A volunteer team of MFA creative writing students will edit and publish Constellate, which will launch in October at the 48th Annual 桃花社区视频 Literary Festival. We hope this edition will continue the legacy of the first one. 桃花社区视频 students in all programs at all levels are eligible to submit. You'll find full guidelines below, courtesy of editor-in-chief Ifrah Yousuf, along with a link to our submission portal. If you've got further questions, please email constellateanthology@gmail.com.
Constellate听- Volume II, Student Anthology Submission Guidelines
The MFA Creative Writing Program at 桃花社区视频 Dominion is thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity for our talented student writers to showcase their work in our upcoming anthology. We invite submissions from current students enrolled in 桃花社区视频 Dominion University听to contribute their original pieces of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. In this issue, we are planning to publish creative writing pieces: fiction, poetry as well as works of creative non-fiction (e.g. memoirs, personal essays, travelogues, etc.)听All currently enrolled 桃花社区视频 students鈥攁ny major, any degree program, graduate or undergraduate - are eligible to submit.
Theme:
The theme for this anthology is open, allowing for a diverse range of creative exploration. We encourage submissions that reflect the unique voices, perspectives, and experiences of our student writers.听
Creative Nonfiction Submission Guidelines:听
  • Please submit in Word document format.
  • Creative nonfiction encompasses literary essays, personal essays, memoirs, travelogues, etc.
  • Should not have been published anywhere else
  • Submissions must be at least 500 words and a maximum of 2000 words
  • Maximum of one submission per person in this genre听
Poetry Submission Guidelines:
  • Please submit in Word document format.
  • Should not have been published anywhere else
  • Be creative
  • Maximum of two poems per person in this genre and should be submitted in the same document听
Fiction Submission Guidelines:听
  • Please submit in Word document format.
  • Submissions must be at least 500 words and a maximum of 2000 words
  • Your story should have a beginning, middle, and end鈥 or a good reason it doesn鈥檛
  • Should not have been published anywhere else听
  • Maximum of one story per person in this genre
Please send your submissions via this form: 听by 11:59 PM EST, February 16th, 2025.听Please format the name of the file in this format: 鈥渓astname.submissiontype鈥 (鈥淵ousuf.EnglishPoetry鈥 for example), Each creative work should be submitted in a Word document. If you are submitting in more than one genre then it should be in a separate document but if you are submitting two poems, they should be in one document.听