The Scop: Literary and Fine Arts Magazine for King's College

The Scop is a student-run literary magazine operating out of King’s College. Supporting the mission of King’s College to not just teach students to make a living but how to live well, The Scop offers real-world literary magazine experience to its staff and featured creators. Recently, The Scop has opened up submissions from local college students to world-wide authors, poets, photographers, and artists. The proclivity for the arts characterizing humanity has no borders or limits, and The Scop highlights this talent.

Questions or comments can be emailed to [email protected] or to individual staff members found under the staff section on our website at The SCOP | King's College's Literary and Fine Arts Magazine (kings.edu).

Quota: This project has established a quota. Submissions will close when it is reached.

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The Scop: Issue 87 (Spring 2027) Free Open

Closes on Friday, January 15, 2027 11:59 PM US Eastern Standard Time (in 103 days).

The Scop is accepting submissions for our Spring 2027 issue!

The Scop is open to receiving submissions from the King's College community and beyond. This includes current students, alumni, faculty, staff, and members of the community. The Scop will accept submissions of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, art, and photography. Although you may submit to all of the categories, please limit your submissions to:

Fiction and Nonfiction: up to 2,000 words
Poetry: up to 3 poems
Drama: up to 15 pages
Photography and Visual Art: absolutely no AI, up to 5 images

Prose should be submitted double-spaced and poetry should be submitted single-spaced. All submissions should be in separate Word document files.

Photographs or pictures of artwork should be submitted in either .JPEG or .TIFF format, have a title, and be attached separately from any Word documents. When submitting work, please do not include your name or personal information on the written piece being submitted to allow for impartial judging.

Please provide a cover sheet when submitting written works. The cover sheet should include your name, title of work, phone number, email address, mailing address, and at most a 50-word bio written in the third person.

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