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The Rio Review grew out of a desire to showcase student creative work in the Arts and Humanities. Published twice a year, Spring and Fall, the journal features poems, prose, screenplays and artwork by students at ACC. College wide in scope, submission is open to all students. Faculty and administrative staff are welcome to submit if they are taken art or creative writing classes at ACC.

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Rio History

The Creative Writing Department and the English Department have been publishing a literary journal since the 1990 spring semester. From 1990 to 1997 Paula Robertson-Rose edited At the River's Side. From Fall 1998 to Spring 2003, Dorothy Ellis Barnett edited The Rio Review. Lyman Grant became the editor of The Rio Review in Fall 2003. At the River's Side featured poetry and fiction by students and faculty associated with the English department for the Riverside, Southwest, and Pinnacle Campuses. At that time, creative writing courses were offered by the English department. At the River's Side also included drawings by the college's art students. The Rio Review is a college-wide literary and arts journal open to all students at the college. It publishes poetry, short fiction, memoir, scenes from plays and screenplays. It also includes photographs, drawings and paintings by ACC's art students. Many issues also feature photographs of dance, ceramics, drama, masks, and a wide variety of creative activities by students at Austin Community College.

Submission Guidelines

The Rio Review accepts from ACC students:

Poems 1-7
Short fiction (short story, novel chapter, children’s) under 5,000 words
Non-fiction (memoir, essay, interview) under 5,000 words
Play or screenplay 1-2 scenes
Artwork: (photographs, preferred B&W, high contrast, preferred computer generated art, acceptable photo reproductions of painting and other forms acceptable): 4-5 submissions

To submit, please attach submission as MS Word document (JPEG for artwork) to:

rioreviewacc@yahoo.com

In the body of your email, include the following information only:

Title of submission and category
Phone number and email address
ACC Student ID# (do not include name)
Author biography: 20-50 words

Hard copies can be submitted to:
Assistant Professor Gail Folkins,
1212 Rio Grande, Attache 210,
Austin, TX 78701

Deadline for	Spring	Submissions:	December 16
	Fall	Submissions:	August 1

Please note: Submission does not guarantee publication and will not be returned. Works selected for publication may be edited.

Purchasing Information

Copies of the most recent issues of The Rio Review are currently available. Copies are free, but we do accept contributions to the ACC Creative Writing Scholarship Fund. To inquire about copies of The Rio Review contact:

Mary Rincon c/o The Rio Review
Austin Community College
Rio Grande Campus
1212 Rio Grande
Austin, Texas, 78701

Please, make the check payable to "ACC Creative Writing Scholarship Fund."