolution lossless image.
  • Artwork is evaluated for use as the issue's cover, and should be of appropriate size

Prizes

Monetary prizes will be awarded to the best work in each genre.

Rules

• Authors must be undergraduate students at Carnegie Mellon (or have been during the current academic year).
• All work must be previously unpublished.
• No simultaneous submissions.

The Oakland Review's readers review all work anonymously.