We accept submissions in essays, poetry, fiction, travel writing, and art that concern environmental or place-based subject matter. All submissions must be the work of currently enrolled, undergraduate students. We will only read submissions sent between September 1st and April 30th. We will try to respond as promptly as possible. All submissions must be sent as Word attachments; we do not read submissions sent by mail. Please avoid the .rtf (rich text format) as macro viruses tend to lurk in this format. Artwork may be submitted as .jpeg or similar attachments. All submissions must have all of your contact information (name, address, phone number, email address, and school name and enrollment year) as well as a short (2-3 sentence) bio paragraph. Please provide these at the top of the attached document as well as on the email letter it is attached to.
All submissions can be sent to: frenchcreekjournal@allegheny.edu
Regarding rights: It is expected that any work accepted for publication in French Creek has never been published before. If an acceptance letter is sent to the author, then he or she agrees to our terms, which are: French Creek gets exclusive first-time on-line/electronic rights. After we publish, all rights (cyber, print, audio, or any other media) belong to the author. If the work/s should be published in the future, we ask only for a credit line that reads: "First published in French Creek Issue __."
For more information, please send inquiries to: frenchcreekjournal@allegheny.edu