We are now accepting submissions for the Spring 2025 issue of New Plains Review.
New Plains Student Publishing is housed in the English Department of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Central Oklahoma. Each year we produce two issues of the literary journal New Plains Review, one issue of The Central Dissent: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality. and one issue of the peer-reviewed undergraduate research journal 1890: A Journal of Undergraduate Research. We also host writing contests and hold multiple events open to students, staff, and faculty in addition to events open to the community.
Established in 1986, New Plains Review is a student-run literary journal published in spring and fall through the University of Central Oklahoma’s New Plains Student Publishing. Keeping with the university’s goals of both excellence and diversity, it is our mission to share with our readers thought-provoking, quality work from a diverse number of authors and artists. We receive hundreds of submissions from all over the world, and the authors and artists we publish range from well-known to the soon-to-be-discovered.
The New Plains Review seeks quality creative works ranging from poetry and prose to plays/screenplays to art and music and short films.
We are now accepting submissions for the 2025 issue of The Central Dissent soon.
The Central Dissent: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality is an interdisciplinary academic journal produced by New Plains Student Publishing and sponsored by the UCO's Women’s Research Center and 2SBGLTQ+ Student Center. Being the first and only academic journal focused on gender and sexuality in Oklahoma, our mission is to gather and disseminate quality research, poetry, and academic reviews that explore gender theory, gender identity, as well as how race, class, and ethnicity shape society’s expectations of the individual both currently and historically.
The Central Dissent is interested in prose, poetry, research, and art that is thoughtful and compelling regarding issues related to gender and/or sexuality, but otherwise, we do not have any specific guidelines for style or subject matter.
While we do not have any specific guidelines for style or subject matter, we look for written works that are thoughtful and compelling. We also accept audio and video submissions for online exclusive publication only. Contributors can submit multiple submissions, but we will not accept previously published work. By submitting, contributors give NPSP permission to publish works in print and online. Authors and artists with accepted submissions to our print journals receive two free copies upon publication.
For deadlines and additional information, please visit us at https://uco.edu/cla/academics/english/publications.
New Plains Review is calling for visual art submissions for the upcoming Spring 2025 issue. This can include individual artwork, complete works, an excerpt from a larger body of work. Allow 6-8 weeks for a response (after cut-off date).
Submission Guidelines
- Submissions can be a self-contained work or an excerpt from a larger work.
- We do accept simultaneous submissions.
- We do not accept previously published work.
- Your submission gives us permission to publish your work online.
- Your image may be adjusted for print size.
- No pornographic content.
- We accept color images, but they will be printed in black and white.
Image File Specifications
- 300 dpi/ppi (pixels/dots per inch) resolution is preferred
- 1800-pixel minimum (width or height)
- JPG, TIF, and PSD formats are preferred
Image Description Include the following information:
- Title of work
- description of work / media type
- dimension
- year of production
Example:
- Title, Oil on canvas, 11 x 17 inches, 2023
- Title, Pen and Ink on Paper, 10 x 10 inches, 2022
- Title, Digital, 8 x 10 inches, 2023
We are interested creative nonfiction that is thoughtful and compelling, but otherwise we do not have any specific guidelines for style or subject matter. Submissions are being accepted up to February 15th for the Spring 2025 issue. Allow 6-8 weeks for a response (after cut-off date).
We do accept simultaneous submissions. We do not accept previously published work. Your submission gives us permission to publish your work online.
Please limit submissions to 5500 words.
Please do not include any contact or biographical information within the document.
We are interested in fiction and flash fiction that is thoughtful and compelling, but otherwise we do not have any specific guidelines for style or subject matter. Submissions are being accepted up to February 15th for the Spring 2025 issue. Allow 6-8 weeks for a response (after cut-off date).
We do accept simultaneous submissions. We do not accept previously published work. Your submission gives us permission to publish your work online.
Please limit submissions to 5500 words.
Please do not include any contact or biographical information within the document.
We are interested in poetry that is thoughtful and compelling, but otherwise, we do not have any specific guidelines for style or subject matter. Submissions are being accepted up to February 15th for the Spring 2025 issue. Allow for 6-8 weeks for a response (after the cut-off date).
We do accept simultaneous submissions. We do not accept previously published work. Your submission gives us permission to publish your work online.
We accept no more than three poems at a time. Please do not include any contact or biographical information within the document.
We are interested in one-act plays and short screenplays that are no more than twelve pages. Submissions are being accepted up to February 15th for our Spring 2025 issue. Allow for 6-8 weeks for a response (after cut-off date).
We do not have any specific guidelines for style or subject matter; however, we are interested in thoughtful and compelling material.
We do accept simultaneous submissions. We do not accept previously published work. Your submission gives us permission to publish your work online.
Please do not include any contact or biographical information within the document.
The Central Dissent: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality is an interdisciplinary academic journal produced by New Plains Student Publishing and sponsored by the UCO's Women’s Research Center and 2SBGLTQ+ Student Center. Being the first and only academic journal focused on gender and sexuality in Oklahoma, our mission is to gather and disseminate quality research, poetry, and academic reviews that explore gender theory, gender identity, as well as how race, class, and ethnicity shape society’s expectations of the individual both currently and historically.
Central Dissent is currently accepting submissions for our 2025 issue. We are interested in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) that is thoughtful and compelling regarding issues related to gender and/or sexuality, but otherwise, we do not have any specific guidelines for style or subject matter. Submissions are being accepted up to February 28, 2025. Allow for 6-8 weeks for a response.
We do accept simultaneous submissions. We do not accept previously published work. Your submission gives us permission to publish your work online.
For prose, please limit submissions to 5500 words. Please submit in .doc or .docx file format, double-spaced.
Please do not include any contact or biographical information within the document.