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. All manuscripts, except poetry, must be double-spaced. 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 Word, 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. Please note that the original print will be the only copy reviewed during the selection process. 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:

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.

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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 ($100), The Berrier Poetry Award ($100), The Esprit Art & Photography Award ($100).