Fall 2026 Reading Period
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Submission Guidelines
Please note:
- Amaranth seeks submissions from AACC students and alumni only.
- Our submission process has changed from previous years. Please note the limit on the number of pieces that can be submitted per reading period.
- There will be two reading periods for our 2026-27 issue: one during the Fall 2026 semester and one in the Spring 2027 semester. Students and alumni are invited to submit once during each reading period.
- Work accepted into the journal may be used for promotional purposes. Please let us know in your cover letter if you would like to opt out.
Writing (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, screenplays, etc.)
Submit up to 1-5 poems, 1-2 short stories, 1-2 nonfiction pieces, or 1-2 plays/screenplays per submission period. Please indicate in your cover letter the genre of your submission (i.e. please consider the attached nonfiction essay for consideration). You are welcome to submit work for more than one genre during the reading period, but please indicate the genres in your cover letter (i.e. please consider the attached short story "TITLE" and the three poems "TITLE1", "TITLE2", and "TITLE3" for consideration). Please submit your work as an attachment in a single Word document to be attached.
Visual art Submit up to 5 visual art pieces (photographs, illustrations, paintings, watercolors, etc.). Please title individual pieces. Keep in mind that in order to reproduce the image in our journal we require a high resolution image (300 dpi preferred).
Individual submissions must be titled.