Submission Guidelines & Instructions

Want to get your stuff into the Humdinger Reader?

Here's how... And remember, These rules are always subject to change! If you want to add or amend a rule, email humdinger.reader@gmail.com and let us know what and why!

Submission Guidelines:

+ You must be a CSF student. Because we will accept submissions anonymously, this is partly on the honor system. Alums are also welcome to contribute. We would prefer you include your name with your submission, so you can show everyone how awesome you are, but anonymous submissions are indeed allowed.

+ Mediums accepted: Any type of written word, drawings (send us your doodles!!), photographs, or facsimiles of paintings. Digital files emailed to us will be used as-is, and originals submitted to our CSF PO box will be scanned. If you want your original back, please include your CSF PO box or street address. We will probably print in black and white, however, so know that your work will be turned to grayscale in print. If you would like your work to be web-only (thus only in color), please specify that in your submission.

+ We will publish just about anything. We'll tell you straight-up that porn, smut, racist/homophobic/sexist wank, and other blatantly inappropriate material will not be posted. The exact definition of "inappropriate" is a fluid thing; any piece that is straddling the line will be discussed amongst the editors. But be warned.

+ Egregious spelling and punctuation errors will be corrected. We don't want to look like someone just threw up on a page. In poetry and experimental prose, where "errors" are not really possible, we'll of course cater to your aesthetic purposes. If you have a problem with the way your piece was edited, let us know. We won't change the meaning, we'll just make it intelligible.

+ When you submit something to the Humdinger Reader, you're giving us permission to post it on this blog and to distribute it in print around campus. We don't have anything by way of copyright abilities or legal mumbo-jumbo, so if it's something you plan on selling to make your first million someday, you may want to re-think this. Because obviously, the world will come to us to steal your stuff. (Sarcasm.)

These are the basics. We're always willing to change or add details, so let us know your thoughts at humdinger.reader@gmail.com

So you want to submit?...

Email your submission to humdinger.reader@gmail.com

OR

Drop off a hard copy of your submission at the CSF post office. Bring it to the counter and write "Student Writers' Association" on the envelope. From off-campus, mail it to:

Student Writers' Association
1600 St. Michael's Drive
Santa Fe, NM 87505