• Please send fiction and essays of no more than 5,000 words 
• We also welcome flash pieces (under 1,000 words) 
• Novel excerpts are welcome as long as they stand alone
• Limit of three prose pieces per submission 
• There are no topic or genre restrictions
• Please double space your work and use size 12 standard font (such as Times New Roman) 

Send all submissions as a doc, docx, or pdf attachment to acommonplacelitmag@gmail.com

Additional submission guidelines:

• Please include the genre of your submission in your email’s subject heading (e.g., “Fiction Submission”)
• In the body of your email, feel free to include a cover letter briefly introducing yourself and your writing experience
• All work submitted to A Common Place must be previously unpublished
• Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but please let us know right away if your piece is accepted by another journal
• A Common Place publishes work exclusively from Longwood undergraduate students. Please submit through your Longwood student email

We look forward to viewing your submission!