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POLICIES

The Mayo Review is a literary journal which prints the work of Texas A&M University-Commerce students. The Mayo Review copyrights all material in the name of the writer/artist.  Contributors hold full rights to their individual works.

Who May Submit:  All students who are currently registered during the submission period may submit their work.  The journal does not set any content or length requirements:  we encourage as wide a submission range as possible, and we tend to look for the "best work" in a variety of genres.  Copyright remains in the writers' names.  No money is paid for submissions.

Editorial Board:  The Editorial Board consists of A&M-Commerce students, advised by Dr. Robin Anne Reid, Department of Literature and Languages.  Any A&M-Commerce student, graduate or undergraduate, full or part time, may volunteer to serve as a Student Readers and/or as a member of the Editorial Board for a semester or an academic year.  Students do not have to be English majors.  The main duties of the Editorial Board consist of:  reading submissions in the blind reading process and making the final selections for the journal; preparing the journal for printing; selecting a Prize Committee to award the Sigma Tau Delta prizes; and distributing the journal on campus.

Blind Reading Process:  The Mayo Review has a firm policy of "blind reading" of submissions, both for acceptance and for prizes.  The "blind reading process" is administered by the advisor. Names of submitting writers or artists are NOT on submissions.  A variety of readers (faculty and student) read and rank the work in a process lasting several weeks, including both individual and group readings.

Prizes: The prizes awarded are as follows:  the Brenda Black-White Poetry Prize ($50.00), and the Sigma Tau Delta/William Owens Memorial Award for Fiction (50.00) and for Non-Fiction/Essay ($50.00).  There is no requirement that the prizes be awarded if the judges do not consider any single piece merits the prize.  The Brenda Black-White Poetry Prize is judged by Brenda Black-White, and the Sigma Tau Delta/William Owens Memorial Awards are judged by a committee, consisting of Literature and Languages faculty and a graduate, and an undergraduate student who are Sigma Tau Delta members, nominated by the Editorial Board.

Deadlines and Schedule of The Mayo Review

 December 3, 2001            Submissions for the 2002 issue of The Mayo Review due

 January-March            Student and Faculty Reading/Review

 April                             Contributors notified

 April-June                    Production of journal

Submission Requirements

There are no specific length or content requirements for The Mayo Review.  We are interested in the best work in a variety of genres.  You may submit work in more than one genre.  We suggest that you submit no more than ten submissions in any single genre category. Please submit two copies of your work.  Manuscript copies should be either laser or letter quality print for scanning.  We will mail your work back to you if you include a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope with your submission.  Otherwise, you can pick your work up at the advisor's office after the final selections are made and the magazine is printed.  Please do NOT submit your only copy of your work.  Do NOT put your name on your work.  Provide a cover sheet with the following information NEATLY and CORRECTLY typed:

Please submit the following:

1. One cover sheet with the following information

• Your name as you wish to see it printed in the journal
• Your Mailing address (school and home, if different), telephone number, email address, and student number.
• The title and genre of ALL submissions (listed by title)
• A short biography (50-100 words)

Name:  We will print work under a pseudonym if requested, but we must request your legal name be included on the cover sheet as well.

Title:  We need a title for the Table of Contents.  Be sure that the title of each submission (as listed on the cover sheet) is also on each submission.

Genre:  Indicate whether the submission is a poem, essay, short story, novel chapter, dramatic work, photograph, or drawing. For further clarification, see the bottom of this page.

Biography:  We print short biographies of the contributors.  Please include a brief biography with your submission.  Your biography should include the information you wish to have appear in the journal and can be written in any style you choose.  (We reserve the right to edit for length, grammar or mechanics.)

Editing of Submissions:  we reserve the right to edit obvious typographical errors or major grammatical errors.

World Wide Web:  The Mayo Review may be published on the World Wide Web as well as in “paper format.”  By submitting your work to the journal, you are agreeing to publication in both paper and electronic versions.  You retain full copyright to your work in both versions.

 2. Two manuscript copies of your work and an electronic copy

• Manuscript copies should be laser printed (or equivalent).
• Electronic copy should be a 3” disk with the submission(s) in Rich Text Format or ASCII Text.

3. Drawings and Photographs

• Drawings and photographs should be submitted in hard copy ONLY.  We print in black-and-white only, so pen-and-ink drawings are solicited.
• Please submit TWO clear photocopies of drawings (the copy quality should be sufficient to judge the work) or ONE photograph in a format no larger than 8.5x11”.

Please DO NOT:

• Submit your only copy
• Put your name on your submission
• Submit color photographs or art

Description of Genres 

 WRITING:  We are interested in fiction, poetry, drama, and essays, either work you have done for your classes or on your own.  Fiction:  submit one to three short prose pieces, or one longer one (twenty pages or more).  Poetry:  submit five to seven poems, depending on length.  Drama:  submit one to three short dramatic pieces, or one longer (full-length) one.  Essays:  submit one to three short essays, or one longer one (fifteen or more pages).  You may submit work in more than one genre.

There is one kind of writing which cannot be submitted to The Mayo Review:  Essays written for English 100-101-102 should be submitted to Write On.  

ART:    We will be printing in black-and-white only, so pen-and-ink or pencil drawings are especially solicited.  Please submit two copies of your work in format no larger than 8 x 11".   We are also interested in submissions for borders to be used throughout the journal.  Artwork could appear either in the journal, or on the covers.  If you are interested in "illustrating" a written work, you should submit a representative sample of your work and indicate your interest early enough so you can read the selections and choose one or more to illustrate.

PHOTOGRAPHS:  Please submit two prints, no larger than 8 x 11." Photographs will be considered for inclusion both in the journal or on the covers.

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