Submission Guidelines

• Submission Deadline: End of fall semester. (Work received after this will be considered for the following year's issue.) 
• Length Maximum: None, but the longer a work is, the more cleanly written it needs to be.
• Maximum Number of Submissions: Submit up to five pieces, one piece per file (For example: if you submit three poems and two short stories, you should submit each in its own file as its own submission.) 
• Simultaneous Submissions: We accept simultaneous submissions; however, you are required to notify the editors immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. Please use Submittable's withdraw function.
• Working with an Editor: If your work is accepted, you may be contacted by the editorial staff for revisions. Failure to respond to editor communication may disqualify your work from publication. Note: the editorial team may correct small, technical errors in your writing without contacting you, but we will contact you before making larger changes
• Rights: If your work is accepted, you agree to give Plains Paradox first time serial rights and electronic archival rights.
• FERPA: By submitting to Plains Paradox, you are waving your FERPA  rights for the submitted work and acknowledge that it may be 1) viewed by a number of student and faculty editors and 2) published in a publicly-available (hard copy and digital)  publication and/or displayed in the Student Art Show. 

Submission FAQ

• Can I submit work that has been published elsewhere? We accept only polished work that HAS NOT been published before.
• Does it matter if my writing has grammar, punctuation, and syntax errors? Written pieces that are error-free have a much better chance of being accepted for publication. 
• Where can I go to get help making my work-error free? If you need help editing you work, you can go to the Writing Center. https://www.frontrange.edu/being-a-student/academic-assistance/boulder-county-campus-academic-success-center/boulder-writing-help
• Can I submit excerpts? No. We want to see beginnings, middles, and ends. 

Submission Guidelines

• Submission Deadline: End of fall semester. (Work received after this will be considered for the following year's issue.) 
• Length Maximum: None, but the longer a work is, the more cleanly written it needs to be.
• Maximum Number of Submissions: Submit up to five pieces, one piece per file. (For example: if you submit three poems and two short stories, you should submit each in its own file as its own submission.) 
• Simultaneous Submissions: We accept simultaneous submissions; however, you are required to notify the editors immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. Please use Submittable's withdraw function.
• Working with an Editor: If your work is accepted, you may be contacted by the editorial staff for revisions. Failure to respond to editor communication may disqualify your work from publication. Note: the editorial team may correct small, technical errors in your writing without contacting you, but we will contact you before making larger changes
• Rights: If your work is accepted, you agree to give Plains Paradox first time serial rights and electronic archival rights.
• FERPA: By submitting to Plains Paradox, you are waving your FERPA  rights for the submitted work and acknowledge that it may be 1) viewed by a number of student and faculty editors and 2) published in a publicly-available (hard copy and digital)  publication and/or displayed in the Student Art Show. 

Submission FAQ

• Can I submit work that has been published elsewhere? We accept only polished work that HAS NOT been published before.
• Does it matter if my writing has grammar, punctuation, and syntax errors? Written pieces that are error-free have a much better chance of being accepted for publication. 
• Where can I go to get help making my work-error free? If you need help editing you work, you can go to the Writing Center. https://www.frontrange.edu/being-a-student/academic-assistance/boulder-county-campus-academic-success-center/boulder-writing-help
• Can I submit excerpts? No. We want to see beginnings, middles, and ends. 

Submission Guidelines

• Submission Deadline: End of fall semester. (Work received after this will be considered for the following year's issue.) 
• Length Maximum: None, but the longer a work is, the more cleanly written it needs to be.
• Maximum Number of Submissions: Submit up to five pieces, one piece per file (For example: if you submit three poems and two short stories, you should submit each in its own file as its own submission.) 
• Simultaneous Submissions: We accept simultaneous submissions; however, you are required to notify the editors immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. Please use Submittable's withdraw function.
• Working with an Editor: If your work is accepted, you may be contacted by the editorial staff for revisions. Failure to respond to editor communication may disqualify your work from publication. Note: the editorial team may correct small, technical errors in your writing without contacting you, but we will contact you before making larger changes
• Rights: If your work is accepted, you agree to give Plains Paradox first time serial rights and electronic archival rights.
• FERPA: By submitting to Plains Paradox, you are waving your FERPA  rights for the submitted work and acknowledge that it may be 1) viewed by a number of student and faculty editors and 2) published in a publicly-available (hard copy and digital)  publication and/or displayed in the Student Art Show. 

Submission FAQ

• Can I submit work that has been published elsewhere? We accept only polished work that HAS NOT been published before.
• Does it matter if my writing has grammar, punctuation, and syntax errors? Written pieces that are error-free have a much better chance of being accepted for publication. 
• Where can I go to get help making my work-error free? If you need help editing you work, you can go to the Writing Center. https://www.frontrange.edu/being-a-student/academic-assistance/boulder-county-campus-academic-success-center/boulder-writing-help
• Can I submit excerpts? No. We want to see beginnings, middles, and ends. 

Artwork accepted: Painting, Drawing, 2D design, 3D Design, Ceramics, MGD

Submissions should be associated with an ART or MGD class taken at FRCC/BCC within the last academic year (ie. Spring/Summer/Fall semester prior to the deadline). 

Submissions should be in high quality JPEG format at 300 DPI no bigger than 8.5" in any direction.