Submissions Guidelines

1. Do not include any identifying information in the document containing your work. Your name, UID, and bio should be listed in the "Cover Letter" field. Pieces submitted with names, UIDs, bios, or other identifying information will not be considered.

2. You may only submit 5 pieces to Stylus. No more than 5 entries will be considered for any single submitter. You may additionally submit 5 pieces for Litfest. Submissions for Litfest do not count towards the limit of submissions for Stylus and vice versa.

3. Note that with the move to Submishmash, submissions to Stylus and submissions to Litfest are completely different categories. Make sure that if you want a piece to be considered for both, you must manually submit it to both categories.

4. A valid UID is required to submit, and must be included in the "Cover Letter" field. Only University of Maryland undergraduate students may submit to Stylus.

5. A brief bio must be included in the "Cover Letter" field. The bio will accompany the work in event of publication.

6. Pieces should be submitted in a word processing document. (.doc, .docx, .rtf, .txt. Please, no Pages documents)

7. Art should be submitted as a .jpeg, .png, or .tif file.

8. Each piece should be submitted in separate files (no grouping of pieces). After submission of your first piece, you will have the opportunity to submit additional pieces.

9. We currently only accept .mov and .zip formatted files for multimedia submissions. If your multimedia work needs to be submitted in a different format, please email the Multimedia Editor at stylusmultimedia@gmail.com.

Poetry
No additional guidelines.

Prose
Stylus has a 3,500 word limit on all prose pieces and reserves the right to edit pieces for length. If any edits or revisions are necessary, Stylus will contact you as soon as possible.

Multilingual
Work should be accompanied by an English translation in the document file.

Art
Files should be at 300dpi or greater. Submitters should also include information about the medium and actual dimensions or size of each art piece in the comment field. Students unable to send their pieces electronically should contact our Art Director.

Multimedia
Files should be downloaded as a Quicktime Movie file (.mov) or other compatible file and uploaded onto YouTube. The link should then be sent via e-mail to the Multimedia Editor at stylusmultimedia@gmail.com, along with a description of your piece, your name and contact information.