Submitting to Boudin
Current McNeese State University students and employees are not eligible to submit. McNeese alumni are welcome to submit if it has been at least three years since they graduated.
Retro Summer—August (Guest Editor: Aiman Tariq)
We are now seeking submissions of CNF, poetry, art, and fiction for our Retro Summer issue. Take us down memory lane with blazing sunshine, pool parties, arcades, melting ice pops, roller-skates, and young loves found and lost. Send us your best (and not-so-good) summer memories! Any genre is welcome, though we are especially interested in nostalgic, magical summer vibes with a gripping voice.
No Fee! Fiction/CNF/hybrid submissions under 3,000. You may submit up to three poems/microfictions (under 500 words). We are also open for visual art. Boudin is only accepting new, previously-unpublished work.
Kaleidoscope–September (Guest/Associate Editor: Taryn White)
Made out of paper and mirrors, kaleidoscopes are often viewed as simple children’s toys. Though the object itself is not complex, kaleidoscopes create beautiful, unique patterns that will never be replicated again. This September, Boudin is looking to create our own kaleidoscope of short stories, poems, creative nonfiction, and artwork. We are looking for work that explores unique perspectives like those which are created by kaleidoscopes. We want your best work that turns seemingly simple mechanisms on their heads to create a complex and beautiful product. Send us your most distinctive, colorful, and unrepeatable work for Boudin’s very own Kaleidoscope this fall.
No Fee! Fiction/CNF/hybrid submissions under 3,000. You may submit up to three poems/microfictions (under 500 words). We are also open for visual art. Boudin is only accepting new, previously-unpublished work.
The Ticking Clock–October (Judge/Guest Editor: Abbie Skinner)
Tick…Tick…Tick…
That’s the sound of your time running out to submit to our annual Halloween issue of Boo-din! Whether a clock, metronome, or infamous telltale heart, the incessant reminder of precious seconds flying by locks readers into a state of suspension. This spooky season, we are looking for your best horror and speculative stories, creative nonfiction, poetry, and artwork. In the spirit of Halloween, Abbie Skinner will judge submissions and award the Skinner Prize to one winner. The prize includes top placement in the issue, special mention of the prize, a broadside, and a social media post about the winning piece.
All submissions should include concepts of time as a significant plot point or symbol. We are looking for horror and speculative work, but we will not accept anything overly graphic or violent.
No fee! Fiction/CNF/hybrid submissions under 5,000. You may submit up to three poems/microfictions (under 500 words each). We are also open for visual art. Boudin is only accepting new, previously-unpublished work.
Boudin fine print
Please only submit original work. If your work borrows from or quotes another writer, please make explicit mention of this with your submission, giving full attribution to any material you’re using from another source.
Please only submit new, previously-unpublished work.
Please limit your submissions to four issues per calendar year.
In all genres, we are particularly interested in seeing work from women, people of color, LGBTQ writers, non-binary writers, people with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups.
No material published in Boudin may be reprinted or reproduced, in whole or in part, without the permission of the authors. Writers retain all rights to their work. We ask for ourselves only that Boudin be credited with first publication. Unfortunately, we are not a paying market; contributors to Boudin will receive our thanks and the promise that we’ll promote your work.
We encourage you to simultaneously submit your work while it’s under consideration at Boudin. If your submission is accepted by another publication, please withdraw immediately through Submittable.
We look forward to seeing your work! Surprise us. Spice it up!
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