Accepting all forms of nonfiction writing, including (but not limited to): personal essays, academic essays, and creative nonfiction.

Please submit up to 5 pieces in .doc, .docx, or pdf file formats. If you are a member of the Signet staff, limit your submission to 3 pieces. If submitting multiple pieces, submit them as separate documents. Do not include names on the manuscript.  Please limit manuscript length to 5000 words or below. You must be a Queens University of Charlotte student, alumni, faculty, or staff member in order to submit. Any submissions found to have used generative AI such as, but not limited to, ChatGPT, Quillbot, Gemini, Copilot, etc will not be considered for publication. 

Please avoid submitting in .pdf form if possible, as it can cause the formatting of your piece to be lost in the transfer to the magazine.

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