On a separate note, if you’re planning to submit a really sad story, bring it on. We can use a good cry.

Written Submission Guidelines

Please submit up to 8 pages of poetry and/or up to 5000 words of a prose. No individual prose piece should exceed 2500 words. Do not submit previously published material.

Enclose with your submission a cover letter that includes your name, students ID number (peoplesoft number), address, e-mail, and phone number. On this cover page also include a brief biographical note. This will appear in the contributor’s notes at the end of the journal, should your work be published.

Submit four copies of each piece. If a single piece is more than one page long, please staple it. If you are submitting multiple pieces, separate like pieces into sets so that each set will include one copy of each piece. Please staple or paperclip these sets together. Your student ID must appear on every page of your submission. Your name should not appear on any page except the cover letter.

Please submit your material in a manila envelope. On the envelope please include your name and contact information and prominently indicate to which genre you are submitting. We accept poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. If you are submitting to multiple genres, please use a separate envelope for each genre that you submit to.

Submissions may be dropped off in the appropriately labeled box in the English Department Office, CLAS 208, or in the Freshman English Office, CLAS 162. They can also be mailed to:

Alternatively, submissions may be e-mailed to submissions@longriverreview.com. You may attach multiple submissions per email as long as they are the same genre. Clearly indicate in the subject to which genre you are submitting and please send your submission as a .doc (NOT .docx), .rtf, .pdf or .txt file.

All submissions are anonymously read by multiple editors. Final editorial decision is made by editor in chief. Notification of acceptance or rejection will occur two to five weeks after submission deadline. Please do not request information on the status of your submission until after this time. Upon acceptance authors will be asked to provide an electronic copy of the piece through e-mail or disc and will be asked to provide written consent permitting Long River Review to publish the piece.

Please direct any questions and concerns to Joe Welch, Editor-in-Chief, at itsjoewelch@gmail.com

Art Submission Guidelines

Files must be submitted on CD to the box in the Art Building Office, by February 17, 2011.

Submit art work based on the following specifications:

Photoshop tiff
5.75 inches (minimum width)
300 dpi

All entries must include a cover sheet with the following information: title of work, medium, your name, local address, local phone, email, student ID number, and short description of piece. Pieces will probably be printed in black and white. If color is an important element to your piece and you do not want it to be printed in grayscale then you must specify so.

Jarryd was from Branford, CT. He said he never drives alone.

GirlTalk crowd

Lupe Fiasco headlined to an energetic crowd. We couldn’t understand what he was saying but had fun dancing on stage.

All in all, fun day. Check out www.bombfest.com for videos and more information. Thanks.

The Wallace Stevens Poetry Contest
First Prize, $1000: Phillip Korth
Second Prize, $500: Katelyn Aguilar
Third Prize, $250: Matt Salyer
Judges: Penelope Pelizzon, Roger Wilkenfeld, Charles Mahoney

The Jennie Hackman Memorial Award for Short Fiction
First Prize, $1000: Jesse Williams, “How Gary Met Melisa”
Second Prize, $300:  Miranda DePoi. “Shadows on the Wall”
Third Prize, $200: Sierra Ryan, “Funeral Reds”
Judges: Lynn Bloom, Richard Peterson, Fred Roden

Collins Literary Prizes
Prose Award, $4000: John Allie,  “Lander”
Poetry Award, $4000: Duncan Campbell, “Aesthetics”
Honorable Mention: Nikki Rubin
Judges: Jonathan Hufstader, Ellen Litman, Beth Ann Fennelly

Aetna Creative Nonfiction Award
Graduate Award, $500: Zara Rix, “Knowing the Enemy”
Undergraduate First Place, $300: Timothy Stobierski, “He Had Some Tears”
Undergraduate Second Place, $200: Jennifer Few, “The Man with the Lopsided Birthday Cake”
Judges: Regina Barecca, Liz Hart, Sam Pickering

The Aetna Creative Works in Progress Grant
$1000, Matthew Salyer, “Homecoming” from the novel in progress, Tenino
Honorable Mention:  Jennifer Holley, “White Portals”
Judges: Fred Biggs, Theodore Van Alst, Roger Wilkenfeld

The Long River Graduate Writing Award
$250, Zara Rix, “Deliberate Decisions”
Judges: Regina Barreca, Anna Mae Duane, Ellen Litman

The Edwin Way Teal Nature Writing Award
Graduate First Place, $125: Zbigniew Grabowski, “Husbandry”
Graduate Second Place, $75: Caitlin Shirts, “Climate”
Judges: Sam Pickering, Sydney Plum, Bob Tilton

Thank you to all who entered and we encourage all students to enter again next year! Be the first in line to grab a copy of this year’s journal at the Long River Review release party at the UConn Co-op on Thursday, April 29th at 7 p.m. For more Creative Writing events, visit creativewriting.uconn.edu.