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Deadline

Feb 1, 2024

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"Ohio Northern University's undergraduate journal of arts and literature."

"Ohio Northern University's undergraduate journal of arts and literature."

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Send us your best but less intimidating

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  • Payment

    Yes

  • Fee

    No

  • Simultaneous submissions

    Yes

  • Previously published

    No

  • Expedited response

    No

  • Available in print

    Yes

  • Provides contributor copies

    No

  • Examples online

    Yes

  • Active on social media

    Yes

Accepted genres

5 genres

Fiction

Max words: 2500

Open to anything with an interesting voice including absurdist, experimental, flash, et cetera. Multiple submissions of fiction will be acce...

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

3-5 poems, free verse, experimental, prose poetry, et cetera.

Nonfiction

Max words: 2500

Humor, travel narrative, et cetera. Multiple submissions of nonfiction will be accepted if all works together meet or are under the word cou...

Humor

Max words: 2500

Multiple submissions will be accepted if all works together meet or are under the word count.

Art

Max pieces: 3

Fiction

Max words: 2500

Open to anything with an interesting voice including absurdist, experimental, flash, et cetera. Multiple submissions of fiction will be acce...

Poetry

Max pieces: 5

3-5 poems, free verse, experimental, prose poetry, et cetera.

Nonfiction

Max words: 2500

Humor, travel narrative, et cetera. Multiple submissions of nonfiction will be accepted if all works together meet or are under the word cou...

Humor

Max words: 2500

Multiple submissions will be accepted if all works together meet or are under the word count.

Art

Max pieces: 3

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Cover letters

Coming soon! Advice from editors on what your cover letter and bio should look like!

Eligibility

Young creatorsCreators from a specific location / ethnic group

Formatting

Coming soon! All the Times New Romans and double spaces!

Rights for published work

Coming soon! First, third, none, all the rights!

Additional info

Polaris will only accept work from undergraduates. Payment. Prizes awarded in each genre: 1st Place – $50; 2nd Place – $25; Prizes are awarded by genre editors. There is no monetary compensation for general acceptances. Authors may submit to no more than two genres at a time.

About the Magazine

Founded in 1958 | 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 :)

Storm Mathews

Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Jennifer Pullen

Polaris Faculty Advisor

Examples

1 pieces from Chill Subs people