{"id":17,"date":"2020-02-19T23:40:48","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T03:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-09-24T12:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T16:34:17","slug":"submit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/submit\/","title":{"rendered":"Submit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color\">Fall 2026 Call for Submissions: <em>Connection<\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>Open until October 8 <br>or until cap is reached<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-large-font-size has-black-color has-text-color\">What are you connected to? What sticks when the moment is gone? The <em>Welter <\/em>team wants to hear from writers and artists for our Fall 2026 digital edition. We are seeking submissions of fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and visual art that respond to the theme: <strong>Connection<\/strong>.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For <strong>poetry submissions<\/strong>: send 1\u20133 poems, with each poem a maximum of one page in length. Please use page breaks between poems. Submissions will be capped at 150 entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For <strong>fiction<\/strong> AND <strong>creative nonfiction submissions<\/strong>: send only 1 piece, up to 1500 words. Please double-space your work. Submissions will be capped at 150 entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For <strong>all written submissions,<\/strong> please submit in .pdf or .docx format and use a standard, legible font (i.e. Times New Roman, Garamond, etc.).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For <strong>visual art submissions, <\/strong>Welter is looking for diverse interpretations, including minimal styles, quick sketches, photography (color or black and white), and\/or any visual work that tells a story. Send up to 5 artworks in .jpeg format at 300dpi, or GIF animations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We value human creativity and therefore do not accept any work that was generated by AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us if your work is selected for publication elsewhere. 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