NOTE: We are a student-run, undergraduate literary journal. No sexually explicit images (drawings, photos, comics, etc) will be accepted. Written pieces containing sexual themes/motifs are acceptable.
Submission Timeline: June 1st 2024 - Deadline has been extended to December 15th, 2024
Email submissions to echocognito@gmail.com with appropriate documents attached as requested. Feel free to email with any questions as well.
How to Submit
Written Pieces:
Send as a word document (.docx) file. Include a cover page which includes author's name, college, year, major, title of piece, an author bio (no more than 80 words), and a paragraph about how the piece relates to the theme.
Do not include the author's name anywhere on the piece itself or it will not be considered (name only appears on the cover page).
We do accept multiple submissions from authors. It is asked that you create a new document and cover page per submission.
You cannot submit more than three pieces per genre; however, there is no limit as to how many genres you submit in, only the three piece per limit genre.
Digital Art/Comics/Photography
Include piece as a jpeg.
Include the following information in the email" name, college, year, major, title of piece, author bio (no more than 80 words), and a paragraph about how the piece relates to the theme.
We do accept multiple submissions from artists. It is asked that you create a new document per submission.
You cannot submit more than three pieces per genre; however, there is no limit as to how many genres you submit in, only the three piece per limit genre.
Submission Guidelines for Each Genre
Poetry
No more than 100 lines of poetry
The title of the piece doesn't count as a line, neither do spaces
Scholarly Essays
No more than ten pages, double spaced
Include an abstract
Memoir/Essay
No more than 10 pages, double spaced
Short Stories
No more than 10 pages, double spaced
Flash Fiction
Double spaced
Less than or equal to 1,000 words
AND
More than 50 words
Photography
Send as a .jpeg file
Ten Minute Plays
No more than 10 pages
Digital Art
Send as a .jpeg file
Comics
No more than five pages
*IF a piece you wish to submit does not meet the guidelines of its category, you may submit it with a note about it in your cover page. EX: Page count on a short story is a little over the limit, please note how much over the limit the piece is. It can still be considered, but only if the deviation has been noted.
Contact information:
email: echocognito@gmail.com
instagram: @echocognito
discord: https://discord.gg/uWe6xGrnjx