Submission Guidelines and FAQs

Literary Guidelines:

Please title using this format: LastName_Genre_Title

Ex: Smith_Prose_The Red Fox

Have a word count limit of 6000 words or 25 pages, whichever the submitter reaches first. 

Please upload poems as individual, separate files. Do NOT put them in the same document. 

There is NO theme. 

Please include content warnings as you see fit.

Visual Guidelines:

Please title using this format: LastName_Medium_Title

Ex: Smith_Woodcut_The Red Fox

Resolution: Minimum 300 DPI 

File Format: TIFF, PNG, or high-quality JPEG.

Background: Clean and uncluttered.

Lighting: Well-balanced, no harsh shadows. Tip- use natural lighting vs indoor fluorescent lighting!

If you are submitting multiple pieces, they cannot be submitted as one file. Fill the form out multiple times to submit multiple pieces!

If needed, label content with warnings like “Content Warning: Graphic Content”.

Maximum file size: 20 MB… if you have a larger file size, please email the visual art editor’s email below BEFORE the submission guideline

Please title your piece, no anonymous or untitled pieces

Audio/Video Guidelines:

Please title using this format: LastName_Medium_Title

Ex: Smith_Film_The Red Fox

Audio Submitters

If submitting a song, we’d like you to submit lyrics in a separate document alongside your audio file so that they may be incorporated into the physical book if your piece is chosen.

All audio pieces will be uploaded to Soundcloud, so WAV, FLAC, AIFF, or ALAC are the accepted file types. Soundcloud also supports some lossy formats (which means your audio may be less clear but are still supported) including OGG, MP2, MP3, AAC, AMR, and WMA. If your audio is not one of these file types, we will not be able to upload it to Soundcloud. 

Video Submitters

Video pieces will be uploaded to Windhover’s YouTube channel (will be made.) YouTube supports many file formats for videos, including: .MOV, .MPEG-1, .MPEG-2. MPEG4, .MP4, .MPG, .AVI, .WMV, .MPEGPS, and . FLV. 

The length limit for video pieces is 20 minutes; we have to make sure the file can be compressed and linked in our book.

Some ideas or things we’d like to see in this year’s volume could be: stop motion, animation, claymation, music videos, video essays, and landscape-y short films. (think Wes Anderson, European summer, Call Me By Your Name). If you choose to submit something outside of these, your piece will still be reviewed equally!