Call for Submissions!
The staff of Volume 24 are reviewing submissions from September 25th to December 11th. Please review or guidelines and show us your work!
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Upload Submissions by December 11th!
‘The Bridge’ only publishes writing and art from currently enrolled or alumnus of Bridgewater State University.
GUIDELINES BY SUBMISSION TYPE:
- Upload 1 to 5 poems.
- Please upload each poem as a separate submission.
- Do not include your name on the document or file name.
- For simultaneous submissions, contact us at thebridgejournal@bridgew.edu if your work is accepted for publication elsewhere.
- Absolutely NO AI or Chat GPT submissions. We will not review a submission created with AI.
- Be sure to check your Spam and Junk folders for our correspondence regarding your submissions (acceptances/rejections usually confirmed in February).
- Upload 1 to 5 pieces as separate digital files of high-resolution photos of your work.
- Artworks include but are not limited to: book art, ceramics, graphic design, jewelry, photography, printmaking, sculpture, illustration, and any other 2D/3D projects.
- The Bridge accepts these images in these electronic file formats: eps, jpg, pdf, png, and tif. They must be at a minimum resolution of 300 dpi (dots per inch) or ppi (pixels per inch) in their final printed form. If in doubt, try for 300 resolution for an 8×10 inch image.
- Please include a 100-word description of your art medium and techniques used.
- Do not include your name on the document or file name.
- For simultaneous submissions, contact us at thebridgejournal@bridgew.edu if your work is accepted for publication elsewhere.
- Absolutely NO AI or Chat GPT submissions. We will not review a submission created with AI. NOTE: original works ONLY please (no fan art or recreations).
- Be sure to check your Spam and Junk folders for our correspondence regarding your submissions (acceptances/rejections usually confirmed in February).
- Upload 1 to 3 fiction pieces as separate submissions.
- You may not submit a fiction piece longer than 4,000 words.
- Do not include your name on the document or file name.
- For simultaneous submissions, contact us at thebridgejournal@bridgew.edu if your work is accepted for publication elsewhere.
- Absolutely NO AI or Chat GPT submissions. We will not review a submission created with AI. NOTE: original works ONLY please (no fan art or recreations).
- Be sure to check your Spam and Junk folders for our correspondence regarding your submissions (acceptances/rejections usually confirmed in February).
- Upload 1 to 3 creative nonfiction pieces as separate submissions.
- You may not submit a creative nonfiction piece longer than 4,000 words.
- Do not include your name on the document or file name.
- For simultaneous submissions, contact us at thebridgejournal@bridgew.edu if your work is accepted for publication elsewhere.
- Absolutely NO AI or Chat GPT submissions. We will not review a submission created with AI.
- Be sure to check your Spam and Junk folders for our correspondence regarding your submissions (acceptances/rejections usually confirmed in February).
- Upload 1 to 3 dramatic pieces as separate submissions.
- You may submit only up to 20 pages per piece.
- Please indicate what format it is intended to be: a screenplay, stageplay, or other formats.
- Do not include your name on the document or file name.
- For simultaneous submissions, contact us at thebridgejournal@bridgew.edu if your work is accepted for publication elsewhere.
- Absolutely NO AI or Chat GPT submissions. We will not review a submission created with AI. NOTE: original works ONLY please (no fan art or recreations).
- Be sure to check your Spam and Junk folders for our correspondence regarding your submissions (acceptances/rejections usually confirmed in February).
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 award.
