Submissions for Volume 23 and The Winter Edition are open!
Submissions will for The Winter Edition close on October 25th (11:59 EST) for this volume. Submissions for Volume 23 close on November 28th (11:59 EST).
If you submitted to Volume 22, we encourage you to submit to Volume 23 as well.
Thread Magazine is the University of South Florida's online and print undergraduate literary and arts journal, run by students for students, dedicated to showcasing the diverse voices of the USF undergraduate community.
Our volumes are published twice annually, once in Fall, and once in the Spring. We will send out decisions for Volume 23 by Dec. 12th, 2025. This Fall we will also be releasing a special edition magazine, "The Winter Edition".
Before sending in your work, we kindly ask you to review our submission guidelines carefully, which can be found on our website. Submissions that fail to follow guidelines will not be accepted.
Terms & Conditions:
By submitting to our print magazine, you are agreeing to allow your work to be subjected to minor editing (line level/grammar) upon acceptance if needed. We retain First Serial Rights, meaning your work must be previously unpublished and not have appeared in its entirety online or in print in another publication, but personal social media/blogs are fine. All rights revert back to you after publication. We kindly ask that if your work is republished elsewhere that it is credited as having first appeared in Thread Magazine. We retain nonexclusive archival rights, meaning your work can be found on our website indefinitely.
Email threadmagazineusf@gmail.com with any questions.
· Thread Magazine only accepts work from University of South Florida undergraduate students. All majors, years, and USF campuses are welcome and encouraged to submit.
· Students can submit to Thread every semester, regardless of publishing status. However, please refrain from submitting previously submitted work, including acceptances and rejections.
· Thread Magazine reviews submissions on a rolling basis during the Fall and Spring semesters and do not send out decisions until Winter and Summer break. As such, please avoid queries regarding the status of your submission until the following semester.
· Thread Magazine accepts all forms of literature and art, including (but not limited to) creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, art, photography, music, comics, and plays/screenplays. Please review our genre-specific guidelines below.
· Please submit one (1) piece per entry, as each piece is reviewed separately, and avoid placing multiple pieces in a singular document.
· Students may submit across multiple genres and may submit to each genre as many as times as permitted in accordance with the genre-specific guidelines listed on the website.
· To accommodate unique circumstances and identities, students can opt to be published under a pen name. However, students are required to submit under their legal name to verify their status as a student. There will be an option in the Submittable form to input a pen name if desired.
· Thread Magazine allows simultaneous submissions, but if your work is accepted elsewhere, please withdraw your submission immediately. We do not accept previously published work (excluding personal social media, blogs, etc.).
· Thread Magazine only accepts work from University of South Florida undergraduate students. All majors, years, and USF campuses are welcome and encouraged to submit.
· Students can submit to Thread every semester, regardless of publishing status. However, please refrain from submitting previously submitted work, including acceptances and rejections.
· Thread Magazine reviews submissions on a rolling basis during the Fall and Spring semesters and do not send out decisions until Winter and Summer break. As such, please avoid queries regarding the status of your submission until the following semester.
· Thread Magazine accepts all forms of literature and art, including (but not limited to) creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, art, photography, music, comics, and plays/screenplays. Please review our genre-specific guidelines below.
· Please submit one (1) piece per entry, as each piece is reviewed separately, and avoid placing multiple pieces in a singular document.
· Students may submit across multiple genres and may submit to each genre as many as times as permitted in accordance with the genre-specific guidelines below.
· To accommodate unique circumstances and identities, students can opt to be published under a pen name. However, students are required to submit under their legal name to verify their status as a student. There will be an option in the Submittable form to input a pen name if desired.
· Thread Magazine allows simultaneous submissions, but if your work is accepted elsewhere, please withdraw your submission immediately. We do not accept previously published work (excluding personal social media, blogs, etc.).
· Thread Magazine only accepts work from University of South Florida undergraduate students. All majors, years, and USF campuses are welcome and encouraged to submit.
· Students can submit to Thread every semester, regardless of publishing status. However, please refrain from submitting previously submitted work, including acceptances and rejections.
· Thread Magazine reviews submissions on a rolling basis during the Fall and Spring semesters and do not send out decisions until Winter and Summer break. As such, please avoid queries regarding the status of your submission until the following semester.
· Thread Magazine accepts all forms of literature and art, including (but not limited to) creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, art, photography, music, comics, and plays/screenplays. Please review our genre-specific guidelines below.
· Please submit one (1) piece per entry, as each piece is reviewed separately, and avoid placing multiple pieces in a singular document.
· Students may submit across multiple genres and may submit to each genre as many as times as permitted in accordance with the genre-specific guidelines below.
· To accommodate unique circumstances and identities, students can opt to be published under a pen name. However, students are required to submit under their legal name to verify their status as a student. There will be an option in the Submittable form to input a pen name if desired.
· Thread Magazine allows simultaneous submissions, but if your work is accepted elsewhere, please withdraw your submission immediately. We do not accept previously published work (excluding personal social media, blogs, etc.).
· Thread Magazine only accepts work from University of South Florida undergraduate students. All majors, years, and USF campuses are welcome and encouraged to submit.
· Students can submit to Thread every semester, regardless of publishing status. However, please refrain from submitting previously submitted work, including acceptances and rejections.
· Thread Magazine reviews submissions on a rolling basis during the Fall and Spring semesters and do not send out decisions until Winter and Summer break. As such, please avoid queries regarding the status of your submission until the following semester.
· Thread Magazine accepts all forms of literature and art, including (but not limited to) creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, art, photography, music, comics, and plays/screenplays. Please review our genre-specific guidelines below.
· Please submit one (1) piece per entry, as each piece is reviewed separately, and avoid placing multiple pieces in a singular document.
· Students may submit across multiple genres and may submit to each genre as many as times as permitted in accordance with the genre-specific guidelines below.
· To accommodate unique circumstances and identities, students can opt to be published under a pen name. However, students are required to submit under their legal name to verify their status as a student. There will be an option in the Submittable form to input a pen name if desired.
· Thread Magazine allows simultaneous submissions, but if your work is accepted elsewhere, please withdraw your submission immediately. We do not accept previously published work (excluding personal social media, blogs, etc.).
· Thread Magazine only accepts work from University of South Florida undergraduate students. All majors, years, and USF campuses are welcome and encouraged to submit.
· Students can submit to Thread every semester, regardless of publishing status. However, please refrain from submitting previously submitted work, including acceptances and rejections.
· Thread Magazine reviews submissions on a rolling basis during the Fall and Spring semesters and do not send out decisions until Winter and Summer break. As such, please avoid queries regarding the status of your submission until the following semester.
· Thread Magazine accepts all forms of literature and art, including (but not limited to) creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, art, photography, music, comics, and plays/screenplays. Please review our genre-specific guidelines below.
· Please submit one (1) piece per entry, as each piece is reviewed separately, and avoid placing multiple pieces in a singular document.
· Students may submit across multiple genres and may submit to each genre as many as times as permitted in accordance with the genre-specific guidelines below.
· To accommodate unique circumstances and identities, students can opt to be published under a pen name. However, students are required to submit under their legal name to verify their status as a student. There will be an option in the Submittable form to input a pen name if desired.
· Thread Magazine allows simultaneous submissions, but if your work is accepted elsewhere, please withdraw your submission immediately. We do not accept previously published work (excluding personal social media, blogs, etc.).
· Thread Magazine only accepts work from University of South Florida undergraduate students. All majors, years, and USF campuses are welcome and encouraged to submit.
· Students can submit to Thread every semester, regardless of publishing status. However, please refrain from submitting previously submitted work, including acceptances and rejections.
· Thread Magazine reviews submissions on a rolling basis during the Fall and Spring semesters and do not send out decisions until Winter and Summer break. As such, please avoid queries regarding the status of your submission until the following semester.
· Thread Magazine accepts all forms of literature and art, including (but not limited to) creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, art, photography, music, comics, and plays/screenplays. Please review our genre-specific guidelines below.
· Please submit one (1) piece per entry, as each piece is reviewed separately, and avoid placing multiple pieces in a singular document.
· Students may submit across multiple genres and may submit to each genre as many as times as permitted in accordance with the genre-specific guidelines below.
· To accommodate unique circumstances and identities, students can opt to be published under a pen name. However, students are required to submit under their legal name to verify their status as a student. There will be an option in the Submittable form to input a pen name if desired.
· Thread Magazine allows simultaneous submissions, but if your work is accepted elsewhere, please withdraw your submission immediately. We do not accept previously published work (excluding personal social media, blogs, etc.).
· Thread Magazine only accepts work from University of South Florida undergraduate students. All majors, years, and USF campuses are welcome and encouraged to submit.
· Students can submit to Thread every semester, regardless of publishing status. However, please refrain from submitting previously submitted work, including acceptances and rejections.
· Thread Magazine reviews submissions on a rolling basis during the Fall and Spring semesters and do not send out decisions until Winter and Summer break. As such, please avoid queries regarding the status of your submission until the following semester.
· Thread Magazine accepts all forms of literature and art, including (but not limited to) creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, art, photography, music, comics, and plays/screenplays. Please review our genre-specific guidelines below.
· Please submit one (1) piece per entry, as each piece is reviewed separately, and avoid placing multiple pieces in a singular document.
· Students may submit across multiple genres and may submit to each genre as many as times as permitted in accordance with the genre-specific guidelines below.
· To accommodate unique circumstances and identities, students can opt to be published under a pen name. However, students are required to submit under their legal name to verify their status as a student. There will be an option in the Submittable form to input a pen name if desired.
· Thread Magazine allows simultaneous submissions, but if your work is accepted elsewhere, please withdraw your submission immediately. We do not accept previously published work (excluding personal social media, blogs, etc.).
· Thread Magazine only accepts work from University of South Florida undergraduate students. All majors, years, and USF campuses are welcome and encouraged to submit.
· Students can submit to Thread every semester, regardless of publishing status. However, please refrain from submitting work previously submitted, including acceptances and rejections.
· Thread Magazine reviews submissions on a rolling basis during the Fall and Spring semesters and do not send out decisions until Winter and Summer break. As such, please avoid query regarding the status of your submission until the following semester.
· Thread Magazine accepts all forms of literature and art, including (but not limited to) creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, art, photography, music, comics, and plays/screenplays. Please review our genre-specific guidelines below.
· Please submit one (1) piece per entry, as each piece is reviewed separately, and avoid placing multiple pieces in a singular document.
· Students may submit across multiple genres and may submit to each genre as many as times as permitted in accordance with the genre-specific guidelines below.
· To accommodate unique circumstances and identities, students can opt to be published under a pen name. However, students are required to submit under their legal name to verify their status as a student. There will be an option in the Submittable form to input a pen name if desired.
· Thread Magazine allows simultaneous submissions, but if your work is accepted elsewhere, please withdraw your submission immediately. We do not accept previously published work (excluding personal social media, blogs, etc.).