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Volition’s Academic year 2020-2021 submission deadline is February 5th, 2021!

General Requirements

Volition has created a new online submission form to help simplify our submission process.

Submit your work here: http://bit.ly/VolitionSpring2021

Please keep all written pieces under 1,250 words.

Volition is only accepting 5 Prose and Poetry submissions per person and 10 Art and Photography pieces per person. Submissions that exceed this limit will not be considered.

Be sure to include a title for every piece/file submitted. Think of your pieces as your children; we hope you would want to give them interesting and enticing names.  Titles also act as an advertisement for your work in the table of contents, and we do not want to have multiple pieces with the same title. Please include your full name as well.

What We Are Looking For

Short Stories, Plays, and Scripts (Fiction and Non-Fiction)

Poetry

Art*

Photography*

*Keep in mind that most of our magazine is in black and white. Although we have some color pages, we are always in need of art and photos which are either black and white or will look good in black and white.

Submission Periods

Fall Semester: September 4th through November 3rd
Spring Semester: January 21st through March 29th

What to Expect After Submitting

You will be notified if your piece has been selected to be in our journal within one month after the deadline for the submission period.

Prose pieces may be considered for print in excerpt form in our journal due to space limitations. All pieces may be considered for publication on our website.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask!

 

22 Comments

    • volition

      October 15, 2015 at 11:46 am Reply

      Hi Hannah! We don’t have a definitive cut off on word count, but keep in mind that most pieces are no longer than 1500 words.

  • Marquis De Spade

    February 23, 2016 at 3:04 pm Reply

    Are mixed media pieces accepted; meaning photo and word combination as I often create in a marriage of concepts that I hope will leave the reader in my own personal wonderland of misfit ideas word play.

    Sincerely,

    Marquis De Spade

    • volition

      February 25, 2019 at 6:58 pm Reply

      Pictures should be at least 300 dpi. The magazine itself is 7″x 8.5″, and the photo can be any ratio or orientation. We also pick some photos for a double spread, so keep in mind that we might also use the photo for 14″ x 8.5″ spread.

    • volition

      February 25, 2019 at 6:55 pm Reply

      We accept all types of photos. Volition typically doesn’t have a theme, we strive to publish the best work that we receive during each submission cycle.

    • volition

      October 31, 2019 at 12:37 pm Reply

      Hi, Erinn! We aren’t strict on a word count for prose pieces, but, generally, the stories published are no longer than 1,500 words.

    • volition

      January 20, 2020 at 7:06 pm Reply

      Hi, Allie,

      Yes, we do take submissions in the Spring! Submissions usually open on the first day of classes for that semester.

  • Elizabeth Black

    March 1, 2020 at 1:00 pm Reply

    I’m not able to access the site to submit poems/art work. When I pull up the web site I either get to a community college web site or it takes me back to Volition’s first page where I got the information to begin the submission (bit.ly/VolitionSpring2020). Can I paste them in an email and send them to the Volition web site?

    • volition

      March 2, 2020 at 2:19 pm Reply

      Hi, Elizabeth! Sorry to hear this problem. The submission form works on our end, so I am not sure what is happening. Can you email us at volition@gmu.edu with more information so that we can help you?

  • Karissa Poole

    March 21, 2020 at 10:14 am Reply

    Greetings. I want to submit some photos I take as a hobby. Do you accept photos with a watermark or do you take photos without them? Thanks!

    • volition

      March 22, 2020 at 7:41 pm Reply

      Hi, Karissa! We accept any photographs, watermarked or not. You will be properly credited for your work in the magazine, though, so if the watermark can be removed or cropped out, that would be ideal.

  • Camille

    March 29, 2020 at 1:42 pm Reply

    Hi, if we submit writing or photography do you get ownership rights to the image or do we retain creative ownership?

    • volition

      March 30, 2020 at 1:49 pm Reply

      Hi, Camille. You still retain the ownership rights as the creator. At the end of our submission form, our copyright policy is explained where you give us the license to publish your work, but you still retain the rights.

      Although it is officially past the deadline, feel free to still submit your work to the magazine as the form is still open. Thank you for supporting Volition!

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