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"We accept all forms of prose, poetry, artwork and photography. Open Ceilings is completely managed and operated by students in an undergraduate degree program at UC Davis. "

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Introduction

We accept all forms of prose, poetry, artwork and photography. Open Ceilings is completely managed and operated by students in an undergraduate degree program at UC Davis.

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Types of Submissions Accepted

8 genres

A general comment from the editor [coming soon]

translations genre icon

Translations

Foreign language submissions accepted with an English translation.

photography genre icon

Photography

Max pieces: 10

art genre icon

Art

Max pieces: 10

We accept all forms of artwork and photography, including painting, drawing, sculpture, mixed media, collage, comics, graphic art, etc.

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

We accept all forms of poetry. Excerpts from a longer work must be able to stand alone.

nonfiction genre icon

Nonfiction

Max words: 6000

Max pieces: 1

Creative nonfiction. Excerpts must be able to stand alone.

fiction genre icon

Fiction

Max words: 6000

Max pieces: 3

Short fiction and experimental fiction. Excerpts must be able to stand alone.

play genre icon

Play

Max pieces: 3

Scripts. Not exceeding 6000 words.

comics genre icon

Comics

Max pieces: 10

translations genre icon

Translations

Foreign language submissions accepted with an English translation.

photography genre icon

Photography

Max pieces: 10

art genre icon

Art

Max pieces: 10

We accept all forms of artwork and photography, including painting, drawing, sculpture, mixed media, collage, comics, graphic art, etc.

poetry genre icon

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

We accept all forms of poetry. Excerpts from a longer work must be able to stand alone.

Need to know for submitting

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    Details

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  • 02

    How to submit 🏗️

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  • 03

    Cover Letter and Bio 🏗️

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  • 04

    Awards

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  • 05

    Demographics & Eligibility

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  • 06

    Formatting requirements 🏗️

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    Rights for published work 🏗️

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Magazine

Founded in 2019 | United States

Masthead

We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)

Eli Elster
Editor-in-Chief
Rojean Janzad
Editor-in-Chief
Chill Stats (note: this is not exactly accurate...)

Total tracked

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Average acceptance rate

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