ISU creative arts journal Black Rock & Sage available; submissions sought

The 2010 Idaho State University creative arts journal Black Rock & Sage is available for purchase and the submission period for the 2011 issue of the journal is open.

Issue 9, the 2010 Black Rock & Sage includes 10 art and design pieces published, a CD featuring musical performers and compositions, six works of fiction and 10 poems. It includes the winner of the Black Rock & Sage Prose Contest, Joshua Mayes’ “The Romance Story,” and the Ford Swetnam prize-winner “Mile Marker 42” by Stephen Hunt.

The journal is available for purchase for $6 for the general public or $5 for ISU students. Copies are available at Idaho State University's on-campus bookstore, or by writing brs@isu.edu. It can be read at the Eli M. Oboler Library.

The submission period for the 2011 Issue of Black Rock & Sage runs through Feb. 14.  Only submissions by current ISU students are accepted.

The journal requests submissions of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art, music and photography. Visit www.isu.edu/blackrock for submission guidelines and other information about the journal, as well as information on upcoming events including the Black Rock & Sage Writing Workshop Jan. 29.

Information is also available by contacting editor-in-chief Steven Hall at brs@isu.edu.

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