Contribute to Catharsis

Please submit writing in double-spaced, 12 point, Times New Roman font, with one-inch margins

• limit prose submissions to a maximum of 10 pages 

• poetry submissions should be one poem per submission (poems do not need to be double-spaced; their formatting in the doc should match intended format for publication).

• Failure to adhere to these rules will cause your submission to be disqualified.

Your name must NOT appear anywhere on your submission including in the title of your document.

• If you are using your own name in a piece and are concerned that this might reveal your identity, we ask that you put (Author's First Name Here) in place of your name, and leave a note under the Google Forms question asking "Anything else we should know?" where you should inform us of the change we need to make, and we can insert the name for publication.

For research-oriented pieces, please note your sources/citations in the "Anything else we should know" response to be included on a Notes or References page in the final publication.

Please upload your piece to the form as a Microsoft Word Doc. Please make sure this document contains NO personal identifying information, including your name. Label document with the same title as the Work it contains.

University of Iowa undergraduate students may submit up to TWO pieces per issue. Each piece must be submitted in a separate form response. Please include your name only in the designated response and NOT in the document itself. Any files containing your name or identifying characteristics will not be considered for publication.

Catharsis does not accept pieces that have been previously published. If your piece is published elsewhere/accepted by another publication alongside Catharsis, please inform us after you have received your acceptance email from Catharsis. 

If you have any questions about submission guidelines please email us at catharsislitmaguiowa@gmail.com