2020 Fall SUpplemental Edition

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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES​

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We are now accepting submissions for our BRAND NEW Themed Fall Supplemental Edition!

 

This supplemental edition is themed “Where Fear Hides” and will be displayed on the OPUS website. Featured pieces will be selected to be shown on the website and some may also be chosen to be included in the OPUS 63 journal.

 

We consider all original writing and artwork that includes—but is not limited to—poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, screenplays, satire, personal essay, photography, drawings, paintings, and digital art through an anonymous, rigorous selection process. We urge you to take risks and experiment with complex thoughts or ideas. We ask that you take the time to polish and complete your pieces before submitting them. 

This year, we will have ONE submission deadline for the supplemental! If you submit to this deadline, you will be notified of the status of your piece by around early January. It is imperative that you submit by the deadline as the submissions will go through the selection process right after the deadline. Please note that we will only notify you of the status of your submission and will not be providing commentary on your work. We reserve the right to publish your work anonymously or not with your permission if we think the supplemental piece will go nicely with the 63rd edition of OPUS. *HOWEVER, please note that you cannot submit the same piece to both this edition and the journal.*

 

 

Details about these submission requirements are listed below:

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FINAL DEADLINE: November 20th, 2020, 11:59 PM EST

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SUBMISSION Guidelines:

 

                      ←click here to download the guidelines in pdf format!

 

• The 2020 Fall Supplemental  urges students to reflect on the past 8 months of 2020 and consider the theme “Where Fear Hides.” You may consider any pieces of writing/art that came out of topics such as, but are not limited to:

• • Racial Injustice

  • COVID-19

  • The Future

  • Isolation/Family

  • Employment

  • Environmental Issues

  • Hope/Unity

• The Fall Supplement also strongly encourages submissions from students who may be unsure whether or not to submit to the actual OPUS journal. The supplement is a great way to write/capture your thinking on current issues in 2020 and how fear hid throughout the world. Do not be afraid to make bold statements or write in risky structures!

• The Fall Supplement is a way for our Herricks literary and art community to focus on the past 8 months and shed light on the hope that emerged from the evil whisperings throughout the world. 

 

SUBMISSION FORMATTING:

 

• Times New Roman size 12 font

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• Standard 1” margins

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• You will need to submit your piece according to genre or type of work (Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art, Other). If you would like to submit to multiple categories, you will need to fill out a separate and new form for each category. If you feel as if your work does not fit within one of the categories of work, please submit to the 'Other' category. Please adhere to prose guidelines if you submit to this category.

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• For PROSE (fiction and nonfiction), the total number of PAGES across ALL of your pieces should not exceed SIX. You may submit more than six pieces (within the page limit). All pieces should be double spaced. Please separate your pieces by genre (Fiction, Nonfiction, Other). 

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• For POETRY, the total number of PIECES should not exceed SIX, but there will be no restrictions on page limits (within reason). All poems should be 1.5 spaced.

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• If you would like to submit both poetry and prose pieces, please treat one page of prose as equivalent to one poem and submit each to their corresponding forms. (Pages of prose) + (Pieces of poetry)  ≤ 6.

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• If you feel if your work does not fit within one of the categories of work, please submit to the OTHER category. Please submit no more than SIX pages. If you want to submit to this category, please include the genre of your submission.

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• For ART, please submit no more than SIX pieces and fill out a SEPARATE form for art. Limits for art pieces and writing are treated separately, so you may, for example, submit six poems and six pieces of art. Please submit your pieces as images (not within a Document or PDF). JPG and PNG files are preferred.

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• Pieces which cannot stand alone are much less likely to be accepted. If your piece is an excerpt from a longer piece of work but functions as a standalone story, please indicate that at the top of the submission as well as the title fo the longer work.

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• You may submit more than one piece, but you are not required to submit more than one.

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​Please electronically compile your piece(s) in Google Docs and place EACH piece in a SEPARATE DOCUMENT. Do not include your name. We reserve the right to reject or excerpt pieces that do not follow these guidelines.

 

To Submit:

 

1. Write and create!

2. Read the submission guidelines to ensure that your submission(s) are properly formatted.

3. Go to https://opusherricks.wixsite.com/opus/2020-fall-supplemental-edition

4. Scroll down and click on the button corresponding to the category of your piece(s). If you would like to submit to multiple categories, you will need to fill out each form separately. 

5. Fill out all of the required fields.

6. Attach your pieces (in separate documents) to the Google Form. 

7. Submit! 

 

Please email us at opus.herricks@gmail.com if you have any questions. Happy creating!