Who Can Submit?

Submissions are open to Current/ Past Palomar Students/ Alumni, AND local High School Students See specific submission directions for each group below:

How to Submit:

For Current/ Past Palomar Students and Alumni:

Please email your submissions to bravurasubmissions@gmail.com

In your submission email, please include the following information:

Your contact information:

Full name and preferred email Your affiliation with Palomar: EX: Alumni/ current student

While you may include multiple submissions in one email, all submissions must be attached as separate files

NOTE: label each individual file with: Your Name_Title of Work_Genre EX: JWick_Gunfoo_Poetry

For Current, Local High School Students:

Please email your submissions to bravurahs@gmail.com

In your submission email, please include the following information:

Your contact information:

Full name and preferred email The Name of your High School and your grade level

While you may include multiple submissions in one email, all submissions must be attached as separate files

NOTE: label each individual file with: Your Name_Title of Work_Genre_HS EX: TStark_Iron_Prose_HS

What Can You Submit?

Prose Submissions: Guidelines
We welcome short fiction and creative non-fiction submissions!
In the submission document, please include: Your name, the type of prose: non-fiction or fiction AND the title of your submission (“Untitled” counts as a tile)
Your submission should be no more than 4,500 words and be submitted as an attachment: word doc or PDF file. If you want to submit a section of a longer work, make sure that your submission stands on its own (you may include a brief contextualizing paragraph that acknowledges its role within a longer text).
You may submit up to 5 individual prose pieces for consideration *We reserve the right to edit/ revise the submissions for length and clarity*

Poetry Submission Guidelines
*We welcome poetry submissions in all poetic forms! Including free verse, spoken word poetry, song lyrics etc.*
Each Submission should be attached to the email as a separate file: word doc or PDF In the submission document, please include: Your name, the type of submission: poetry or lyrics etc. AND the title of your submission (“Untitled” counts as a tile)
You may submit up to 5 individual poetry pieces for consideration *We reserve the right to edit/ revise the submissions for length and clarity*

Visual Arts Submissions: Art and Design

Art: Photography, paintings, graphic design, illustrations, mixed media, comics etc.
If it is not a digital submission, please scan it or take a picture of it to include as your submission (be sure that the picture is clear and is a good representation of your work as a whole).

* You may submit up to 5 “Art” entries

Design: Fashion Design, Architecture, Woodworking, metal working, basically anything creative that you have made, designed, or both.

Since it is a print journal, we need an clear image of your submissions
You may include a caption to help contextualize the image.

* You may submit up to 5 “Design” entries

Each Submission should be attached to the email as a separate file and include your name and the title of the submission in the name of the file

In the submission email, please include:
Your name, the submission medium: woodworking/ photography etc.
AND the title of your submission
“Untitled” counts as a title

You may submit the max of 5 in EACH Visual Arts category: Art and Design (that means a total of 10 submissions if you are so inclined)