Co-editors for MCCC’s Kelsey Review Ed Carmien and and Jacky Vogtman.
Mercer County Community College invites local writers and artists to submit their work for possible inclusion in the annual Kelsey Review arts journal. The Review accepts short fiction, poetry, personal essays, excerpts of novels, black and white line drawings (suitable for digital scanning) and cartoons by those who live, work or study in Mercer County.
Fiction should be limited to 4,000 words, non-fiction to 2,500 words, and poetry to six pages. Material can be on any topic, but should not have been previously published. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but authors are asked to inform the editors as soon as possible if a piece submitted to Kelsey Review has been accepted for publication elsewhere.
The deadline for all submissions is May 15. Decisions will be made by a four-person editorial board in June and July. The board is co-chaired by MCCC English faculty members Ed Carmien, now in his tenth year with the Review, and new co-editor Jacky Vogtman. Contributors will be notified by the second week of August.
Full details on the submission process and criteria for submission are available at mccc.edu/kelseyreview. Online versions of prior editions are also available online. For additional information or questions, email kelsey.review@mccc.edu.
