Concrete accepts submissions from Emerson College students, including fiction, non-fiction, screenplays, and anything else you deem “prose," as well as poetry.

Our submission period opens on September 1 and will close at 11:59 P.M. on January 31, 2027.

Submit up to 5 poems per reading period, with a maximum of 5 pages of poetry per poem.

Submit up to 3 separate pieces of prose per reading period, each between 1,000 and 6,000 words.

Each piece should be submitted as a separate document and a separate submission.

Note: Concrete considers submissions from both undergraduate and graduate students of Emerson College.

*Please include a cover letter with your submission that contains your name, Emerson ID, email address, year and major, and the title and genre of the work submitted. However, please do not include your name or any other identifying information within the document you are submitting. After receiving notification of our publication decision regarding your submission to one category, you are welcome to submit separately to the other category.