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13th Floor Magazine is produced by the students in WRWS 3010 & 4010: Literary Magazine.
For detailed information about how to join the editorial team or about this course, please email the 13th Floor’s faculty advisor:
Dr. Lisa Fay Coutley at lcoutley@unomaha.edu or visit her office at 209 WFAB.
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Submission Guidelines
Submission Period for Spring 2026
October 15, 2025 - March 1, 2026
What to Submit
- Poetry (3-5 poems)
- Creative Nonfiction (no more than 5,000 words)
- Fiction (no more than 5,000 words)
- Micro-fiction or nonfiction (500-750 words)
- Screenplay (no more than 3,000 words)
- Visual Art (3-5 pieces)
Feel free to submit to more than one genre and/or to send an excerpt of a longer work. You can also send just one piece of art or one poem, but sending 3-5 gives editors a wider range to consider.
We only ask that you send your best work for consideration and follow the guidelines here.
How to Submit
- Our editors read submissions blind, so please remove all identifying material from your submission—within the body of your writing and/or on your artwork.
- File names should include the title and genre of your work, such as "Poetry: Happy Days" (when sending art and/or poetry that includes more than one piece, please use the title of the first piece included in your submission, but do not include any part of your name).
- All submissions should be emailed to 13thfloormagazine@gmail.com.
- Include, in the body of your submission email, a third-person bio as outlined at the bottom.
- We accept written work in Word .doc/x or PDF and art in PNG or JPEG (at least 300 dpi).
Poetry: submit no more than 5 poems per submission with all poems in one file (one poem/page).
Prose: submit one story/essay/play per file. Be sure to double-space and to use page numbers.
Visual Art: please send high-resolution, quality images free of glare and distractions, and indicate your medium in the body of your email (e.g.: oil on canvas).
In your submission email, be sure to include a 50-word bio, written in the third person and noting your affiliation to UNO, as we only publish students, alumni, faculty, and staff of the university.