Publication in the Spring Magazine and fall chapbooks are only open to writers enrolled at Otterbein University (full- or part-time) at the time of submission. All submissions are blind, meaning that only the faculty advisor of Quiz & Quill knows the identities of writers and artists until after final selections are made by staff and editors. In order to maintain your anonymity during this part of the process, please do not include your name on the file containing your submission.
DEADLINE: 10/2/25 by 11:59pm
The theme for the 2025 Fall Chapbook is: Abyssal!
This semester, we're looking for pieces that immerse us in the depths, be it through a place, a concept, or an identity. Your piece can be about diving deeper into oceanic or cosmic environments, or it could be about plunging into one's own headspace. No matter what you choose, we're eager to see what you come up with!
We're accepting: fiction, poetry, essay, comics, and play scripts, as well as art submissions for the cover and interior pages. For the Fall Chapbook, we focus on shorter written pieces, so make sure to check out the guidelines below.
Guidelines:
- 5 page maximum
- One piece of writing per submission (if you'd like to submit multiple poems, please give each poem its own submission).
- Three submission maximum per author.
- Prose should be double spaced, poetry should be single. Plays should use a coherent script format.
- Art should be formatted to comfortably fit within a 5.5 x 8.5 page.
- Note that print versions of the cover will be in color, but interior pages will be in black and white. The digital version will reproduce all art in full color.
- Submissions must be in one of the following formats: .doc, .docx, .pdf, .jpg, .jpeg, or .png.