The Mockingbird
2014-2015 Literary Submission Form
Deadline October 31, 2014
Complete this form and include it with your submission.
Name:
E number:
Goldmail:
Other email:
Mailing Address:
Phone 1:
Phone 2:
Ranking (circle one): Fr.
So.
Jr.
Sr.
Grd.
Major:
List each work in this submission. See reverse for formatting instructions.
Poetry:
Fiction:
Non-Fiction:
Drama:
Submit paper entries to ETSU’s Department of Literature and Language (103 Burleson Hall), The
Mockingbird office (101G Burleson Hall), or by mail to
The Mockingbird
C/O ETSU Department of Literature and Language
P. O. Box 70683
Johnson City, TN 37614
We accept electronic submissions at mockingbird@etsu.edu. See reverse for instructions.
All submissions for the 2015 issue of The
Mockingbird must be received by October 31, 2014.
Eligibility
The Mockingbird is East Tennessee State University’s student art and literature magazine. All currently enrolled
ETSU students are eligible to submit to The Mockingbird.
Entry Requirements
There is no fee for entry. Students may submit to multiple categories.
Poetry: Students may submit up to five poems per year. Individual poems should not exceed two (2) singlespaced pages.
Fiction: Students may submit up to two pieces of fiction per year. Total submission to the fiction category
should not exceed twenty (20) double-spaced pages.
Non-Fiction: Students may submit up to two pieces of non-fiction per year. Total submission to the nonfiction category should not exceed twenty (20) double-spaced pages.
Drama: Students may submit up to two pieces of drama per year. Total submission to the drama category
should not exceed twenty (20) double-spaced pages.
Please watch for announcements concerning the art competition during the spring semester.
Format
All entries must be typed with one-inch margins and twelve-point font. Poems must be single-spaced; entries to
other categories must be double-spaced. Each piece must be accompanied by a cover sheet that includes your
name, student ID number, telephone number, and email address, as well as the title of the work. We will not
accept untitled entries. The Mockingbird practices blind submission; please include your student ID number and
the title of the work in the upper margin of each page, but do not place your name anywhere in the pages of the
work itself. We will not consider entries that do not follow these guidelines.
Paper Submissions
List each piece on the completed submission form. Include two (2) copies of each piece in your submission. Please
retain an electronic copy of each submission; we will request electronic copies of paper submissions once contest
winners have been determined.
Deliver paper submissions to Jacob Vines in The Mockingbird office (101G Burleson Hall) or via ETSU’s Department
of Literature and Language.
Electronic Submissions
The body of your email must contain your name, student ID number, major, class standing (e.g. freshman,
sophomore), mailing address, and phone number. List each submission by title and category in your email. Attach
submissions your email in .doc, .docx, .odt or .rtf format. Each piece should have its own document file. The first
page of each document must be a cover page including your name, student ID number, telephone number, and
email address, as well as the title of the work.
Send electronic submissions to Jacob Vines at mockingbird@etsu.edu.
Residual Rights
The Mockingbird reserves the following rights pertaining to publishing material: (i) in addition to print publication,
The Mockingbird reserves the rights to publish representational segments of all written work on our website
(http://www.etsu.edu/cas/litlang/mockingbird) or Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/MockingbirdETSU) (ii)
The Mockingbird reserves the rights to republish material in future anthologies, collections or solicitations and (iii)
The Mockingbird returns other publishing rights to the creators with the stipulations that subsequent publications
will note that The Mockingbird has been the first publisher of the material.
Please send any questions to mockingbird@etsu.edu.