Submit to Red Wheelbarrow
You may submit via email to splitterrandolph@deanza.edu (National Edition) or weisnerken@fhda.edu (Student Edition).
National contributors: Please include a brief autobiographical statement. For snail mail submissions, enclose an SASE and/or an email address for reply. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable if so noted.
Student contributors:
Please do not include your name on the manuscript. All work (including work submitted by Red Wheelbarrow staff members) is judged anonymously.
Poetry:
up to 5 poems.
Fiction:
1 short story (up to 4,000 words), or up to 3 short-shorts.
Plays:
1 dramatic piece up to 4,000 words.
Creative Nonfiction:
1 piece up to 4,000 words.
Photographs/Drawings:
up to 5 prints or digital files. Do not send originals. We require B&W work for the inside of the magazine, but color may be considered for the cover.
Comics:
1 brief graphic story.
National Deadlines
We accept submissions from September 1 to January 31, read them from September to February, make final decisions in March, construct the magazine in March and April, and publish it by late spring (if the gods are willing).
Student Deadlines
We accept student submissions from April 1 to May 15, make final decisions by June, put together the magazine at the end of the spring quarter, and publish it in the last week of spring quarter. Come to our gala Publication Party and Reading!
Join the staff
Because Red Wheelbarrow is a school publication, it requires students to fill its staff each quarter in course EWRT 65 (one or two units, pass/fail). The classes are offered every quarter, and students enrolled in them are involved in all aspects of producing a literary journal (with the guidance of the instructor), from approving submissions to putting the actual journal together. Refer to the De Anza Schedule of Classes to see when the classes are offered.
Evaluating other people's work is a great way to learn your own strengths and weaknesses. The class is fun, collaborative, and project-based: we come away with a high-quality, well-designed magazine. For the national edition in particular, we welcome the participation of interested semi-literary types from around the SF Bay Area, including mature working adults and young adults, not to mention retirees. Contact the editors/instructors for more information.
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