Guidelines

The Texan Writer is seeking essays and articles written by students at Tarleton State University.

Any type of essay or article is welcome, including argumentative, expository, narrative, and descriptive essays.

Submissions should be well written, original, and distinctive, but if revisions are necessary, the editors are happy to assist contributors with their work.

Preference will be given to essays under 3,000 words, but The Texan Writer will consider longer essays.

Creative writing, however, whether poetry or prose, should be submitted to The Bosque River Review, another literary journal produced by the English department at Tarleton.

Works written by artificial intelligence should be submitted elsewhere.

The Texan Writer does not pay for submissions, but each published contributor will receive two copies of the journal.

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—Stephen King