Student Writing and Art Journal, “The Fall Line”, Going Strong After 14 Years
Interested in getting your creative work seen? Consider submitting it to PVCC’s student-run literary journal.
The Fall Line has been publishing student creative writing and art for 14 years and is still going strong, curating a selection of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, comics, and visual art for a yearly issue every spring. Past issues are available as PDFs on the journal’s website or in printed form on campus.
Despite what the “literary” in “literary journal” might suggest, The Fall Line isn’t snobbish when it comes to subject matter. Genre works and speculative fiction are welcome. One of the journal’s guiding principles is inclusivity. Its aim is to be representative of PVCC’s diverse student body.
“We’ll look at anything,” says Professor of English Jennifer Koster, the journal’s faculty supervisor. “We have sci-fi, horror. We want to publish things that have a compelling narrative, or compelling use of language and images.”
Koster has overseen the publication since its inception in 2009. Her role in the project is largely a logistical one, as it’s the Creative Writing Club that decides what works get published. The magazine is designed by the Advanced Computer Graphics class, making The Fall Line an example of collaboration between PVCC’s writing and art departments.
Cartoonists, take note: comics receive the least amount of submissions every year to the extent that they’ve been totally absent from some past issues. Your odds of getting published should you submit are good.
The Fall Line begins accepting submissions in November, its deadline for submissions typically being around mid-February. Keep an eye out for an email announcing exact dates. For past submission guidelines, see the PVCC Creative Writing Club’s website.
If you want to help decide what gets published or hone your writing skills in a community dedicated to the craft, consider joining the Creative Writing Club. Meetings are Wednesdays at Noon, in room M249.
