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 1
 
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 SELECTIONS 2009

POETRY

Matthew Jackson        “The Ballad of Mel Gibson” 
Winner, Jodi Stutz Memorial Poetry Prize
Ken Letko                 “Truth”
                                  “Chancing Dares”
Chris Chun                “Oda a los Cigaros”
Antoinette Mareno     “Walk of Shame”
                                   “Milk and Sugar”
                                   “Autumn Confessionals”
                                   “Mona”
                                   “Madrid in Oil”
Joe Geever                  “Love in the Flavor of Watermelon and Coffee” Winner, Ruth Mountaingrove Prize for Poetry in Form
Patrick Lynch             “Question”
Julie Hochfeld            “Forget the Buffalo”
Tara Darlene Smith    “Where I’m From”
Kaylee Baucom          “Schrodinger’s Cat”
Steven W. Godwin      “Cat with Nine Tails”
Stinne Storm Folving   “Anyone”
Allia Sadeghipour        “I Shall Urinate in the Men’s Bathroom?

FICTION

Christopher Meades     “The Walking Lady”
Winner, The Advisor’s Prize in Fiction
Linda C. Stansberry     “The American Wife”
Ryan Forsythe              “Heart Attack
Matthew Jackson          “The Child of Change”
Suza Lambert Bowser   “Feebo”

Honorable Mention
Stephen Sottong            “Buying Time”

CREATIVE NON-FICTION

Annica Cox                         “The Other Door”
Winner, Redwood Empire Mensa Prize for Creative Non-Fiction
Allia Sadeghipour               “Goodbye”
Winner, The Sherry Dabrowski Prize
Erin Briana Kirwin            “The Dance of Hunger and Consumption”

ART

Ryan Forsythe                      “Slugdala”
Winner, Toyon Staff Art Award
                                             “Tree Man”
                                             “Foot Bridge”
                                             “Crater Lake in July”
Harley Demarest                   “(post-apocalyptic) Smoke Break”
Matthew Jackson                   “Black Sand”
                                              “Sucking the Life out of Phil”
Benjamin Nathan Bowles      “Grizzly Creek in October”
                                               “Lawn Mower Surprise”
Kristin Badzik                       “Guennis”
                                               “Just around the River Bend”
James Mena                            (untitled)
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The above work was selected through “blind” readings by the TOYON editorial boards.  However, given the complexity of layout and production variables, selection doesn’t necessarily guarantee publication, though we do our best to include every piece chosen by the readers.

Our gratitude to all the fine writers and artists who submitted work; we wish we had the budget to publish much more than we do.  We received 353 poems, 51 stories, 33 creative non-fiction pieces, and 58 works of art.

TOYON will be released in mid-April or earlier, accompanied by a publication party.  Watch for announcements.

The TOYON advisor does not participate in selecting material.

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 .