Submission Guidelines

If you are a student of El Camino you can submit:

• Up to three poems
• Up to three pieces of visual art
• Only one short story, 5000 words max

You can submit a combination of any or all of the above formats as long as you consider the limits. Large 2-D pieces such as paintings, or 3-D pieces such as sculptures, must be photographed. Drawings and illustrations may be scanned.

Simply send your submissions to the.myriad(at)gmail.com (as attachments, please). With each submission, please include your name, your contact information, and the title of each piece.

Pieces selected to be in the 2008 edition will appear in the print edition as well as on this web site!

Suggested File Formats:

• Poetry & Prose: Please use MS Word (.doc) or any word processor that can save Rich Text Format (.rtf). Notepad (.txt) files are also acceptable.
• Art & Photography: We will accept most image formats including .jpg/.jpeg, .png, and .tif. To ensure the preservation of your art's visual integrity, please send us the highest resolution image available.

We strongly prefer receiving our submissions electronically. If you can send us a digital copy of your work, this means the editors do not have to type or scan it for you, thereby lessening the chance of errors in your work in the final cut of the magazine.

However, if you cannot email your submissions, then you can take them to the Humanities Division office (attn: Pete Marcoux).

Our Process

Each issue of Myriad is assembled by students enrolled in English 98. From the beginning of the spring semester, we advertise around campus. Once the submissions start rolling in, we file and evaluate them. The evaluation process changes slightly from year to year; this year, we are using a 1-10 scale to rate our submissions. The highest-rated submissions overall -- and within those, the highest-rated submission per each contributor -- are chosen for publication.