You can submit only if you are eligible and have followed the formatting rules (see below). For the submission e-mail address, please see the bottom of this answer.

Submissions must use standard Chicago-styled formatting. Only 12 point-sized Times New Roman styled fonts will be accepted. Margins should be either 1 or 1.5 inches. Please send in your submission in Microsoft Word Document format (.doc, docx) or in rich-text format (.rtf) by attaching the document to your submission e-mail. In your e-mail, please include the following:

1. “Travel Writing Contest” in the subject header
2. Your first and last name
3. Your desired published name
4. Your e-mail address
5. Where and when you went abroad and for how long (please also indicate if it was through a Chicago sponsored program)
6. The title of your submission
7. A short explanation of your submission

For photo essay submissions: Photographs must be sent digitally at a minimum resolution of 320 dpi. Please also include detailed location information, type of camera used, and type of film used for each photograph. If you are having trouble sending in your photos, please contact the editors at editors@slicedbreadmag.com.

We will not review any submissions that do not follow these formatting guidelines!

Submitting

Please submit your entry after formatting it along the guidelines established above to submit@slicedbreadmag.com. Improperly formatted submissions will not be eligible!

Last updated on November 20, 2008 by The Eds