Touchstone

Touchstone is Now Accepting Submissions
In the 1500s, merchants and tradesman used pieces of dark quartz or
jasper stone were used to test the quality of gold and silver by
rubbing it across the stone’s surface and examining the mark it left
behind. This was their way of testing the genuineness and quality of
each precious metal. This was their touchstone.

Kansas State University’s Touchstone Literary Magazine strives to serve
as just such a standard for graduate level creative writing, and
therefore we encourage you to send us your best work for consideration
in the upcoming Spring 2007 edition. Submissions are open to any
member of a graduate program in the United States and beyond. Award
Winners will be selected in each genre and will win title, publication,
and our humblest admiration; however at this time no monetary prize is
available.

At this time we gladly accept email submissions that include your
contact information in the body of your message and are address to:
Litmag(at)ksu.edu (replace (at) with @)
For each genre follow these specific guidelines:
Poetry~
Please send up to 5 poems, total page count not to exceed 12 pages,
attached to an email as Word documents or Rich Text Format (rtf) files
with the word "Poetry" as your subject line.
Creative Nonfiction~
Please send up to 2 essays, each up to 15 typed pages in length,
attached to an email as Word documents or Rich Text Format (rtf) files
with the word "Nonfiction" as your subject line.
Fiction~
Please send up to 2 stories, each up to 15 typed pages, attached to an
email as Word documents or Rich Text Format (rtf) files with the word
"Fiction" as your subject line.
You may send multiple submissions for a single genre attached to one
email. However if you have work to send for more than one genre,
please send each in separate emails with the appropriate subject line
for that genre.
However, if you prefer the traditional route, please submit only one
genre per envelope and address your submissions to the appropriate
Poetry, Nonfiction, or Fiction Editor. Please send only copies of your
work, not originals to:
Touchstone
Department of English
English/Counseling Services Building
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: NOVEMBER 1, 2006
Submission to Touchstone implies permission to publish. Writers retain
all later publication rights. Touchstone accepts simultaneous
submissions with notification.