Virginia State University's online journal, One Twenty-One, calls on all undergraduates enrolled in HBCUs to submit creative works of their design! One Twenty-One is an online journal dedicated to the publication of creative works made by HBCU undergraduates. Let us realize your creative vision with you by sharing your craft with us!
Submissions-Onetwentyonejournal@gmail.com
 

Our staff is currently accepting submissions of:

· Poetry

· Fiction

· Creative Nonfiction

· Screenwriting

· Drama

· Visual Art

· Photography

· Recorded performance (dance/choreography, theatre, spoken-word, performance art, poetry slam, recorded readings, etc.)

· Audiovisual/multimedia submissions (music videos, digital art, student films, etc.)
 

Guidelines:

Please Email submissions to onetwentyonejournal@gmail.com

as a single .doc or .docx attachment. The deadline for submitting a piece is April 10, 2025.The file name should contain your full name (JaneSmithpoetry.docx).

Please Indicate the genre of work in the email subject line (e.g. Poetry Submission), and include contact information and a brief biographical statement in the body paragraph of your email. 

Poems: send up to six. No page limit, within reason.

Short fiction/Creative nonfiction: any number of pieces, totaling no more than twenty-five pages.

Drama/screenplays: Any number of pieces, totaling no more than fifty pages.

Recordings/Performances/Multimedia art: send up to three as digital files or web links, totaling no more than ten minutes. 

 

Visual art/photography: send up to six as digital files.