Deadline for submissions for Fall 2006: October 27.
Esprit, a review of arts and letters, features work primarily by students of The University of Scranton and
is published each fall and spring as a co-curricular activity of the English department.
Manuscripts - Original stories, poems, essays, translations, features, sketches, humor, satire, interviews,
reviews and short plays must be typed, double-spaced, paper clipped at the upper left corner and in an
envelope. Every page of the manuscript must list the title and page number in the upper right corner. The
author’s name must NOT appear on the manuscript or on the envelope. With submission(s) over two
pages, please include a 3.5 inch disk or CD-R containing each submission saved in either Word or
WordPerfect, and please label your disk with your name and the title(s) of your work(s).
Artwork - Black and white photographs and pen and ink drawings work best in this format, but pencil
drawings, collages and paintings will be considered. All original work should be submitted in a plain manila
envelope. The artist’s name must NOT appear on the work. Graphic submissions should not exceed 8 x 12
inches (larger works will NOT be considered). Please include a 3.5 inch disk or CD-R with digital
photography submissions. All graphic submissions should include a simple mark indicating orientation of
work on the backside of the print. When work submitted is a study of, or is otherwise dependent upon,
another artist’s work, please supply the other artist’s name and that work’s title.
All submissions MUST be accompanied by one 3 x 5 card for each genre. The card should include the following information:
Writer’s or artist’s name
Royal Identification number
Local mailing address and phone number
Year in school, major, and pertinent information (Honors, SJLA, etc.)
Genre of submissions on current card
Title of each work submitted in genre
We will consider a maximum of five visual art submissions (art, photography) and five literary submissions
(prose, poetry) per author/artist. Submissions received late, mislabeled, faintly printed, or without a disk or
a complete 3 x 5 card (including the real name of the submitter) will NOT be considered. Esprit does not
accept resubmissions or previously published works.
Submissions and inquiries:
Esprit
Room 221
McDade Center for Literary and Performing Arts
Scranton, PA 18510
(570) 941-4343
All submissions are reviewed anonymously. All submissions to Esprit which have been accepted for
publication by the editors and which are the work of currently enrolled full-time undergraduates at The
University of Scranton will be considered, according to genre, for The Berrier Prose Award ($75), The
Berrier Poetry Award ($75), The Esprit Art Award ($75) or The Esprit Photography Award ($75).
Deadline for submissions for Fall 2006: October 27.