The MacGuffin

There are presently no open calls for submissions.

On vacation until September!! While our reading staff is on break, our office is still open. Contact macguffin@schoolcraft.edu if you need anything. Happy summer!! 😎🏖🏝🚢⛵️☀️


The MacGuffin is a triannually-published, print litmag based out of Schoolcraft College. Here are our general submission guidelines. You can find genre specific guidelines in each form.

  • We do not accept work that has been previously published in print or online.
  • Do not send revisions unless our editors have requested them. If there's a mistake with your submission, please send us a message or email macguffin@schoolcraft.edu instead of withdrawing.
  • Authors who include material under copyright in their work are responsible for receiving permission to use that copyrighted material before the magazine goes to print.
  • No cover letters are required. The information you include in the Submittable form will suffice.
  • We accept simultaneous submissions if informed. We expect prompt notification if the work is accepted elsewhere. Manuscripts may be withdrawn until we send an acceptance notification to you.
  • All withdrawals must come through Submittable, not email.
  • We do not consider translations.
  • All files must be sent as a .docx. We will not make any edits to your submission without informing you first. Authors whose work is accepted will receive galley proofs before publication.
  • Please use Times New Roman 12 pt. For work that requires specific spacing/formatting, use Palatino or Book Antiqua.
  • The MacGuffin is published by Schoolcraft College. Upon publication, all publishing rights revert back to the author. Contributors receive two copies.
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