Calling writers, artists, short-form filmmakers, and photographers to share their written, visual, and performance-based stories for our "What a Time to Be Alive" Community Anthology.
This call for submissions and the upcoming publication is sponsored and facilitated by the Salt Lake Community College Community Writing Center (CWC). Storytelling across genres and mediums has been and will continue to be central to developing cultural identities, fostering personal exploration, and examining what it means to be human in this time and place.
Thus, the CWC is seeking to collect and publish stories that represent the dynamics, complexities, and nuances of what it means to be human in this time and place.
Stories can take the form of many genres, structures, and art forms: poetry, essays, dramas, short fiction, hybrid and experimental forms like graphic novellas, visual art, music, etc. Writers, Artists, Musicians, Dancers, and Photographers of all experience levels are invited to submit. We may ask for revisions and edits where relevant.
NOTE: if you are a member of one or more of the CWC's Community Writing Series groups, you are strongly encouraged to submit a piece or pieces you've been working on with your writing group.
If you'd like to join or create a CWC Community Writing Series group, contact Elisar Soueidi (elisar.soueidi@slcc.edu) or Kati Lewis (kati.lewis@slcc.edu). Go here for more information on our Community Writing Series: http://www.slcc.edu/cwc/dws.aspx
We reserve the right not to publish submissions that fall outside of the scope and intentions of this publication project.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 11:59 p.m. on May 19, 2025.
The CWC will host "What a Time to Be Alive" reading and launch celebration during the 2025 Arts Festival (June 19-22). Additional details about about the launch will be announced in April.
Submit to the Salt Lake Young Writers 2025 Anthology!
Original written and visual art are accepted, including photography and photos of three dimensional art.
Written submissions can be up to 2,500 words and may not contain hate speech. All Utah-based individuals in junior high, middle school, and high school are welcome to submit. Submission deadline is October 26th, 2025.
Work must be submitted along with signed Publication Writer Consent Release available here: http://www.slcc.edu/CWC/docs/2018-writer-consent-form.pdf
Please email slcccommunitywritingcenter@gmail.com with any questions.
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