Calliope is open for submissions for the 2025 issue starting October 1. This journal is only open for submissions from Northern Virginia Community College students attending the Annandale campus. Other submissions will be disqualified. All submitters must include name, phone, address, NOVA email, and student ID in order to have their submissions read. 


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Stories must be 100 words or less and written in Times New Roman 12 font in a Word file.

Submissions should be docx files and use 12 point Arial or Times New Roman font. Word limit is 1500.

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Submissions should be docx files and use 12 point Times New Roman font. Submissions can be up to 2 pages with a maximum of 40 lines per page, including stanza breaks. Individual lines of poetry must not exceed 85 characters across the page.

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Submissions should be docx files and use 12 point Arial or Times New Roman font. Word limit is 1500.

Calliope Literary Journal