Open Field Submission Guidelines

The deadline for Cornell students to submit original poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and artwork (including photographs, drawings, comics, and more) to Open Field is January 17, 2025. 

All creative writing submissions will be considered for awards in the Department of English and Creative Writing, including the Tom Garst Prize for Poetry, Clyde C. Tull Prose Prize, and Academy of American Poets Prize, (which includes $100 and membership in the Academy). All art submissions will be considered for the issue's cover art.

Submit your work here. Please be sure to read the specific submission requirements by clicking on "More" next to each category on Submittable. All submissions will be reviewed anonymously.

Editorial Staff 2024-2025:

Managing editor and copyeditor: Aria DeLara

Designer: Smriti Neupane

Literature editor: Kylie Berry

Art editor: Juliane Jerez

Publicist: Bianca Rodriguez-Oquend

Assistant editor: Claudia Collazo

Selection Committee: To Be Determined (apply here in block 5)

Faculty Advisor: Professor Rebecca Entel