Toyon has been run by students since its inception in 1954. Each year more than three hundred submissions of fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and artwork are read and viewed by students in the course. For the complete list of works selected for the 2005 issue, click here. Not all works selected will be published due to space and budget constraints. For more information on Toyon, send an email to hsutoyon@hotmail.com.

Submission Guidelines
 
DEADLINE: OCTOBER 31
 
FICTION AND CREATIVE NON-FICTION: Under 20 pages, computer/typewritten 11 or 12 point font, double-spaced.  Limit 5 stories per author.
 
POETRY: Single-spaced, no line limit, but no more than 10 poems per poet.
 
ART: Photos, pen & ink, lithographs, drawings, charcoal (8.5” X 11” or smaller, reproducible in black and white.)
 
RULES AND FORMALITIES: Please submit two clean copies of original work not under consideration elsewhere.  (For graphic art we only need one good copy.)  On a separate cover sheet provide your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, the title of the piece, and a 40-70 word autobiography.  (Only one cover sheet is necessary for each genre.  For example, if you send in 10 poems, only send 1 cover sheet.  If you also submit a fiction piece, you must send another cover sheet for the fiction.)  Number the pages of your text(s) and include the title of the submission at the top of each page.  Also, indicate the genre for which you wish your worked to be considered.  Please,
do not put your name on the actual work so that selections are made on merit alone.    Manuscripts WILL NOT be returned.  Do not send your only copy.  **No fee required.  If you have questions, cal 707-826-5946.  Deliver by hand or mail to:

Toyon Literary Magazine
Dept. of English, FH 201
Humboldt State University
1 Harpst Street
Arcata, CA 95521.
 
 
Every submission is automatically considered for the following awards:
 
Jody Stutz Award for best poem: $100.00.
 
Advisor’s Award for best fiction under 1,000 words (failing that, the highest ranked fiction selection): $100.00.
 
Sherry DaBrowski Award for work by a woman emphasizing multiple media, i.e.; a photo and a poem or fiction and pen and ink drawing, etc.  (Failing that, the best work by a woman.): $50.00.
 
Ruth Mountaingrove Award for a poem in form, such as a villanelle, sonnet, etc.: $50.00.
 
Claire Elizabeth Chapman Memorial Award for the highest ranked creative non-fiction: $100.00

TOYON 2007

The work listed below, chosen through blind readings by the various Toyon reading groups, has been selected for inclusion in the 2007 Toyon. However, given page limitations and other production variables, selection does not—and cannot—guarantee publication. We do our best, however, to publish all selected work.

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POETRY

• “DAY OF THE RAVENS” JACOB LEHMAN (Winner of the Jodi Stutz Poetry Award)
• “END THEME” CHAD DEAL
• “SONNET #1 JOHN ACEVES
• “INVOKING THE MUSE” DAVID HOLPER
• “A GRINGO GOES TO TJ” CHAD DEAL
• “COURT ORDERS” MAIA CHELI-COLANDO
• “ETHNICITY” DAVID HOLPER
• “CAESURA” DAVID HOLPER
• “MANGOES” JESSICA D’AVANZA
• “ON SORROW” CHRIS HALL
• “A SECRET WE KNOW BEST. . .” CHRIS HALL
• “DO-IT-YOURSELF. . .” KATE WARD LEHRE
• “I DON’T WANT TO DIE” KATE WARD LEHRE
• “PRECIPICES AND JUKEBOXES” SETH M. SMITH VI
• “THE FORCE OF ANOTHER” MEGAN DILL
• “BALLAD OF THE INTERSTATE” JACOB LEHMAN
• “HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD” KATE WARD LEHRE

FICTION

(The Advisor’s Award hadn’t been decided at the time of this posting.)  

• “THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENED” CHAD DEAL
• “CALL IT AS YOU SEE IT’ RICHARD J. MARTIN, JR.
• “MUSE SO ALWAYS” ERIN BRIANNA KIRWAN
• “IT’S A DOG’S LIFE” PAUL HARPER
• “THE MARRIAGE GRAPH” ELMER ZOOK
• “BECKI PHILLIPE” DAVID MADGALENE

CREATIVE NON-FICTION

• “A DEER’S CORPSE” JOHN OSBORN (Winner of the Redwood Empire Mensa Award for Creative Non-Fiction)
• “A (true) LOVE STORY” ERIN BRIANNA KIRWAN

ART

• “HAT LEFT ON EMPTY TRAIN SEAT” JESSICA D’AVANZA Winner of TOYON Staff Art Award
• “ALONE” MEGAN KRAMER
• “SHE DIDN’T TAKE IT ALL” DOMINIC EFFERSON
• “SPEAK” DOMINIC EFFERSON
• “NEW PAINT” DOMINIC EFFERSON
• “PHIL LESH” CHRISTOPHER SMITH
• (untitled drawing) CHRISTOPHER SMITH
• “DE VITA VITAM PASCEO” STEPHEN CLARK
• “FAMILY TREE” ERIN BRIANNA KIRWAN

Our gratitude to the many people who submitted work for consideration.

The Sherry Dabrowski Award hadn’t been determined at the time of this posting.

The advisor is not involved in choosing work for publication.

TOYON’s printing is supported by the HSU Associated Student Body through IRA funding.

If you have any questions or concerns related to TOYON, call Jim Dodge at x5919 or email dd2@humboldt.edu .