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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:
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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 (Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry,
Art/Photography) Title of each work submitted in this 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:
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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 Fiction Award ($75), The Esprit Non-fiction Award
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The Berrier Poetry Award ($75), or The Esprit Art & Photography Award ($75).
Deadline for submissions for Fall 2007: October 26. Esprit is available online at: http://academic.scranton.edu/organization/esprit/
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