Hamline University’s BFA Creative Writing program

Runestone is committed to growing the next generation of editors and writers.


We provide intense mentorship and hands-on experience for student editors across multiple levels of expertise.


We publish and promote the nation’s finest undergraduate writers.

You must be a current undergraduate at a two- or four-year institution or if unaffiliated with a college, between the ages of 18 and 22 at the time you send your work. We do not consider work by students currently enrolled at Hamline University.

Runestone Literary Journal

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Submission Guidelines
You must be a current undergraduate at a two- or four-year institution, or--if unaffiliated with a college--you must be between the ages of 18-22 at the time you send your work. We do not currently consider work by students at Hamline University.  
Runestone considers previously unpublished/unscreened works of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, or digital storytelling by undergraduate writers. All submissions should address the theme of the issue in some manner.
Submit work between April 1 – October 1.    
Your work should include a cover letter, in which you should verify that you are an undergraduate and include the name of your college or university, your field of study, and your year (sophomore, junior, etc.). Include the name(s) and genre of the piece(s) you’re submitting, as well as a mailing address, phone number, and an e-mail address.
*You may submit work in more than one genre, but please do not send more than one piece or suite of fiction, one piece or suite of nonfiction, or one selection of five poems per reading cycle.
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POETRY
You may submit up to five poems in this category.
It is best practice to submit each poem as a separate file. 
After an initial screening in October and November, the editorial process of considering your work will place in Hamline’s Introduction to Literary Publishing: Runestone course during the fall semester. 
Writers will be notified by or around Dec. 1 regarding status of the submission.
Thank you for sending us your work!

Poetry

DIGITAL STORYTELLING
The foundational elements of effective digital storytelling address and manipulate audience, purpose, audio, visual, and technology. Loosely interpreted, digital storytelling includes but is not restricted to short film or audio art (documentary, animation, spoken word, audio essay, sound composition, interactive/hyperlinked story, narrative video game, etc.)
GENERAL SUBMISSION RULES:
Submission should be an original/unscreened short film or audio art (see above definition for broader interpretation).
Must be under 5 mins in length
Must be submitted in .MOV, .WAV, .MP3, or AIFF format files.
Include a cover letter as defined above.
SUBMISSIONS OPEN APRIL 1-OCT. 1
Submitting artists will be notified by or around Dec. 1 regarding status of the submission.
Thank you for sending us your work!

Runestone Literary Journal

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