Sigma Tau Delta Regional Newsletter: Call for Submissions

To members of Alpha Theta Eta of Sigma Tau Delta:

Sigma Tau Delta Regional Newsletter: Call for Submissions

Because this is a student organization, it is great when students can contribute to the newsletter. Want to talk about a literary issue or favorite author? Has your chapter done an awesome or original fundraiser/service project? Let the rest of the region and the nation know about it by submitting a piece. You are also invited to submit creative pieces (especially pieces for Back Page Poetry – see Spring 2006 Newsletter).

Length Restrictions:
Articles: 100-300 words
Excerpts of longer works or Flash Fiction: 250 words max
Poetry (including line breaks): 30 lines max

Submissions are due October 16th at 12:00 pm.

I hope your semesters continue to go well and that your midterms flow smoothly.

Best regards,
Rachel Moses
Student Representative
High Plains Region

Touchstone is Now Accepting Submissions

In the 1500s French traders used pieces of dark quartz or jasper stone to test the quality of gold and silver by rubbing it across the stone’s surface and examining the mark it left behind. This was their way of testing the genuineness and quality of each precious metal. This was their touchstone.

Touchstone Literary Magazine serves as just such a standard for creative writing at KSU, and therefore we encourage you to send us your best work for consideration in the upcoming Spring 2007 edition. A $75 First Place Award Winner and $25 Second Place Award Winner will be selected for each of three genres: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, and Fiction.

At this time we gladly accept email submissions as follows:

Include your contact information in the body of your message and address to Litmag@ksu.edu.

For each genre follow these guidelines:

Poetry~
Please send up to 5 poems attached to an email as Word documents or Rich Text Format (rtf) files with the word “Poetry” as your subject line.

Creative Nonfiction~
Please send up to 2 essays attached to an email as Word documents or Rich Text Format (rtf) files with the word “Nonfiction” as your subject line.

Fiction~
Please send up to 2 stories attached to an email as Word documents or Rich Text Format (rtf) files with the word “Fiction” as your subject line.

You may send multiple submissions for a single genre attached to one email. However if you have work to send for more than one genre, please send each in separate emails with the appropriate subject line for that genre.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: NOVEMBER 1, 2006

If you have any questions about the submission process, please contact me via email at the address provided below.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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Tulora S. Roeckers
MA English ~ Creative Writing
Touchstone Editor-in-chief
Kansas State University
Manhattan on the Prairie
email: roeckers@ksu.edu
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