General submissions to The Journal will be closed until June 1st.  We apologize for the inconvenience, but we hope this brief break in accepting submissions will allow us to reduce the backlog and provide faster response times in the future.

Contest submissions remain open.

The Journal is proud to announce our first ever contest in fiction, nonfiction and poetry. A $500 dollar prize will be awarded in each genre, and the winners will appear in the Winter 2013 issue of The Journal. All entries will be considered for publication in The Journal.  Each contest-submission should include 1-5 poems.  One story or essay per submission.  There is no word limit for fiction and nonfiction.  Multiple submissions are permitted for the contest; however, each additional submission must be accompanied by a new contest-fee  Entry fee is $15 dollars and includes a one-year subscription to The Journal. Please go to submishmash to submit. Entry deadline is May 1st.

 

-the editors