Letter & Line (formerly known as Alembic) is a literary and arts magazine sponsored by the Creative Writing Program at Portland Community College's Sylvania campus. It appears once a year, at the end of winter term.

The publication highlights the creative work of PCC students--stories, poems, drawings, photographs,  paintings, and other artworks. Faculty, staff, and community members are welcome to submit along with students.

Letter & Line is published digitally.

General Guidelines

• Submissions are accepted from December 1 to around February 15
• Submit up to 5 poems, 5 stories, 5 scripts, 5 pieces of creative nonfiction, 5 photographs, and 5 artworks.
• Submit up to 1,000 words for each story, script, or nonfiction submission.
• Title each submitted item, and submit each as a separate file (.jpeg, .tiff, .doc, .docx, or .rft are all okay; please do NOT submit .pdf's), up to 5 files for each category.
• A cover letter accompanying the first uploaded file should contain a brief bio, e-mail address, US Mail address, phone number, and the titles of works submitted.
• The Alchemy/Letter & Line Editing and Publishing class reserves editorial control of all material submitted and protects all rights.

Consider also submitting to our annual publication, Alchemy Literary Magazine, 80-100 pages in full color and perfect bound. Submission deadline is in March, publication mid-June.

Letter & Line Literary Magazine • Division of English and World Languages

Portland Community College • PO Box 19000 • Portland, OR 97280-0990

To see the previous edition of Letter & Line: http://www.pcc.edu/about/literary-magazines/letter-line/

Letter & Line is the publication formerly known as Alembic. To see previous versions of Alembic, visit: www.pcc.edu/alembic • alembic@pcc.edu