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Submissions

Hot Dish Magazine is published annually and takes submissions for short fiction, poetry, bilingual Spanish/English poetry, and the Hot Dish Challenge. Made in the Midwest, we’re now accepting recipes from teens living across the United States to join our National Potluck, so that we can have a more diverse magazine representing more people and a more flavorful feast. We look for work that is full of passion and unique perspectives. We also like work that provides insight into the lives of high school students. We are looking for students who want to learn how to become better writers and who ultimately want to share their voices with the world.
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Hot Dish Challenge

The Hot Dish Challenge is designed to push you and your writing abilities by trying out different and fun writing prompts. The Hot Dish Challenge for the 2020 Issue is: Picture Challenge.

Submitters should choose one of the five images provided and create a piece based on that image, writing about how it makes one feel, a memory, a narrative, or anything else that comes to mind. Works must also be labeled with which image was used for inspiration.
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The guidelines for short stories and poems are the same for this section as they are for other
submission categories of Hot Dish Magazine.

Poems:
  • Up to 50 lines
  • Any form or style

Short Stories:
  • Up to 1000 words
  • Any genre
All submitted works must be labeled with which image was used for inspiration.
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  • A $50 prize for the Editor's Choice Award will be awarded to the winning entry in this category.
  • Entrants will also be considered for a Fine Arts Scholarship to be used if they enroll at Buena Vista University in the future. Scholarships are $2000 for English majors and $2000 non-English majors who are active in the literary arts at BVU (non-majors must participate in FACES or Hot Dish Magazine for scholarship renewal).

Please note: Short story and poems that have appeared in school literary journals may be submitted to Hot Dish Magazine. We do not accept works that have been previously published in national publications.

Poetry

Hot Dish Magazine wants to publish your delicious imagery! Send us your most delectable lines
and your tangiest slant rhymes.
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  • Submit 1-3 poems (up to 50 lines each), any form or style.
  • Please submit poems in one .doc or .docx file.
  • A $50 prize for the Editor's Choice Award will be awarded to the winning entry in this category.
  • Entrants will also be considered for a Fine Arts Scholarship to be used if they enroll at Buena Vista University in the future. Scholarships are $2000 for English majors and $2000 non-English majors who are active in the literary arts at BVU (non-majors must participate in FACES or Hot Dish Magazine for scholarship renewal).

​Please note: Poems that have appeared in school literary journals may be submitted to Hot Dish Magazine. We do not accept poems that have been previously published in national publications.

Spanish Spices

Hot Dish Magazine wants to publish your bilingual banquet!
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  • Submit 1-3 poems (up to 50 lines each), any form or style.
  • All poems submitted must be Spanish with English translation.
  • Please submit poems in one .doc or .docx file.
  • A $50 prize for the Editor's Choice Award will be awarded to the winning entry in this category.
  • Entrants will also be considered for a Fine Arts Scholarship to be used if they enroll at Buena Vista University in the future. Scholarships are $2000 for English majors and $2000 non-English majors who are active in the literary arts at BVU (non-majors must participate in FACES or Hot Dish Magazine for scholarship renewal).

Please note: Poems that have appeared in school literary journals may be submitted to Hot Dish Magazine. We do not accept poems that have been previously published in national publications.

Short Fiction

Hot Dish Magazine wants to publish your sweet, savory, spicy, sour, and salty stories! Send us your well-seasoned characters. Let us sink our teeth into your chewy plots.
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  • Submit 1 short story (up to 1000 words), any genre, in a .doc or .docx file.
  • A $50 prize for the Editor's Choice Award will be awarded to the winning entry in this category.
  • Entrants will also be considered for a Fine Arts Scholarship to be used if they enroll at Buena Vista University in the future. Scholarships are $2000 for English majors and $2000 non-English majors who are active in the literary arts at BVU (non-majors must participate in FACES or Hot Dish Magazine for scholarship renewal).

Please note: Stories that have appeared in school literary journals may be submitted to Hot DishMagazine. We do not accept stories that have been previously published in national publications.

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