The MFA Creative Writing Program at Old 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 Old Dominion University 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.) All currently enrolled ODU students—any 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. 
 
Creative Nonfiction Submission Guidelines: 
 
  • 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 
 
 
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 
 
Fiction Submission Guidelines: 
 
  • 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… or a good reason it doesn’t
  • Should not have been published anywhere else 
  • Maximum of one story per person in this genre
 
 
Please send your submissions via this form: Constellate Student Anthology (google.com) by 11:59 PM EST, February 23rd, 2025. Please format the name of the file in this format: “lastname.submissiontype” (“Yousuf.EnglishPoetry” 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 and submitted as one response.
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