Issue #20 (2011) PDF - myweb - Long Island University

downtown brooklyn
a journal of writing
submission guidelines
Downtown Brooklyn: a Journal of Writing is the literary magazine of the English Department at the
Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University. A new issue appears each fall semester. The editorial
staff reads new submissions from September 1 until February 1.
We accept submissions only from students, faculty & staff at the Brooklyn Campus. This includes
alumni, as well as persons formerly employed in any capacity at the Brooklyn Campus. Submissions
are also welcome from Visiting Writers who teach in the Creative Writing MFA program & from
writers who come to campus as part of the English Department‘s Voices of the Rainbow Reading
Series.
We accept submissions of poetry &/or fiction &/or creative non-fiction.
Save your submission as a single Word document & attach it to an e-mail that you send to wayne
[dot] berninger [at] liu [dot] edu. The first page of your document should be a cover page with your
phone & e-mail & a short bio statement.
In your bio statement, describe how you are connected to the Brooklyn Campus. Are you a student
Please indicate whether you are undergrad or grad, what your major or degree program is, & when
you will graduate. If you are an alum, tell us what your major was & what degree you earned, as well
as the year you graduated. Are you faculty or former faculty Tell us your department, what your
title is or was & what you teach or taught. Are you a staff member or former staff member Tell us
your title & what kind of work you do or did at the Brooklyn Campus. Everyone: If relevant, please
include any recent publications, productions, or performances of your work.
You will receive confirmation by e-mail that we have received your work. We will then notify as to
acceptance on a rolling basis.
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