Submit poetry or short fiction to ‘The Hammer’

The Hammer,” Central Piedmont’s annual Student Arts & Literature Magazine, is now accepting submissions for the student literature portion of the 2023 publication.

Submissions are due Sunday, March 26 for Poetry, Short Fiction, and Flash Fiction.

General* Genre Guidelines:

  • Poetry:  max 64 lines
  • Short Fiction: max 3,500 words
  • Flash Fiction: ~ 250 to 500 words

Entrants must be currently enrolled at Central Piedmont. The best and brightest submissions will be published in the 2023 edition of The Hammer (in print and online). Please help us show the community how AMAZING our students are!

Send submissions and/or questions to: colin.hickey@cpcc.edu

“The Hammer” was founded in 2017 and is run by the Central Piedmont English department, with support from other departments. Literary works included in past issues have been winners of the local level of a national literary competition sponsored by the League for Innovation in the Community College.

*(line/word maximums due to spatial limitations, and are guidelines only.)

Calling all Writers: Submit your Literary Work for Student Arts Magazine

student sitting alone reading a book on Levine CampusCreative expression can help connect people with one another and opens us up to new ideas and ways of thinking. Central Piedmont’s Annual Student Arts & Literature Magazine (The Hammer) is now accepting student writing submissions for the 2022 publication. Submissions are due Sunday, March 27th for Poetry, Short Fiction, and Essay.

Here are the Genre Guidelines:

  • Poetry:  max 64 lines
  • Fiction: 200 – 3,500 words
  • Essay: max 2,500 words (2022 essay theme: “The Chrysalis”)

The best and brightest submissions will be published in the 2022 edition of The Hammer (in print and online). Please share your voice and help us show the community how amazing you are!

Line/word maximums due to spatial limitations, and are guidelines. Send submissions and/or questions to cpccwrites@gmail.com.