Submissions Process
Submissions for Volume 13 are OPEN until December 14, 2024!
Eligibility:
Must be enrolled at Mississippi State University at the time of submission.
Students from all majors are encouraged to submit!
Written Works:
The maximum amount of written submissions a student may submit at one time is five poems and two longer works (short stories, creative nonfiction, essays, scripts, etc.) For other types of written work, feel free to send it along and we will consider it.
We are unable to accept fan works (obvious fanart, fanfiction, etc.).
Formatting of Written Works:
Submit files as MS Word Documents.
For poetry, use single spaced, 11 pt. font (Arial or Times New Roman).
For prose, use single-spaced, 11 pt. font (Arial or Times New Roman).
Though we do not have maximum word-count, we encourage you to keep short stories below 3,000 - 4,000 words due to limited space.
Include piece title in the file name and at the top of the first page of the piece (e.g. Poem1.docx).
Visual Arts and Digital Art:
The maximum amount of visual submissions of a single category a student may submit at one time is five pieces.
For example, you may submit 5 photos, 5 drawings, and 5 digital art pieces at one time, although you will need to fill out the submission form once for each category (three times total). However, you may not submit 10 photos and 5 digital art pieces at one time.
Visual arts include photography, paintings, sketches, sculptures, mixed media, and digital media. All creative work is highly encouraged; if you feel it is creative and new, submit it, and we will consider it.
We are unable to accept fan works (obvious fanart, fanfiction, etc.).
For digital art submissions, submitted images will be evaluated as they are submitted, whether as photographed or as the original design file.
Formatting of Visual Arts and Graphic Design:
Submit files as JPEG/JPG/PNG.
Submit images in highest possible quality, with 2D artworks preferably scanned.
For photographs of artwork (such as sculpture and paintings), please frame each piece within the photo, and photograph against a solid background (such as black or white).
Include piece title in the file name (e.g. Drawing1.jpg).
Things to Note:
Do not include your name on any of the submissions. The only place your name needs to appear is in the appropriate blanks on the online submission form.
All submissions remain anonymous to the staff during the selection process. If you would like for your work to appear anonymously in the printed journal, please indicate this on the application form.
During evaluations, the submissions editor may share your “Statement about Work” with the staff if they request it. Your "Statement about Work" may also be featured in the journal.
You still need to include your name and NetID on the form for verification purposes.
Read and accept the Release Waiver before submitting.
If you have any problems with the submission process, please e-mail streetcar@org.msstate.edu!
What next?
After submitting, you should hear back from an Outreach Team member within one month* about the status of your submissions. After you get an email about the status of your submissions, you may send along more work! If your work was
accepted, it will appear in the journal! However, editors will have the liberty to edit for punctuation/grammar or ask for a higher-quality scan/photo of the piece.
waitlisted, staff will decide on the final acceptance/denial into the journal at the end of the submission cycle after evaluating all other submissions.
asked to be revised (rejected with revisions), you will receive revision suggestions from staff and may re-submit the piece to be evaluated once more. If you choose not to re-submit, this piece will automatically be rejected.
rejected, your piece will not appear in the journal. However, we welcome any future work and strongly invite you to submit more work.
Look to the Graphic below for more help!
*Please note that this is a general estimate, and occasionally it takes our Outreach Team a bit longer to get to you. Also, if your work was submitted near the end of the Fall semester, you will likely not receive feedback until late January or early February.
