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.
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 3,000. You may submit up to three poems/microfictions (under 500 words). We are also open for visual art. Please indicate the genre of your submission in your cover letter upon submission. Submissions are limited to four issues per calendar year. Previously unpublished work only, please!
When in Rome: Translations, Adaptations, and Collaborations (Guest Editor: Jade Morgan
Salvete!
When in Rome, do as the Romans do! For this issue, Boudin is looking for poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction pieces that are a translation, an adaptation of a translation, or a collaboration that works with another famous piece of any theme originating from any language. These pieces can be a translation in its entirety or a selection of a translation as the writer sees fit. We are also looking for artwork that translates, adapts, or collaborates with the themes of other well-known pieces. Please credit the original work in some way, whether that’s in the cover letter or the submission itself.
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. Please include your full name and the genre of your work in the submitted document. If multiple pieces are submitted, please attach them all in one document in one submission. Please limit submissions to four issues per calendar year. Boudin takes previously unpublished work only.
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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