Guidelines

Submissions for The Bridge Volume 23 are now closed.

The Staff of Volume 24 will be updating this page shortly.

More information regarding Volume 24 will be available in Fall 2026.

The Bridge publishes the best fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art by current undergraduate and graduate students at Bridgewater State University, as well as work by alumni.

Because of the influx of submitters with zero affiliation to BSU, we ask that you note your affiliation during the submission process (i.e.: current student or if you are an alumnus, please note the year you graduated).

The staff of Volume 24 will review submissions from September 18th until December 11th. We will try to respond within three months. We accept simultaneous submissions, as long as you notify us if your work is accepted for publication elsewhere: thebridgejournal@bridgew.edu

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GUIDELINES BY SUBMISSION TYPE:

Each submission is read by our editorial staff and thoroughly reviewed before finalists are chosen for publication in the journal. We aim to publish a variety of high-quality, thoughtful works of art while representing BSU’s diverse community.

If your work is selected for publication, we reserve all editorial rights, meaning we will publish your work in a way that fits best with the theme of our journal. Major edits will be run by you for approval. However, grammatical and syntactical edits will be automatically made. In submitting, you permit to feature your work in print, as well as on our website. We claim first publication rights only, after which all rights revert to the writer.

All work published in The Bridge is eligible for our annual Bridge Awards, which honor exceptional work with a monetary prize of $150, $100, or $75.