TL;DR: Anyone can submit anything as a .docx file to thenassauweekly@gmail.com for any of our submission deadlines.

 

CAN I SUBMIT?

Are you a Princeton student? If the answer to this question is yes, then you can absolutely submit your work to the Nassau Weekly, no “membership” required.

 

WHAT CAN I SUBMIT?

The Nassau Weekly accepts written submissions across all genres—creative nonfiction, essays, poetry, fiction, reviews—as well as work that bends these genres or stretches their limits. We also accept art, comics, and other audiovisual works.

 

WHEN CAN I SUBMIT IT?

The Nassau Weekly has eight submission deadlines per semester. These submission deadlines, generally, Mondays at 10 PM, are visible as “all-day” events on our shared calendar, which you can join at this link. However, we accept submissions any time.

 

HOW CAN I SUBMIT?

Written submissions: Any written work you can submit as a .docx file to thenassauweekly@gmail.com for any submission deadline. Please include your netID and the word count of the piece at the top of your submission.

 

Nonfiction/Journalism: If you are working on investigative journalism or any kind of reporting for a submission, we encourage you to reach out to our Second Look co-section heads Alex Margulis (amargulis@princeton.edu) and Sofia Cipriano (sc7671@princeton.edu) for more information on their front-end editing process. 

 

Art, comics: Submit your art as a .pdf file to thenassauweekly@gmail.com whenever you want! Art does not undergo our written work editing process and so there’s no reason to wait for the next submission deadline to submit.

 

Audiovisual: Please email Audiovisual co-section heads Mannix Beall’Obrien (mannx@princeton.edu) and Juna Brothers (junabrothers@princeton.edu) with your audiovisual work.

 

I WANT SOMEONE TO LOOK AT MY WORK BEFORE I SUBMIT.

Awesome! Feel free to attend our weekly office hours in the Tiger Tea Room from 9-10 PM on Tuesdays. You can also take a look at our masthead and email any of our section heads and ask to meet 1:1, or join their next section workshop or meeting. And, of course, you are always welcome to bring your idea to one of our pitch meetings, where you can share and get feedback on what you have so far before you submit.

 

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER I SUBMIT?

If your work is accepted, it will be edited in two rounds: first, by a section head editor (ex. Your poem is edited first by our Poetry Section Head) and second, by an unspecialized junior or senior editor. Once you submit, you have eight days before the final draft that will go in print is due, and throughout that time you’ll receive feedback from both your editors. After editing, your piece will be copy edited, paired with artwork, and designed for our print issue. Two weeks after you submit you’ll see your piece in print!