How to Submit Your Story
Use the button below to submit. Only submissions received through our submissions form will be accepted.
When to Submit
​Submit now! We are accepting submissions until further notice.
Please read these Guidelines and only submit through our Submission Form below..
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All submissions are priceless historical artifacts. Regardless of when submitted, the HERitage Committee and USAFA Women Writers will continue to collect and preserve submissions for historical archiving. See the FAQs for more information.
What to Submit
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Original pieces that have not been created with the use of any artificial intelligence, and have not been previously published elsewhere or that you have the rights to re-publish.
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“Pieces” means narrative, poetry, journal/diary entries, letters, photographs of original artwork, and/or transcripts of oral interviews.
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The content of each submitted piece must be non-fiction.
Format
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5000 words max (target), double-spaced, 12-point font, Times New Roman or similar, 1-inch margins. If submitting poetry, we understand formatting may differ from this.
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Acceptable file formats for written pieces are .doc or .docx or .pdf.
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For digitized or imagery versions of journal/diary entries, letters, or artwork, file format must be .jpg or .png or .tiff. No .eps or .ai or .svg files. Please ensure good resolution and readability quality.​
Use this button to submit. Only submissions received through our Submissions Form will be accepted.
Your Rights
Your original work that you submit is yours and remains so. USAFA Women Writers will have First North American Serial Rights (FNASR), meaning the right to be the first publisher of your work one time in North America. If you are submitting previously published work, you must have the rights to the work and provide the publication information for USAFA Women Writers to give attribution to the original publisher of your work. USAFA Women Writers will have the right to publish this work for the current book project as well as any future works or derivatives including quoting from your material. You, as the author of your submission, will be given credit for your words when they are used.