Sea Swells

The mission of Seaswells, the art and literary journal at the College of Coastal Georgia, is to showcase the writing, art, and photography of our students in order to foster essential modes of thinking and connecting. The student-run print journal is a collaborative effort between JOUR 1000 students, Seaswells club members, our faculty advisor, and student contributors. Student activity fees and community sponsors fund Seaswells, and issues of the magazine are free for students and community members.

Seaswells conducted two contests in 2022: the Barr Poetry Contest and the Austin/Garner Prose Contest. These annual contests are open only to currently enrolled Coastal Georgia students, and complete rules are available online athttp://www.ccga.edu/studentlife/seaswells/. Entries are judged anonymously, and cash prizes total $150.

Student submissions of prose, poetry, and art will be accepted from September 1 to February 1. In order to be considered for publication, submitted works must not disparage or in any way harm those in marginalized communities, including but not limited to disability, race, religion, national origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation. All submissions must be original, previously unpublished work, and emailed as an attachment to Full submission guidelines are available online.

Seaswells serves as a gathering ground for artistic modes of thinking. As Edward Hirsch, poet and former president of the Guggenheim Foundation, reminds us, “the arts give us a way of thinking that you can’t get in other places...A healthy democracy needs a healthy world of the arts.”