Submissions for Thread Magazine's Environmental Edition and Volume 24 are now OPEN!
If you submitted to The Winter Edition or Volume 23, we encourage you to submit to Volume 24 and the Environmental Edition 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 24 by May 1st, 2025.
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 editing 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 We retain First Serial Rights, meaning your work must be previously unpublished and not have appeared in its entirety online or in print in another publication, but personal social media/blogs are fine.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 BullsMedia-EditorinChief@usf.edu 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.).
- Submit 1-4 poems, not exceeding 2 pages, single-spaced each.
- We consider all forms of poetry, including (but not limited to) form, free verse, experimental, prose, and hybrid work.
- Please single-space all poems using 12pt, Times New Roman font.
- Submit as a Word document (.docx or .doc files) (or PDF for poems with special forms/layouts, to ensure it is viewed correctly).
- Submit 1-2 fiction pieces, not exceeding 5 pages, double-spaced each.
- We welcome micro fiction, flash fiction, short stories, and hybrid/experimental work. Novel excerpts are not permitted.
- Double-spaced, 12pt, Times New Roman.
- Submit as a Word document (.docx or .doc files).
Submit 1-4 art or photography pieces. You may submit any combination of art and photography, as long as the total number of submissions does not exceed 4.
- Submit 1-2 music pieces, not exceeding 5 minutes each.
- Songs (music with sung words) must be accompanied by lyrics (PDF, single-spaced, 12 pt, Times New Roman).
- Instrumentals must be accompanied by sheet music.
- Submit 1-2 plays or screenplays, not exceeding 5 pages each, (excluding the cover page.)
- Please employ proper play or screenplay format.
- Submit 1-2 comics, not exceeding 6 pages each.
- Please ensure all comics are legible.
- Submit as a PDF (.pdf), JPEG (.jpg or .jpeg), or PNG (.png) file.