Canyon Voices Literary Magazine

Canyon Voices Literary Magazine Is Now Accepting Submissions

Canyon Voices, Arizona State University’s online literary magazine, is currently accepting submissions for its Fall 2011 publication. Our deadline for the current issue is

Tuesday, Oct. 18^th.

As a literary and arts journal, Canyon Voices is dedicated to discovering the emerging talent of student writers, while also providing a forum for established artists.

We feature art, poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction, and short play scripts with the goal of expanding writing communities across the country.

We invite you to share this information with your students, your faculty and your personal writing circles.

Please visit our website at CanyonVoices.asu.edu for submission guidelines.

Sincerely,

The Canyon Voices Editors

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