Winter 2026 Issue Deadline: October 21st, 11:59pm EST
If you are a Georgetown student, alum, staff-member or faculty-member interested in writing or art/photography, we highly encourage you to submit. The Anthem is a great place to get your work published, whether it’s for the first time or hundredth time. The Anthem is open to accepting all kinds of creative visual and written art, so do not hesitate to submit any avant-garde pieces!
Please review the following submission guidelines before sending your work for review. If you do not follow these guidelines, your work will still be reviewed; however, failing to follow guidelines may result in a delayed response from our staff. If you have questions about submissions, please email our Editors-in-Chief at anthem@georgetown.edu.
Submission Guidelines
All submissions must be sent to anthem@georgetown.edu by the listed term deadline to be included in the upcoming issue. Submissions are always open, but if you submit after these deadlines, your piece will be held for review for the following issue. Submissions will be considered on a rolling basis and will be capped at 50 submissions, so submit early! The subject line should read “Submission [Current Season] [Current Year]” (ex: “Submission Fall 2026”).
Written Submissions
- You can submit up to 4 written pieces total per submission period.
- Each written piece cannot exceed 8 pages double-spaced, or equivalent. Prose pieces should be 12 point font, Times New Roman, double spaced.
- Each submission should be in a separate document. The file name should be the title of your submission. If your title is too long to be accepted as a file name, reduce the file name to the first 5 words of your title. All pieces must have a title.
- Written submissions should be sent in a Word or Google Doc format without your name attached to it in any way. We review submissions anonymously in order to maintain the integrity of our board through the publication process.
Our staff will send you detailed feedback and work with you to produce the best piece possible while remaining true to your original vision. All submissions can either be accepted without revisions, asked to be revised, or declined. Simply because a piece is not accepted to The Anthem does not mean it was poorly written or disliked by our staff. The Anthem is constantly trying to expand the types of works published; yet, some works may not be compatible with The Anthem‘s vision of our next magazine.
Editor’s Choice Submissions: All written submissions are automatically considered for the Editor’s Choice contest. If your piece is selected as the Editor’s Choice winner, we will notify you.
Art/Photography Submissions
- You can submit up to 30 pieces per submission period.
- All files should be in .jpeg form.
- All pieces MUST have a unique title. If they are part of a series, title them numerically like this “[Series Name] 1”, “[Series Name] 2” and so on.
- All pieces MUST list the medium used. Title file name of the image like this: [Title of Piece]_. For example: Landscape_oil painting
Cover Contest Submissions: All art/photo submissions are automatically considered for the cover contest. If your piece is selected for the cover contest, we will notify you.