Submission Guidelines ND

CSN NEON DREAMS SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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We accept original and engaging prose, poetry, and art during the fall and spring semester.  You should submit your work by October 15^th and February 15^th of each year for the NEON DREAMS JOURNAL (formerly the Silver Compass). Please include your full name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and title of your work with each submission in your cover letter. You can click here to submit your work or at the bottom of the page. If you have any questions, you can e-mail our club’s advisor: yelena.bailey-kirby@csn.edu. Otherwise, the requirements for submitting your work include the following:

Fiction, Non-Fiction, Essays, and Screenplay Criteria:

• Submissions must be formatted as follows: 12 point legible font (i.e. Calibri, Times New Roman, Courier New, etc.), double spaced with 1-inch margins, and align left (do not use justified). In the upper left hand corner of the document leave your FULL NAME and beneath it the title of your piece in BOLD.
• As the above criteria states, please be sure to title your submission. “Untitled” will only be accepted as a title if it relates to the piece.
• You are limited to TWO submissions of prose and should send your Word documents in a Rich Text Format.
• Submissions should be no more than 30 pages with the above formatting implemented. Failure to adhere to this limit will result in the submission being discarded, and most importantly, your work needs to be proofread carefully before submission.

Poetry Criteria:

• Submissions must be formatted as follows: 12 point legible font (i.e. Calibri or Times New Roman, Courier New, etc.), double spaced with 1-inch margins, and align left (do not use justified). In the upper left hand corner of the document leave your FULL NAME and beneath it the title of your piece in BOLD.
• As the above guideline states, please be sure to title your submission. “Untitled” will only be accepted as a title if it relates to the piece. 
• You are limited to SIX submissions of poetry and should send your Word documents in a Rich Text Format.
• Submissions should be no more than 90 lines (or three pages). Failure to adhere to this limit will result in the submission being discarded, and most importantly, your work needs to be proofread carefully before submission.

Art and Comic Book Criteria:

• Submissions may include any type of style, subject, and medium as long as it can be sent as a photograph attachment for artwork: pencil, oil, acrylic, charcoal, mixed media, photography, and so forth are welcome in black/white or color. Provide your FULL NAME with each JPEG file submitted.
• As the above guideline states, please be sure to title your submission. “Untitled” was accepted in the past, but you should be providing a title for each piece if you want to be considered for the magazine. 
• You are limited to FIFTEEN submissions of artwork and should send any example of your work as a JPEG file; however, if it is a Comic Book, submit no more than 15 slides as a PDF, PowerPoint, or JPEG file for each slide.