Middlesex: A Literary Journal is the official literary journal of Middlesex College and has been published annually for more than a decade.  Featuring the best work of the Middlesex students, faculty, staff, administrators, alumni and friends of the College, each issue serves the campus community and the larger Middlesex County and central NJ community.   Primarily literature based, the journal is produced by the English Dept. in coordination with Marketing Communications and the Library, and each issue showcases poetry, short fiction, non-fiction and photography.  It is distributed to the College and greater Middlesex County community and beyond, including libraries, surrounding colleges and universities, arts centers, and the like, and it has been featured in college and high school courses, workshops, and cultural events across the state.  The first issue was published in 2008.

Submissions

Submissions are accepted from all Middlesex College students, faculty, staff and administrators. Guest authors and artists are also welcome by invitation only. Submissions are read on a rolling basis with a June 1st dealine for the following fall issue.

If you would like your work to be considered for publication in the journal, please email MSpano@middlesexcc.edu.  Soon after, you will receive an invitation to join the MCC Literary Journal Canvas page: please accept the invitation after which you can submit your work directly to the "Submission" assignment. 

Submission Guidelines

All submissions must be the artist's own original work.  

While we consider mainly unpublished submissions, we will also consider previously published material if it has not been distributed to a large market and if it meets our needs.  If your work has been published elsewhere, please provide the publication information; similarly, if we publish your work and it is subsequently accepted for publication elsewhere, please give due credit to MIDDLESEX: A LITERARY JOUNAL.

Once you have access to the the Canvas page, please send no more than:

  • 3 poems
  • 1 short fiction piece
  • 1 non-fiction piece
  • 3 photographs
  • Links to 3 songs on YouTube! (or similar online video-sharing platform)
  • Links to 3 videos on YouTube! (or similar online video-sharing platform)

All submissions should include the following:

  • Your submission pasted in the textbox of this assignment (no file uploads, please).  
  • A BRIEF bio of no more than 75 words written in the third-person and included directly following your submission.

See the Canvas page for more details regarding submission review and acceptance process.