Gustavus Adolphus College

Firethorne Submission Policy

Firethorne is Gustavus Adolphus College’s student-run literary magazine comprised solely of student work. Firethorne is published twice a year, with a supplemental in the fall and a full-length publication in the spring.

Students may submit their work by emailing firethorne@gustavus.edu.  Emails must attach prose and poetry in Microsoft Word format in a standard font without color (Times New Roman, 12 pt.), while artwork and photography must be sent as a JPEG file with reasonable file compression (300-600 dpi). Drawings that are being submitted may either be scanned and then emailed, or can be a high quality copy. Copies can be submitted through the Gustavus Adolphus post office and sent to Professor Baker Lawley.  Students may submit as many pieces as they desire; however, a greater number of submissions does not guarantee publication. Firethorne will not publish anonymous work or materials submitted from a non-Gustavus email address. 

The Managing Editor will systematically code all submitted work and turn over the submitted work, without attribution, for the editors’ scrutiny. Firethorne staff will admit submissions for creativity, originality and artistic value. 

For prose, submissions should be 2500 words or less.  Artwork and photography can be color and up to any size, however please take note that color may be cost prohibitive depending on available funds.  In this event, Firethorne staff will convert artwork to grayscale with the submitter’s consent.

Submissions marked for publication will appear in their original submitted form except for technical aspects such as font, size, page placement and corrections of obvious grammatical errors.  Stylistic changes (i.e. word substitutions, changes in length of the work, word omissions, etc.) recommended by the editors will be made only with the submitter’s consent.  If recommended changes are not approved by the submitter, they will not be made; however the publication of the work will then be determined by the Firethorne staff as it reflects our artistic mission for the publication as a whole.  It is against Firethorne policy to publish works that do not reflect the submitter’s artistic integrity.

Firethorne recompensates its staff members by allowing them to publish either one prose piece or two poems per issue.  Staff members’ works will undergo the editing process like all other submissions. 

The views and/or opinions expressed in the publication are not to be taken as those of Firethorne staff or its associated bodies.  Materials deemed to place the publication at risk for liability with regard to obscenity or profanity in connection with hate speech, slander or other illegal forms of speech will be removed at the staff’s discretion.  Work found to be fraudulent in nature or plagiarized will be disqualified upon confirmation.

Inquiries into Firethorne can be made by contacting:

Baker Lawley, Assistant Professor of English, Firethorne Advisor
Gustavus Adolphus College
800 West College Avenue
St. Peter, MN 56082
or
blawley@gustavus.edu
507-933-7402

This policy was revised August 2006.  Firethorne, MMVI all rights reserved.