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The new school year has officially kicked off! Aaaand that means Collision is accepting submissions again!🤩 Guidelines on our website🎉

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So SO excited to announce that our 2022 issue has been digitally published on our website! Check out the work of some amazingly talented artists, writers and photographers, available now 💚

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Happy Valentines Day! There’s nothing more romantic than a haiku — so write us one in the comments!

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Happy Black History Month from Collision!
Let us know how you’re using your voice, not just this month but always. 📝🎨

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Reminder that submissions are due Feb. 25, so keep them coming! Check out the guidelines on our website. We’re so excited to kick off the semester 🤩

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Submission guidelines on our website! We can’t wait to review your work! 🥰🍁💜

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Are you SPOOKED by all your exams? Take a break from studying and join Collision Literary Magazine for an open mic and game nigh Wednesday, Oct. 27 at 9pm in 501 Cathy! Bring your most haunting pieces of writing! 🧡🖤💜

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Welcome back! Fall semester is here and that means Collision is now accepting pieces for its 2021 issue 🎉🍂. Please read the full submission guidelines before sending your art or writing pieces. We look forward to reviewing your work!

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This post is part of a series featuring work from previous Collision contributors, paying special homage to our prizewinners. Every week until August 17, we will be sharing some of the best content we’ve received to inspire you to submit to Collision. Submissions open August 19!

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JordanRiver Michaels’s “Bleeding Fruit” won our 2020 cover prize! This experimental work of art inverts traditional depictions of gender and still life while capturing the tone and mood of our 2020 annual issue.

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“...Playing with strong concepts and unsettling topics, [I hope] to create conversation and new understanding of life and the Bible [for my] viewers."

You can find the full image, and others by this artist, in our 2020 annual magazine.

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This post is part of a series featuring work from previous Collision contributors, paying special homage to our prizewinners. Every week until August 17, we will be sharing some of the best content we’ve received to inspire you to submit to Collision. Submissions open August 19!

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John Messer’s short story “I’ll Keep Checking” won first place in our 2020 writing contest! Our staff was enthralled by the experimental form of the story, which unfolds in transmissions, as well as the skillful world-building and complexity of the AI main character.

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You can find the rest of “I'll Keep Checking” online in our 2020 annual magazine, starting on page 13.

The art in this post, “Longing,” was created by Lief Liechty. View the full image on page 43 of our 2020 annual issue.

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Submissions open on Wednesday, August 19 for the 2021 issue. We hope to review your work!

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Leyla Çolpan’s poem “Milo” won second place in our 2020 writing contest. Our staff was drawn in by the many layers, from the incisive feminist tone to the wide-ranging cultural and artistic allusions used to represent patterns of violence against the female body and soul.

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This post is the third in a new series featuring work from previous contributors, paying special homage to our prizewinners. Each week until August 17, 2020, we will share some of the best content we’ve received to inspire your creativity and encourage you to submit to Collision!