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 Submission Deadline: Friday, January 25, 2008.
Stylus accepts entries in poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction, one-act plays, art work and photography. Awards and recognition will be given to the best work(s). One piece of visual art, in color, is selected every year for the cover. Work previously, or simultaneously, published in other publications should not be submitted.
All entries must be submitted by email (as an attachment in MS Word format only) to stylus@millsaps.edu.
Be sure to include your name as you wish to have it printed in the journal, if your work is selected. Also, please include any necessary contact information.
Writing
Poetry: There is no limit on how many poems may be submitted. Please submit poems of 100 lines or less. If you wish to submit more than one poem, please save them as one large file with a page break in-between each poem.
Short Story: 5,500 word limit. You may submit as many stories as you like.
Creative Non-fiction (also known as creative essay, not to be confused with academic writing): 4,500 word limit. You may submit as many essays as you like.
One-act play: 4,500 word limit. You may submit up to two one-act plays.
Art
Photography: Digital photographs of paintings, ink drawings, charcoal drawings, colored pencil drawings or sculptures are acceptable. Photographs may be in color or black and white. All digital photography must be submitted in JPEG (.jpg) format. Photography may be submitted on a burned CD (saved in the appropriate format) by campus mail to Box 151144.
To submit art work, e-mail stylus@millsaps.edu, making sure to include the title(s) of your work. The artist is responsible for reproducing his or her original art work (if needed) to be submitted as a digital file attachment.
Awards
The Millsaps Faith & Work Initiative Prize is awarded for the best Stylus submissions of literary or artistic work exploring one or more of the following themes:
- the discovery or pursuit of a calling
- the link between passion and compassion
- the tension between money and meaning, self-interest and service to others, and/or long-term flourishing and shorter-term success
- the meaning of work
- work and faith/spirituality
- ethics in the workplace
- connecting one’s deep gladness with the world’s deep hunger
A first place prize of $100 and second place prize of $50 will be awarded to the best creative works in this category.
Please indicate that your submission is to be considered for the Faith and Work Initiative Prize, your name as you wish to have it printed in the journal, if your work is selected, and all necessary contact information.
The Millsaps Multicultural Affairs Organization Prize is awarded for the best Stylus submissions of literary or artistic work that best represents issues of diversity.
The MCA Diversity group seeks out ways for individuals and our community to solve issues involving "negative" diversity while working to promote "positive" diversity. The Multicultural Affairs group offers a prize for the best literary or artistic work submitted to Stylus that expresses diversity in relationship to humanity and our global connection, with specifics on what individuals would strive to do in their own "world" community to achieve "positive" diversity. MCA rewards artists for sharing their thought on how we are all ultimately connected as human beings.
A $50 prize will be awarded to the best creative work in this category.
Please indicate that your submission is to be considered for the Multicultural Affairs Organization Prize, your name as you wish to have it printed in the journal, if your work is selected, and all necessary contact information.
Selection
Stylus staffs Millsaps students that anonymously - and with due respect - select the work "most appealing" to the magazine and the College community. Although the staff is composed of exceptionally well-read and capable people, we are not issuing a "Best Of" or "Most Innovative" project; all selections are, inevitably, a matter of disputable taste. Consequentially, we may unwittingly pass over very accomplished pieces.
Please keep in mind that staffers do read submitted works in conjunction with other academic assignments, and there is a limited amount of space in each issue. See above for word count limits on written submissions.
For more information about Stylus or feedback, contact us at stylus@millsaps.edu. |
