The Fresno City College Review (formerly known as The Ram's Tale) is published each year by Fresno City College, showcasing student work in creative writing, art, and photography. The authors and the artists retain all rights to their work. 

Deadline: April 30, 2025

Writing

Submissions of writing are accepted only via email.  Submit to the instructor based upon writing genre, listed below. 

Make sure your name, the title, and genre of the piece is included in the content of the file you send.

An email must accompany all submissions with the following information:

• full name
• phone number
• email address
• title of the work
• genre

Poetry 
Michelle Patton, or michelle.patton@fresnocitycollege.edu

For poetry, submit 1-5 poems, totaling no more than ten pages in one document.  Start a new poem on each page. 

Fiction 
Monique Quintana, or monique.quintana@fresnocitycollege.edu

For fiction, send up to 3 short stories (1000 words or less per story). 

Flash Fiction 
Ernesto Reyes, or ernesto.reyes@fresnocitycollege.edu 

For flash fiction, send up to 3 short stories (500 words or less per story).

Creative Non-fiction 
Sallie Saiz, or sallie.saiz@fresnocitycollege.edu

For creative non-fiction, send up to 3 essays (1000 words or less per story or personal essay). 

Submissions must be your own original content. You retain the copyright to your work. Your submissions should be your best possible work. Revisions of already-submitted work will not be accepted.  

The Fresno City College Review editing team reserves the right to perform corrective editing. We will do everything in our power to contact you before any other editing to your work is performed.

All work submitted via email constitutes your understanding and agreement of all information listed on this submissions webpage. 

Photography

Submit through email to Sara Deasy: sara.deasy@fresnocitycollege.edu

• No more than five photos may be submitted by each person each year.
• Digital photos or scans of film photography prints should be at least 4x6 inches and 300 dpi to ensure good print quality if they are selected for publication.
• Submissions must be your own original content. You retain the copyright to your work.
• Your submissions should be your best possible work. Revisions of already-submitted photographs will not be accepted.
• All work submitted via email must include the following information:
  • full name
  • phone number
  • email address
  • title of the work

All work submitted via email constitutes your understanding and agreement of all information listed on this submissions webpage.

Art

Submissions must be your own original content. You retain the copyright to your work and your submission will be returned to you after it has been reviewed by the judges. Your submissions should be your best possible work. Revisions of already-submitted submissions will not be accepted.

Please place your submission in a protective envelope.  On the envelope, please include the following information:

• full name
• phone number
• email address
• title of the work

Bring this envelope to the office of Ricardo Rivera in AH-104.  If he is not in his office, please email him at: ricardo.rivera@fresnocitycollege.edu 

The Fresno City College Review editors do not take responsibility for lost or damaged original art submitted for review and publication. All possible means will be taken to not damage artwork in the course of review for publication. Small pieces of artwork should be placed in a manila folder for protection. 

Printed editions will be available in the Humanities Division Office.