Submission Guidelines

All submissions should be sent to taprootproject@gmail.com

 

General Guidelines:
Maximum of ten submissions per candidate

• Please include the following in your submission email:
  • Full name (include name preference for publishing)
  • Academic status:
    • If student: current rank and academic majors/minors.
    • If Alumnus: current title, degrees, majors/minors and year of graduation from OSU at Newark
  • Optional: additional contact information.

Text Submissions:

• We accept submissions of poetry, prose and fiction.
• We prefer text submissions be made in Rich Text format (.rtf)
• All text submissions should be sent with file names that include the author’s last name.
• Please be sure the document includes the author’s full name and email address at the beginning.

Music Submissions:

• We accept original music pieces of any style for our online journal.
• For submissions made by bands or groups please include: band or group name, each member’s contact information, and a list of band member’s position (such as singer, guitarist, etc.)
• Our preferred format for music is Mp3.
• All music submissions should be sent with file names that include the musician’s last name. If the piece does not have a title, then just a number and last name is sufficient.

Visual Art Submissions:

• We accept submissions of digital photography, drawings, paintings, animations and short films.
• Please send the highest resolution version of each submission.
• Preferred formats for visual art submissions are as follows:
  • Photos, paintings, and drawings: jpeg format.
  • Videos and animations: avi format
• All art submissions should be sent with file names that include the artist’s last name. If the piece does not have a title, then just a number and last name is sufficient.