The opportunity has arrived for NT students to showcase their creativity in an annual publication.

"North Texas Review," a student literary and art publication, is looking for creative work from all artists and writers on campus, including painting, photography, sculpture, and graphic arts, as well as literature including creative writing, short stories, creative nonfiction and poetry.

Amos Magliocco, faculty adviser, said "North Texas Review" is 100 percent run by students and has exclusively featured creative work by NT students for the past 10 years.

He said getting published is a great opportunity for students to expose their work to others in the community, and, for many students, it serves as their first time being published.

"We would like to make the 2006 issue one that can compete and win a national contest, one that can match up with the best student literary magazines around the country," Magliocco said. "And we think we can."

Magliocco said it will be the first time they have included creative nonfiction as a genre in the review, and since classes in creative nonfiction have recently been offered on campus, the "North Texas Review" staff anticipate more submissions that fall into this category.

"What's important is, if you publish a story or poem in [the publication], you can still publish the same piece in any national literary magazine, since ours is local," Magliocco said.

Kristen Flory of the English faculty and editor in chief of the publication, said she is hoping to get more submissions this year and would like to have more of a connecting theme between the works.

She also said if the staff sees a piece that has potential but needs tweaking, the editors will work with the individual to help them with some revisions.

"It doesn't have to be the most finished, polished piece in your mind," Flory said. "Just submit it and it might turn out to be better than you think – there's room for all levels."

Current students, graduate and undergraduate, are invited to submit work until 5 p.m. on Dec. 16 to the Auditorium Building, room 112. The final decisions will be made in late January, after the review staff spends the winter break reviewing all of the submitted entries.

Those included in the 2006 issue will be open to attend the "North Texas Review" release party, held April 20, 2006 in the Golden Eagle Suite of the University Union. The review's visual art will be on display and the literary pieces will be read by the authors.

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