The journal is staffed by ISU students, and all artistic contributions are produced by undergraduate and graduate students from departments across the university.
BR&S accepts submissions year-round with an annual deadline of February 14, 2025. All forms of artistic expression, including poetry, prose, plays, nonfiction essays for a general audience, visual art, photography, music, and dance routines. All ISU students are encouraged to submit their best work.
Another way to get involved with BR&S is through the Literary Magazine Production course (ENGL 4409/5509). In this course, students develop strategies for soliciting literary, art, music, and schematic submissions then, in exciting and lively debates, select the poetry and prose to be published. ENGL 2206: Creative Writing Workshop is a prerequisite for undergraduates; there is not a prerequisite for graduate students in the humanities.
Visit blackrockandsage.org for more information and submission guidelines.