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St Anne’s Academic Review publishes short stories, creative essays, and poems written by St Anne’s students and alumni. Original English translations of poetry or of short fiction that are out of copyright, or for which the author has given permission to be published, are also welcome. |
Heat, No LightA short story by Georgia Brisco
MSt in Creative Writing |
Maybe we can stay friendsA prose poem by Alina Martin
MSt in Comparative Literature and Critical Translation |
Catallus in ParisPoetry translations by Edward Bell
Alumnus, Humanities Division |
Loneliness Makes us HumanA poem by Thisuri Perera
BA student in French and German |
Three poemsby Dr Adele Bardazzi
The Queen's College |
Submissions
Members of St Anne's may submit for consideration one of either:
Submissions of creative writing in languages other than English are welcome so long as the piece is accompanied by an English translation written by the author, or by someone who has provided permission for their work to be published in STAAR.
Original English translations of poetry or of short fiction that are out of copyright, or for which the author has given permission to be published, are also welcome. You must explicitly cite the work to be translated in your submission email. The aforementioned word count and line restrictions will also apply to translations and submissions in other languages.
Reprints of poetry, short fiction, or creative essays are welcome. If you submit reprints, please let us know where the relevant pieces had been published originally, which could be an anthology, a magazine, or an informal venue such as a personal blog.
Creative writing submissions are accepted on a rolling basis and should be emailed to the Humanities Editors, Trisevgeni Bilia (trisevgeni.bilia@st-annes.ox.ac.uk) and Erin Nickalls (erin.nickalls@st-annes.ox.ac.uk). The final deadline for submissions to Volume 11 is Monday 21st June; submissions received after this date will be moved forward into next year's cycle.
- Poetry: up to three poems of 50 lines max. apiece; in the case of prose poems 500 words max. apiece; or
- Fiction: one short story OR one creative essay, not exceeding 3,000 words
Submissions of creative writing in languages other than English are welcome so long as the piece is accompanied by an English translation written by the author, or by someone who has provided permission for their work to be published in STAAR.
Original English translations of poetry or of short fiction that are out of copyright, or for which the author has given permission to be published, are also welcome. You must explicitly cite the work to be translated in your submission email. The aforementioned word count and line restrictions will also apply to translations and submissions in other languages.
Reprints of poetry, short fiction, or creative essays are welcome. If you submit reprints, please let us know where the relevant pieces had been published originally, which could be an anthology, a magazine, or an informal venue such as a personal blog.
Creative writing submissions are accepted on a rolling basis and should be emailed to the Humanities Editors, Trisevgeni Bilia (trisevgeni.bilia@st-annes.ox.ac.uk) and Erin Nickalls (erin.nickalls@st-annes.ox.ac.uk). The final deadline for submissions to Volume 11 is Monday 21st June; submissions received after this date will be moved forward into next year's cycle.