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Haute Dish is the Literary Anthology of Metropolitan State University. You can submit after the deadline, however it won't get considered until the next issue.

You can submit your photos, graphic art, poetry and prose at the following link:
https://hautedish.submittable.com/submit
Please read the instructions and Note The Deadline! Here are the rules and reg's
Submissions are currently OPEN. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
**Please read carefully as our guidelines have recently changed!**
Please note that if you wish to have special formatting for your submission, please say so at the end of your submission. You can then email us the 'formatted' version if your piece gets accepted. NOTE: Please do not put your name ON your piece. Our voting process needs to be anonymous. Thank you. WHO CAN SUBMIT:
-Students currently enrolled at Metropolitan State University -- undergraduate or graduate -- may submit to any issue. Faculty, staff and alumni may submit to our Summer issue. DEADLINE FOR SUMMER 2014 IS SOMETIME IN MARCH 2014 AT THIS TIME. Submissions are accepted year-round; however, our deadline for each issue is firm. If you submit after the deadline has passed, your work will be considered for the following issue. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS:
--Fiction or non-fiction submissions: maximum of 2000 words.
--Poetry: maximum of 40 lines.
--Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please let us know ASAP if your work is accepted somewhere else.
--We are not interested in previously published work. (If it's just been on your personal blog or Website, that's fine.)
--Graphic Novels, comics or cartoons should be submitted as Visual Art, which will accept pdf files (a separate category may be added in the future if there is substantial interest).
--You may send us up to 4 submissions in any genre for each issue. RIGHTS:
If your work is accepted, we require non-exclusive print rights to publish it in one issue of our print magazine. We also require non-exclusive electronic rights indefinitely so we can include it in our online issue and archives. All other rights remain yours. Please make sure to include the following information in your Cover Letter with each piece you submit:
--Your name
--Your status at Metropolitan State (current students only please)
--A SHORT third-person biography (max. 150 words)

10/14/2026

10/02/2026

Do you have a spooky story to share? 👻 🎃 We want to hear it! Metro writers are invited to share their work at Open Mic Night on Thursday, October 8, at 6:00 p.m. in our first-floor Fireplace Lounge with us and Haute Dish of Metro State University. Bring your poems, prose, and stories, or just come to listen to others and show support. You can sign up to read your work here: forms.office.com/r/kicy8z8MJc

Note: All genres are welcome and spookiness is not a requirement for participation (though it is highly encouraged).

Image Description: Graphic with a dark blue background and a beige frame, with a microphone in the center. A QR code is included for signing up. Text reads, “Haute Dish presents Open Mic Night. Page to Stage. Poetry. Prose. Short stories. October 8. First-floor library Fireplace Lounge. 6pm – 8pm. For more information, hautedish.metrostate.edu.” The Metro State logo is included.

10/01/2026

October is here, which means we will be accepting submissions for just one more month!! Be sure to submit your short fiction, memoirs, and poetry by 11:59pm on October 31st for a chance to be published in our second annual literary anthology! 📖🍂

09/24/2026

Written works by current and former Metro State students are on view this month at the library! Thanks for featuring Haute Dish in this fantastic display, Metro State University Library and Learning Center! 📖

09/11/2026

Thank you to everyone who came to our first Open Mic Night of the semester!! We at Haute Dish and Metro State University Library and Learning Center loved spending the evening with you and hearing your wonderful work. We hope you can join us for the next Open Mic event on Thursday, October 8th! 🎙️

08/31/2026

Calling all Metro State writers and poets!! Our first Open Mic Night of the semester will be held on Thursday, September 10th at 6pm in the first-floor Library Fireplace Lounge!

Metro State students, staff, faculty, and alumni are invited to read their work aloud at this event. Poetry, prose, and short stories are welcomed. Note that each reader will have 5-7 minutes at the mic, so please prepare accordingly. To sign up, scan the QR code or head to the form linked in our bio. To watch, just show up! We hope to see you there! 🎙️

For more information, please visit hautedish.metrostate.edu or email [email protected] if you have any questions.

08/27/2026

The new academic year has begun at Metro State, which means Haute Dish submissions are OPEN now through October 31st!! Head on over to our website via the QR code or the link in our bio to learn more about this year's theme and to submit your work for a chance to be published! 📚

07/06/2026

This month’s feature is an interview by David-Elijah Nahmod with Stephanie Major, the Editor of Haute Dish: Voices of Resilience.

07/03/2026

Join us on ZOOM next Thursday, July 9 for our final Open Mic Night of the summer! You can attend this virtual event via the QR code or the link on our website. There will be no Open Mic in August due to the start of the Fall semester, but we'll be back in-person in September! For more information, visit hautedish.metrostate.edu.

We hope to see you July 9! 🎙️

05/28/2026

Come one, come all to Metro State's VIRTUAL Open Mic for writers! Join us at 6:00pm on Thursday, June 11th for an evening of poetry, prose, and short stories. This event is open to all Metro State students, alumni, staff, and faculty. PLEASE NOTE: Both the June and July Open Mics will be taking place over Zoom. We will be taking August off to prepare for the Fall semester, but will be back for in-person Open Mics beginning in September!

💻 To join us on Zoom, scan the red and white QR code or find the link on our website.

📄 If you'd like to share your work, please scan the QR code or sign up at bit.ly/metroopenmic

🌐 For more information: hautedish.metrostate.edu

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700 7th Street E
Saint Paul, MN
55106

Website

http://hautedish.metrostate.edu/, https://bookshop.org/p/books/voices-of-resilience-haute-dish-volume-1-stephanie-major/

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