Theme: Mix-ups & Mishaps
The First Year Program wants to see your stories, poems, images, and imaginings to be featured in our third annual First Year Journal.
This year’s theme is Mix-ups & Mishaps – a celebration of the unplanned, the misunderstood, and the accidentally profound. All genres are welcome. Accepted students will receive two copies of the print versions at the launch party in Spring.
Entry deadline is November 13, 2025 – SUBMIT HERE
DETAILS:
Students can submit paired image / text works, or writing and imagery separately. Images in a vertical composition will fit well in the 5 x 7″ format, and horizontal images can be featured in a two page spread. Please edit down longer written works, and color correct any image of 3D works.
RULES:
- Open only to students currently enrolled in First Year Program
- No AI use is accepted. All works must be unique to the author/artist
- Word count maximum: 750 words – please edit longer works
OPEN CALL LAUNCH & BOOK PRESENTATION:We will be launching the FY Journal #3 Call for Submissions during the Book Presentation of MACONDO-YORK, a proposal that merges New York urban photography within a typographic universe, featuring over 200 images that interact with the experiences of Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Gabriel García Márquez in the Big Apple. The process of creating Macondo-York is well connected with the ethos of the FY Journal, and it would be a great opportunity to hear from the author Ivan Onatra about his creative process, and also hear about previous editions of the Journal, to inspire your submissions.
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Time: 5:00 – 7:00 PM
Location: Room A 404, 65 W 11th St, New York, NY 10011
PRIOR ISSUES:
2024 Issue One: Presence / Absence
2025 Issue Two: Nature / Nurture
