General Submission Guidelines
 

• Thread Magazine only accepts work from University of South Florida undergraduate students. All majors, years, and USF campuses are welcome and encouraged to submit.

• Students can submit to Thread every semester, regardless of publishing status. However, please refrain from submitting previously submitted work, including acceptances and rejections.

• Thread Magazine reviews submissions on a rolling basis during the Fall and Spring semesters and does not send out decisions until Winter and Summer break. As such, please avoid queries regarding the status of your submission until the following semester.

• Thread Magazine accepts all forms of literature and art, including (but not limited to) creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, art, photography, music, comics, and plays/screenplays. Please review our genre-specific guidelines below.

• Please submit one (1) piece per entry, as each piece is reviewed separately, and avoid placing multiple pieces in a singular document.

• Students may submit across multiple genres and may submit to each genre as many as times as permitted in accordance with the genre-specific guidelines below.

• To accommodate unique circumstances and identities, students can opt to be published under a pen name. However, students are required to submit under their legal name to verify their status as a student. There will be an option in the Submittable form to input a pen name if desired.

• Thread Magazine allows simultaneous submissions, but if your work is accepted elsewhere, please withdraw your submission immediately. We do not accept previously published work (excluding personal social media, blogs, etc.).

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Genre-Specific Guidelines
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Fiction

• Submit 1-2 fiction pieces, not exceeding 5 pages, double-spaced each.

• We welcome micro fiction, flash fiction, short stories, and hybrid/experimental work. Novel excerpts are not permitted.

• ​Double-spaced, 12pt, Times New Roman.

• Submit as a Word document (.docx or .doc files).

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Creative Nonfiction

• Submit 1-2 creative nonfiction pieces, not exceeding 5 pages, double-spaced each.

• For creative nonfiction, we consider personal narratives only. Academic writings are not permitted.

• We welcome micro, flash, and hybrid/experimental work.

• ​Double-spaced, 12pt, Times New Roman.

• Submit as a Word document (.docx or .doc files).

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Poetry

• Submit 1-4 poems, not exceeding 2 pages, single-spaced each. ​

• We consider all forms of poetry, including (but not limited to) form, free verse, experimental, prose, and hybrid work.​

• Please single-space all poems using 12pt, Times New Roman font.

• Submit as a Word document (.docx or .doc files) (or PDF for poems with special forms/layouts, to ensure it is viewed correctly).

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Art/Photography

• Submit 1-4 art or photography pieces. You may submit any combination of art and photography, as long as the total number of submissions does not exceed 4.​

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Music

• Submit 1-2 music pieces, not exceeding 5 minutes each.

• ​Songs (music with sung words) must be accompanied by lyrics (PDF, single-spaced, 12 pt, Times New Roman).​​

• Instrumentals must be accompanied by sheet music.

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Plays/Screenplays

• Submit 1-2 plays or screenplays, not exceeding 5 pages each, (excluding the cover page.)

• Please employ proper play or screenplay format.

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Comics

• Submit 1-2 comics, not exceeding 6 pages each.

• Please ensure all comics are legible.

• Submit as a PDF (.pdf), JPEG (.jpg or .jpeg), or PNG (.png) file.