{"id":19138,"date":"2025-10-22T22:16:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T02:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/?p=19138"},"modified":"2025-10-22T22:16:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T02:16:41","slug":"first-year-journal-2026-open-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/","title":{"rendered":"First Year Journal 2026 &#8211; Open Call!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Theme: Mix-ups &amp; Mishaps<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The First Year Program wants to see your stories, poems, images, and imaginings to be featured in our third annual First Year Journal.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s theme is <strong>Mix-ups &amp; Mishaps<\/strong> \u2013 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entry deadline is November 13, 2025 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/XxPQqEqUsaonKY4w6\"><strong>SUBMIT HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DETAILS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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&#8243; 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RULES:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open only to students currently enrolled in First Year Program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No AI use is accepted. All works must be unique to the author\/artist<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Word count maximum: 750 words \u2013 please edit longer works<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OPEN CALL LAUNCH &amp; BOOK PRESENTATION:<\/strong>We will be <strong>launching the FY Journal #3 Call for Submissions<\/strong> during the <strong>Book Presentation of MACONDO-YORK,<\/strong> 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 Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez in the Big Apple<strong>.<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday, October 23, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Time: <\/strong>5:00 &#8211; 7:00 PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Location: <\/strong>Room A 404,<strong> <\/strong>65 W 11th St, New York, NY 10011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PRIOR ISSUES:<\/strong><br>2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/newschool\/docs\/irish_firstyearjournal_2024\">Issue One: Presence \/ Absence<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"1118\" src=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/image.png 794w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/image-768x1081.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/newschool\/docs\/parsons_first_year_journal_issue_two_-_nature_nur?fr=sYTg1NTgzNTk2MTk\">Issue Two: Nature \/ Nurture<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1028\" height=\"1446\" src=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/image-1.png 1028w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/image-1-768x1080.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1028px) 100vw, 1028px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theme: Mix-ups &amp; Mishaps The First Year Program wants to see your stories, poems, images, and imaginings to be featured&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":573,"featured_media":19140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>First Year Journal 2026 - Open Call! - Parsons Notes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First Year Journal 2026 - Open Call! - Parsons Notes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Theme: Mix-ups &amp; Mishaps The First Year Program wants to see your stories, poems, images, and imaginings to be featured...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Parsons Notes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/parsonsfirstyear\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-23T02:16:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/image-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1028\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1446\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"pjonk811\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"pjonk811\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"pjonk811\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/#\/schema\/person\/7e3317d39090a937ddd8def70a173b39\"},\"headline\":\"First Year Journal 2026 &#8211; Open Call!\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-23T02:16:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/\"},\"wordCount\":289,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/image-1.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Events\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/\",\"name\":\"First Year Journal 2026 - Open Call! - Parsons Notes\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/image-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-23T02:16:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/#\/schema\/person\/7e3317d39090a937ddd8def70a173b39\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/image-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/image-1.png\",\"width\":1028,\"height\":1446},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"First Year Journal 2026 &#8211; Open Call!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/\",\"name\":\"Parsons Notes\",\"description\":\"a guide to your undergraduate experience\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/#\/schema\/person\/7e3317d39090a937ddd8def70a173b39\",\"name\":\"pjonk811\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"First Year Journal 2026 - Open Call! - Parsons Notes","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"First Year Journal 2026 - Open Call! - Parsons Notes","og_description":"Theme: Mix-ups &amp; Mishaps The First Year Program wants to see your stories, poems, images, and imaginings to be featured...","og_url":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/","og_site_name":"Parsons Notes","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/parsonsfirstyear","article_published_time":"2025-10-23T02:16:41+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/image-1.png","width":1028,"height":1446,"type":"image\/png"}],"author":"pjonk811","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"pjonk811","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/"},"author":{"name":"pjonk811","@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/#\/schema\/person\/7e3317d39090a937ddd8def70a173b39"},"headline":"First Year Journal 2026 &#8211; Open Call!","datePublished":"2025-10-23T02:16:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/"},"wordCount":289,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/image-1.png","articleSection":["Events"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/","url":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/","name":"First Year Journal 2026 - Open Call! - Parsons Notes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/image-1.png","datePublished":"2025-10-23T02:16:41+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/#\/schema\/person\/7e3317d39090a937ddd8def70a173b39"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/image-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/image-1.png","width":1028,"height":1446},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/first-year-journal-2026-open-call\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"First Year Journal 2026 &#8211; Open Call!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/#website","url":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/","name":"Parsons Notes","description":"a guide to your undergraduate experience","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/#\/schema\/person\/7e3317d39090a937ddd8def70a173b39","name":"pjonk811"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/573"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19138"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19149,"href":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19138\/revisions\/19149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}