Prairie Light Review, the Liberal Arts Journal of College of DuPage, has been published for over 40 years. This free publication, funded by Student Activities fees, is the venue for creative work in District 502. It is a partnership between Student Life and the Liberal Arts Division.
Prairie Light Review is a juried magazine that is produced twice a year in December and May by a class of student editors enrolled in English 2210. Student editors evaluate blind entries and strive to bring to the magazine’s readers the most engaging and creative work being produced in District 502.
The magazine welcomes original fiction, nonfiction, essays, and drama of 1,600 words or less; poetry of 62 lines or less; graphic essays of 12 panels or less; black and white and color photography; and 2D and 3D artwork of any medium.
In January 2019, 2021 and 2022, The Prairie Light Review was honored with the First Place Magazine award from the American Scholastic Press Association.
Print editions of Prairie Light Review can be picked up on campus in the BIC and outside of the library's main entrance in the SRC as well as the MAC during regular college operating hours.
PLR Submissions
Check back for future submission dates for Spring 2025.
Email prairielightreviewsubmissions@gmail.com for more information.
Prairie Light Review on Digital Commons
Contact Information
Trina Sotirakopulos, Advisor
Berg Instructional Center (BIC), Room 2E09H
(630) 942-2177
Email: sotirakopulost@cod.edu