Submit Work
Thank you for your interest in Stone Canoe!
The submission period for the sixth edition is now closed.
Submission results have been sent to the email address originally included with each submission. Email addresses which bounced are being sent notifications to the mailing address originally included with the submission. Contract letters for accepted pieces were largely sent via regular mail. If you have not received either an email or a letter by Friday, December
9, 2011, we may have incorrect information to reach you. Please contact stonecanoe@syr.edu with questions or for additional information. Thank you for your patience.
Allison Vincent, Assistant Editor, Stone Canoe
Stone Canoe considers for inclusion previously unpublished works of short fiction, creative nonfiction, technical writing, short plays, poems, and works of visual art created by people who live or have lived in Upstate New York (not New York City). Submissions for the spring 2013 edition, Stone Canoe No. 7, are welcome between March 1 and July 31, 2012. We cannot consider work submitted outside these dates. The editors' decisions will be communicated by September 15, 2012.
Submission Rules per Genre:
Drama: one piece not to exceed 10,000 words (include word count).
Fiction: one piece not to exceed 10,000 words (include word count).
Nonfiction: one piece not to exceed 10,000 words (include word count).
Technology: one piece not to exceed 10,000 words (include word count).
Poetry: up to five poems. Please indicate all stanza breaks in case the text runs over a single page in length. Please submit at least three poems to be considered for the Bea Gonzalez Award for Poetry.
Visual art: up to five images. In the Comments area include year completed, materials used (e.g., oil on canvas, acrylic on hardwood panel), and dimensions (WxH and units - inches, feet, etc.). Dimensions are not required for photographs if the size is variable. Please submit at least three works to be considered for the Hedy and Michael Fawcett Prize for Visual Arts.
NOTE: There is no limit to the number of genres in which you may submit work. Please submit your first genre through the submission form per the instructions below. Once you have completed your first genre submissions, contact Allison Vincent at stonecanoe@syr.edu for simple instructions on how to submit in any additional genres. Consideration for awards requires no fees or additional forms. All submitted work will automatically be considered for any awards for which you are deemed eligible.
If more pieces are submitted in any one genre than the maximum stated here, Stone Canoe editors reserve the right to review only the maximum number specified.
Submissions will not be reviewed unless accompanied by a short biography of no more than 100 words.
Stone Canoe is a community project committed to showcasing the work of artists and writers who live now or have lived at some point in the Upstate New York region (not New York City). Please include when you lived in this region in your short biography if you do not currently live in the area. Note: The artist / writer must have a connection to Upstate New York, but the piece(s) submitted can be about anything you like. The work does not need to involve New York. Also please indicate if your work has been submitted simultaneously to another publication. Please write your bio in the third person.
To submit your work:
- fill out our submission form online during the period specified and attach an electronic copy of your work.
- Writers should submit work in either Rich Text Format (rtf) or as a Word® document.
- Visual artists should attach low resolution (72 dpi) tif, gif or jpg images. If accepted for publication, high resolution images (approx. 300 dpi at 7"x10" image size) will be needed.
If you have any questions or difficulty with this form or with online submission in general, please contact Allison Vincent at stonecanoe@syr.edu or 315-443-4165.
All rights for individual works revert to contributors upon publication, though Stone Canoe will seek permission to feature submitted work on its web site.
Contributors receive two copies of each issue in which their work appears and are featured on our web site.
