Submission Guidelines

We are now open for submissions until October 31!

For the first time, we are now accepting screenplays and artwork ONLY from Ball State Undergraduates.

The Broken Plate accepts simultaneous submissions. If your work is accepted elsewhere, please withdraw your work immediately. We do not print previously published work. We do not accept submissions by e-mail or mail. Only submissions sent online through our submissions manager will be considered. We usually respond within four months. Please do not query before four months from the date of your submission.

The magazine will pay two copies of the magazine to all authors and artists selected for publication. If you have questions, please e-mail the staff at brokenplate@bsu.edu.
 Categories include: Fiction, Creative Non-fiction, Poetry, Screenplays, and Art/Photography. If you are attending Ball State University, be sure to submit your work according to the category labeled Ball State Undergraduate.

For further details of each category, and to submit your work, click the button below.