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There are presently no open calls for submissions.

Submissions for the next edition of the The Oval: Undergraduate Literary Magazine

To submit, you must be an undergraduate at The University of Montana. 

Submissions are outlined as:

  • Two pieces of fiction or of dramatic works, limited to 5,000 words each, double-spaced, submitted as Word documents.
  • Two pieces of non-fiction, limited to 5,000 words each, double-spaced, submitted as Word documents.
  • Five poems, each must be submitted in separate Word documents.
  • Three pieces of visual art.

An individual may submit to more than one genre.

Under Cover Letter/Biography, please include a brief biography written in the third person and your UM student ID number (790). Please note that your submission is incomplete without this brief biography.

Please see the categories below for submission deadlines.

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