Bayousphere
A Literary Arts Magazine
- Editorial Policy and
Submission Guidelines -
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The University of
Houston-Clear Lake publishes Bayousphere
twice a year to provide a creative outlet for its students
and the community. Students enrolled in Magazine Publication produce
the literary art magazine as part of the course curriculum. Bayousphere
accepts submissions in the areas of poetry, fiction, nonfiction,
art, photography and multimedia. Each entry is blind reviewed
by the editorial staff and a certificate of
merit is awarded to the highest-scoring work
in each category.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: All
materials accepted are subject to cropping or editing by the
Bayousphere editorial staff, as they deem necessary. Materials
should be submitted as follows:
- Poetry must be
typed. Submit
work on disk along with a hard copy. Written manuscripts
will not be returned.
- Fiction and nonfiction
must be typed, double spaced, and no longer than 2,000 words. Please include a word
count on each submission. Submit work on disk along with a hard copy. Written
manuscripts will not be returned.
- Photographs must
be black and white, no smaller than 5 x 7 inches, no larger
than 11 x 14 inches. Submit on high
resolution photography paper and saved on disc at 350 dpi. No framed
work. Photographs may be retrieved in the Bayousphere office after both
issues of Bayousphere 2007 have been published at the end of August. We
are not responsible for any entries not picked
up by Sept. 30, 2007.
- Sculpture and other
three-dimensional artwork must be photographed in black and
white to be considered. (see previous paragraph
for photo guidelines). NOTE: Sculptures
and other three-dimensional artwork may also
be photographed from varying angles and then
brought into Quick Time Virtual Reality to
present a virtual tour of the artwork as
an entry in the Multimedia category.
- Original artwork
must be suitable for magazine publication. Pastels, water colors and light pencil drawings
do not reproduce well. Art work must not exceed 11 x 16 inches. No
framed work. Original works of art may be retrieved in the Bayousphere
office after both issues of Bayousphere 2007 have been published at the end
of August. We are not responsible for any entries not
picked up by Sept. 30, 2007.
- Digital Media consists
of computer generated works of art. Works can be still or animated, i.e. moving, images. Animated
images can include any of the following forms of digital media: Flash, Macromedia
Director, Digital Video, 3D Animation, and Quick Time Virtual Reallity. Submissions
must be five minutes or less. Entries may be submitted on a CD or Zip
Disk. Submissions chosen from this category will not be able to appear
in the print version of Bayousphere, but will be featured in the online version – therefore,
entries for this category can be submitted
in color.
Entry Forms: A completed entry form must accompany submitted
work. Do not put your name on the actual work so
that it can be blind reviewed. Entrants are limited
to ten submissions in each category. Bayousphere
entry forms may be picked up in the Student
Publications Office, room 1239 in the Bayou
Building, or by clicking on the “Bayousphere 2007 Entry Form” link
at the top of this page.
How to Submit Work: Submissions for Bayousphere 2007 may
be mailed to: Bayousphere, University of Houston-Clear
Lake, 2700 Bay Area Blvd., Box 456, Houston,
TX 77058,
or delivered to the Student Publications Office,
Room 1239 of the Bayou Building. The Student
Publications Office is officially closed in
June and July; however, entries may still be mailed during
that period.
Deadline: Submissions to Bayousphere are accepted throughout
the year. Entries must be received no later than
Feb. 15, 2007 to be considered for publication
in 2007. All submissions not chosen for the
spring issue of Bayousphere 2007 will be resubmitted
automatically for the fall 2007 issue.
Direct inquiries may
be made in person (room 1239 in the Bayou Building), by phone
(281) 283-2570, or by fax (281) 283-2569.
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