Submit To C.A.W.!

Submission Guidelines

• Submissions are available only to current students of Clayton Valley Charter High School.

• All submissions must be the original work of the person submitting; please do not plagiarize others' content.

• Submissions may contain multiple pieces of art, writing, video, or photography for consideration

  • Each submission must contain work in only one category

  • If submitting to multiple categories, please submit one form per category

• Please limit literary submissions to no more than 5,000 words

• Please limit video submissions to no longer than 15 minutes

• Please limit audio submissions to no longer than 10 minutes

• Students may submit multiple times within a submission period, but should not submit a piece of work that has already been rejected for that issue

• Submissions must be school-appropriate, in that they must not contain

  • Graphic descriptions of violent or sexual content

  • Writing, images, or language that degrades, invalidates, or insults the character, identity, or culture of any other student

  • Any personal information about another student that could be interpreted as bullying 

• Submissions must not contain images, video, or names of another student without their explicit and informed consent.

• By submitting to the magazine, students consent to having their work reviewed for spelling, grammar, formatting, readability, file or video quality, or inappropriate content.

  • If work is accepted, submitters will work with editors to accept or reject final changes to any of the above characteristics, prior to publication in C.A.W. Magazine.

• Pieces may be submitted anonymously or under a pseudonym, however any student who chooses to remain anonymous in their submission waives the right to review changes made for spelling, grammar, formatting, readability, file or video quality, or inappropriate content.

• If submissions do not adhere to the above guidelines, the editors of C.A.W. Magazine retain the right to reject said submissions, along with an explanation of how the guidelines were violated.

  • If submissions egregiously and intentionally violate the above guidelines, students may face disciplinary action through CVCHS, based on the severity of the offense.