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"The Blue Route is an online undergraduate literary journal run by students and faculty at Widener University. We publish short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction written by undergraduate writers from any school other than our own."
"The Blue Route is an online undergraduate literary journal run by students and faculty at Widener University. We publish short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction written by undergraduate writers from any school other than our own."
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Yes
Fee
No
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
No
Expedited response
No
Available in print
No
Provides contributor copies
No
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
Yes
Accepted genres
4 genres
Nonfiction
Max words: 2500
Max pieces: 3
Creative nonfiction. 1-3 pieces. Totaling no more than 2500 words.
Fiction
Max words: 2500
Max pieces: 3
1-3 pieces. Totaling no more than 2500 words.
Poetry
Max pieces: 3
Art
No specific limitations
Nonfiction
Max words: 2500
Max pieces: 3
Creative nonfiction. 1-3 pieces. Totaling no more than 2500 words.
Fiction
Max words: 2500
Max pieces: 3
1-3 pieces. Totaling no more than 2500 words.
Poetry
Max pieces: 3
Art
No specific limitations
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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
Undergraduate Students: Only previously unpublished work of current undergraduate writers will be considered. In order to verify your status as an undergraduate, we ask that with your submission you send along the email of a faculty member from your department. Until we gain confirmation of undergraduate status from this reference, we will not be able to publish your work. We want good, highly imaginative writing about contemporary life as you see it. We’re not interested in romance, detective, horror, sci-fi, and other genres, unless the piece somehow rises above the conventions associated with those types of writing. We’re also not interested in writing that clichéd, overly influenced by TV or film, features flat characters, emphasizes end rhyme above all else, and/or exhibits a general insensitivity to the beauties and subtleties of language. We specifically encourage submissions from underrepresented groups, including BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and neurodivergent writers, as well as writers with disabilities.
About the Magazine
Founded in 2009 | 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 :)
Gabby Norris
Editor-in-Chief
Michael Cocchiarale
Faculty Advisor
James Esch
Faculty Advisor
Examples
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