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The prose included in Runestones is submitted by students
and former students of Carl Albert State College. There are no specific length,
style, or content requirements--although students must comply with all Submission Guidelines--for each submission of prose. We
encourage writers to be highly original and creative to maintain the level of quality
writing required for this online anthology.
Because the distinction between prose and poetry can sometimes be difficult to
ascertain, we have compiled the following to assist you with determining the genre of your
particular submission:
What is Our
Definition of Prose? |
| Since the dictionary's definition of prose as
"ordinary language, as distinguished from poetry or verse," may not be viewed as
exactly beneficial to our writers, we have compiled the following definitions/examples.
1. Prose should tell a story, whether fictional or non-fictional, and
have a clear beginning and end.
2. Prose selections should be creative works worthy of publication in a
creative writing anthology.
3. Prose themes should deal with those universal qualities which affect
all--past and present--humankind.
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"My
tongue is the pen of a ready writer."
--The Psalmist, King David |
"I'm
all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start
with typewriters."
--Solomon Short |
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A
Comical Example of Bad Prose
"Many people think that history is a dull subject.
Dull? Is it 'dull' that Jesse James once got bitten on the forehead by an
ant, and at first it didn't seem like anything, but then the bite got worse and worse, so
he went to a doctor in town, and the secretary told him to wait, so he sat down and
waited, and waited, and waited, and waited, and then finally he got to see the doctor, and
the doctor put some salve on it? You call that dull?"
--Jack Handey |
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