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Submissions to Chiaroscuro will reopen September 1 and close on November 20! Submit to us by emailing chiaroscuro@brevard.edu, and we will get back to you shortly. 

General Submission Guidelines

When submitting, please consider the following: 

  • You may submit three times during the reading period. Once you submit, please wait to receive a reply from the staff. 

  • Use Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) or a PDF for text submissions instead of pasting your work in the body of the email. For visual art, please attach jpegs. Include the medium of the work.

  • Submit a cover letter for your work in the body of your email submission. This includes:
    • Any information you want to give the editors about your work
    • Contact information
    • A 50 to 75-word third-person bio about yourself or the BC-affiliated individual who created the work. Please tell us your majors/minors, any upcoming work, which classes you’re in, and how long you have been writing or creating art. 
    • For art submission, include the medium of your work.

Poetry Submission Guidelines

Submit up to three poems totaling no more than six pages. 

Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Hybrid, and Book Review Submission Guidelines

Submit up to two creative nonfiction, fiction, hybrid, or book review pieces totaling up to ten double-spaced pages.

Theatre Submission Guidelines

Submit one theatre piece between five to ten pages.

Art/Photography Submission Guidelines

Submit up to four pieces of art. Art can be black and white and/or color. Photos can be landscape or portrait. 

We also consider art that has been exhibited through the Brevard College Fine Arts Division.

Chiaroscuro and Brevard College do not support plagiarized work. We will not accept any work that resembles slander or spouts hate towards any group of people and/or individual.