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Tahoma West
Tahoma West (TW) is a student published literary arts magazine that began in 1996 under the direction of John Peterson. The first issue was released in 1997 in conjunction with the opening of the new UW Tacoma campus. The TW received a national award for superior design in 2000 by Associated Writing Program. TW is dedicated to developing and promoting the arts at UW Tacoma by providing a way for students, faculty, alumni, and staff to publish their work. Submissions are accepted at various times throughout the quarter. Please contact us via email at tahomaw@u.washington.edu for more information.
New for 2010:
- This year the TW theme is: Empowerment.
- There will be a cover art contest this year. Details to be announced.
For the Spring 2010 edition of Tahoma West, we encourage you to use the theme of "Empowerment" as your muse. We welcome a wide range of interpretations from nonfiction accounts of social movements to tales of personal triumph. Please help us to create an edition that will both inspire the UW Tacoma community, and serve as a reflection of the social and political changes that are shaping our current time.
TW is looking for art to be featured on this year's cover. Please make sure that your submission is at least 300dpi and follows the other requirements for visual art. However, please note that cover contest submissions cannot also be submitted for consideration in the visual art category.
Please send cover contest submissions to kayomi@uw.edu 
(e-mail).
Early Submission Deadline: December 5, 2009
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Submission Policy
Type of Material
Tahoma West may include poetry, nonfiction, fiction, and visual arts.
Poetry: free verse, rhyming poetry, metered poetry, lyrics, or pastorals.
Nonfiction: essays, personal experiences, creative nonfiction (memoirs, travel writing, humor, satire), historical pieces, opinion, academic, reviews, dramatic plays, screenplays.
Fiction: short mainstream, adventure, experimental, fantasy, historical, humor, mystery, romance, science fiction, suspense, detective, dramatic plays, screenplays.
Visual Arts: drawings, paintings, photographs, graphic illustrations, collages, (photos of the following:) sculpture, pottery, jewelry, fabric art, origami.
General Submission Guidelines
We accept any thought expressed in a creative, unique, specific, and purposeful way. Material submitted without a verifiable name/student number (an anonymous submission) will not be considered. Please only submit previously unpublished work.
After the pieces are chosen for publication in Tahoma West, TW obtains the copyright to those pieces until they appear in print in May. This means that the writer/artist makes a contract with TW that they will not publish their piece with another publication until the spring issue is released to the public. After the Release Event, all rights to the piece revert back to the writer/artist. Plagiarized works will not be considered for publication. Any suspicious sources cited in any nonfiction or research essays will be verified. Material in which elements of racism, sexism, obscenity, homophobia, and/or gratuitous sex and violence dominate the piece for their own sake or shock value will not be considered.
All written work must be typed in Times New Roman (12pt.). Double Spaced.
Fiction guidelines:
There is a 3000-word limit on fiction writing, which includes short stories, experimental fiction, humor, stage plays, screenplays, comedies, horror, romantic, western, science fiction, or any creative writing.
Non-fiction guidelines:
TW accepts creative nonfiction in the form of personal essays, memoirs, lyric essays, travel and nature writing, personal reportage, interviews, and an occasional review. We welcome brief and flash nonfiction and pieces no longer than 5000 words.
Poetry guidelines:
Non-rhyming, rhyming, free verse, haiku, experimental, traditional. Poems do not have to be double spaced.
Visual Art Guidelines:
Drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, pottery, jewelry, fiber art, origami. We are very interested in photos of campus installation works. Publication of visual art is dependant upon having a quality color and/or black-and-white reproduction of your work. Please submit an electronic copy of your work that is at least 300 dpi and approximately 5" x 7" in size(.jpg, .tif, .pdf, .psd, .raw, or .indd are okay).
Please include with your Artist Information (listed below) the original dimensions and media of the piece (i.e. "8x10 digital photograph of mixed media installation").
In addition to the title of the work, we invite you to include a brief written piece on the artwork. The artist statement may be about how you decided to create the work, what inspired you, what you learned from the experience, the message you hope to inspire in others when they view your work, or if you want to inspire others without explaining the work-simply write whatever you want someone to know about the art. Please be aware that we cannot return any visual arts submission materials without prior arrangements with the editorial board.
Who May Submit Material
UW Tacoma students (from all academic disciplines), staff, alumni and faculty.
How Do I Submit?
Required Artist Information
- Your name
- Full mailing address
- Contact phone number
- UW email address
- Title of the Submission
- Submission genre (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or visual art)
- Your degree program or staff position
- Short biography (50 words or less)
- Attach your written piece(s) as Word document(s) via email or CD/Floppy.
Submitting via Email: Tahoma West accepts email submissions
for written and visual work. Provide the required Artist Information (listed above) in the body of an email. Include the work being submitted as an attachment to the email. Please help us maintain your anonymity by not placing your name on the submission file attached to the email, instead use the title of the work for the file name.
Submission Limitations
The limit for poetry, nonfiction, and fiction is three (3) submissions. The limit for visual arts is six (6) submissions per person. If submitting in multiple categories, the limit is six (6) total submissions per person.
Copyrights
After the pieces are chosen for publication in TW, TW obtains the copyright to those pieces until they appear in print in May. We obtain the right to publish work online or in future anthologies, though the artist may also publish their work elsewhere after the initial publication date.
Plagiarism
Plagiarized works will not be considered for publication. Any suspicious sources cited in any nonfiction or research essays will be verified.
Authorship
Material submitted without a verifiable name/student number (an anonymous submission) will not be considered.
Subject Matter and Content
Material in which elements of racism, sexism, obscenity, homophobia, and/or gratuitous sex and violence dominate the piece for their own sake or shock value will not be considered.
Political Correctness
Political correctness relates closely to subject matter. Some material may be deemed unacceptable when read within the confines of a university setting and on behalf of a literary magazine, though it may have value and worth in a different context. The views expressed in the publication do not necessarily reflect those of the TW staff or UW Tacoma, however, the staff must be aware that what the magazine chooses to publish does cast a certain light on the organization itself and its members.
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