Literary Arts
Submit your literary works to Slick!
If you are a current Huntington Beach High School student and are interested in submitting your original fiction, creative nonfiction, short screenplay, poetry, photography, paintings, sketches, or other works of art, we encourage you to submit your work for the Literary Arts section of our online publication. We are looking for pieces that move our readers and capture the culture and voices of Huntington Beach students.
Our submission window opens during the spring semester.
You may one or two pieces at a time for consideration. By submitting to Slick, you agree that the work you submit is your original work. The form will ask you for your name, grade, student ID number, a short bio, and descriptions of your art and/or writing.
Your work will be read and reviewed by the Slick editors and staff. Selected artists will be invited to meet with our student editors and arts directors in order to review any edits and plan the presentation of pieces on the site.
If you have any questions that were not addressed on this page, please feel free to contact the advisor of Slick at [email protected] or contact the editors of Slick here: [email protected]
Submission Guidelines
*Please do NOT include your name on any of your file attachments. We read all submission without knowing names.
Fiction
We welcome flash fiction and short stories. Please limit your work to about 2,000 words. Please use 12 point, Times New Roman font, and double space your work. Include the page numbers in the top right corner.
Creative Nonfiction
Creative nonfiction includes personal, factually-accurate essay pieces. Please limit your work to about 2,000 words. Please use 12 point, Times New Roman font, and double space your work. Please include the page numbers in the top right corner.
Poetry
Please attach up to two of your best pieces for consideration. Please use 12 point, Times New Roman font.
Screenplays/Stageplays
Please limit your submission to about 2,000 words. Please use standard script format , Courier, 12 point font.
Art
Please attach up to two pieces for consideration. Please be sure to send high-quality files of your photographs and other art pieces.
Thank you for your interest in contributing to Slick!