The Judas Goat is a literary magazine which features the poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction, and artwork of Wayne State undergraduate and graduate students. The magazine is edited by the Goat himself and published annually in the spring by the WSC Press.
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Creative Non-Fiction:
Limit: 2 single spaced stories or essays
Word count: no more than 1500 words
Times New Roman
Font size: 12
IMPORTANT: Please submit each of your pieces as separate submissions. Please name the title of your submission the same as the title of your piece. Do not send us one-word document of all of your pieces. It makes the editing process easier if your work is submitted this way. Thanks : ) Please remember, we go through many submissions; take pride in your work, polish stories and poems to be publication-ready. We will not fix your spelling or grammar errors; all work is published as-is.
ALSO IMPORTANT: Do not include your name in the document or document! Our editors view submissions blind, and Submittable already tells us it's yours.
A cover letter is not necessary.
Fiction:
Limit: 2 single spaced stories
Word count: no more than 1500 words
Times New Roman
Font size: 12
IMPORTANT: Please submit each of your pieces as separate submissions. Please name the title of your submission the same as the title of your piece. Do not send us one word document of all of your pieces. It makes the editing process easier if your work is submitted this way. Thanks : )
Please remember, we go through many submissions;
take pride in your work, polish stories and poems to be publication ready. We will not fix your spelling or grammar errors; all work is published as is.
ALSO IMPORTANT: Do not include your name in the document or document! Our editors view submissions blind, and Submittable already tells us it's yours.
A cover letter is not necessary.
Limit 4 submissions per submitter.
Format:
Any type of artwork is acceptable. It should be noted that artwork will be printed in black and white, so artists may want to adjust images for this prior to submission.
300 dpi .jpg format, large images preferred. Make sure your image color is converted to CMYK, rather than RGB.
IMPORTANT: Please submit each of your pieces as separate submissions. Please name the title of your submission the same as the title of your piece. Do not send us one submission or document full of all your pieces. It makes the editing process easier if your work is submitted this way. Thanks : ) Please remember, we go through many submissions; take pride in your work, polish stories and poems to be publication ready. We will not fix your spelling or grammar errors; all work is published as is.
ALSO IMPORTANT: Do not include your name in the document or document! Our editors view submissions blind, and Submittable already tells us it's yours.
A cover letter is not necessary.
Poetry:
Limit: 4 single spaced poems
Times New Roman
Font size: 12
IMPORTANT: Please submit each of your pieces as separate submissions. Please name the title of your submission the same as the title of your piece. Do not send us one word document of all of your pieces. It makes the editing process easier if your work is submitted this way. Thanks : ) Please remember, we go through many submissions; take pride in your work, polish stories and poems to be publication ready. We will not fix your spelling or grammar errors; all work is published as is.
ALSO IMPORTANT: Do not include your name in the document or document! Our editors view submissions blind, and Submittable already tells us it's yours.
A cover letter is not necessary.