Central Piedmont’s English department’s official student literature and arts magazine, The Hammer, is now open for submissions for its 2026 issue.

Submission period: Nov. 3–Mar. 31

Submission guidelines: 

• Open to current Central Piedmont students only (submissions must come from a Central Piedmont student email).
• Accepted genres: short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction — no novel excerpts or academic essays.
• Submissions can be attached as a Word file or pasted in the email body, with the genre noted.
• There is no word count limit, but shorter pieces are more likely to be accepted.
• Students may submit multiple pieces per genre.
• All work must be original and created by the student (Artificial Intelligence-generated content will not be accepted).
• Work should be primarily in English; side-by-side translations and occasional untranslated words in a story or poem are acceptable.

Note: The Hammer receives exclusive First North American Serial Rights (FNASR) and electronic, online, and archival rights upon acceptance. All rights revert to the author after publication.