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Deadline

Nov 1, 2023

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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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Send us your best but less intimidating

Response Time

about three months

Acceptance Rate

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  • Payment

    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Undergraduate Students: Only previously unpublished work of current undergraduate writers will be considered.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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