H
ELLO READERS!
What a time to be an American. With the country still rocked
back on its heels from the afterglow of the election, the world seems
to have changed before our eyes. Something intangible appears to
have been unfolded and placed before us: possibility.
So here’s what we have. During a time when a country’s iden-
tity is shifting so softly you can barely see it, this issue comes forth
from our talented campus. We become nostalgic around train
tracks. Our language steams forth over cups of tea. Kaitlin Bruns-
den, who submitted her fiction piece “Urban Decay” last semester
before she decided to join our staff this spring, writes of the oddities
in people that are slowly pulled out and examined, as we examine
ourselves every day. Aren’t we all, really, a tad on the strange side?
On a business note, we’re constantly accepting submissions via
our website, http://www.thesubmission.net, so don’t hesitate for a
second to send us your artwork, no matter the medium. As a new
rule of thumb, we’re capping the number of submissions you can
send. Poets, please send no more than five poems per issue and art-
ists, please send no more than 10 pieces per issue. Fiction writers,
just please don’t send us your entire novel. We have a 22-page-limit
per issue so the odds aren’t good we’ll be able to publish an entire
manuscript. Under no circumstances are we trying to discourage
your submitting by any means, but please understand the page con-
straints we’re working with here. Beyond that, it’s a free for all.
Here on staff, we’re pushing ourselves further than we’ve ever
gone. Our staff is bigger than ever and boy, oh boy, are we stretch-
ing for the stars. Mark your calendars now! On April 25, 2009, The
Submission will be hosting its first-ever Submission Kaleidoscope
Gala at the Stood! Accepted writers will be invited to read, pub-
lished artists will be asked to exhibit at Y.A.H., and selected musi-
cians will be welcomed to perform. We’ll be sure to keep you up to
date on the particulars, but pencil us in now. I promise you won’t
want to miss it.
Thank you for all of the support you gave us last fall. It’s pro-
pelled us to always think larger and livelier than in the past. What
can we say, we love the work we do. We’re thrilled to be back in the
office and back at work. Watch us closely.
Enjoy the issue.
Sincerely,
Sarah A. Ditkoff
Chief-Editor of The Submission
Paid for by your Mandatory Student Activity Fee
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