Rhetorical Analysis

Aydin Reyhan
Collision Magazine (collision.pitt@gmail.com)
Analysis: The editors of this journal accept the works of poetry, prose, literary criticism, and visual art/photography. The essays should be a decent length (not too long or short) and catch the reader’s eye. It needs to stand out more than the others. If one has already been published in this magazine, they are encouraged to attempt to do so again.

Poetry: One may send up to 5 poems at a time. All styles and forms are accepted. If it is an imitation, the name of the author should be included.
Prose: No more than 3000 words for this type of work should be sent in. Creative non-fiction prose includes the personal essay, narrative, travel piece, and profile.
Literary Criticism: Send a literary critical essay of no more than 3000 words. All essays must consider contemporary literature ("contemporary," in this case, means anything written within the past twenty years); or, if the essay considers older works, authors, or movements, there must be some connection made to the contemporary.
Visual Arts and Photography: Send up to 10 pieces in .jpg or .jpgs format. Visual art may include uploaded versions of photographs, sketches, paintings, or comics.
My story fits in the prose section of this site. The one I will or would submit is “The Field,” which is about the soccer game I attended. It is my first “eye” essay. It is somewhat a travel piece being that I traveled to Philadelphia to watch the game. My experiences that I heard with my ears and saw with my own two eyes are all in there. Therefore, The purpose of this piece is intended to be read by an audience that loves sports and traveling. Also, I want the audience to feel the same emotions I did when at the game. The roar of the crowd, the goals, the arguments, and competition between the two nations is what should be understood or thought about. That is all crucially important.
Representatives Essays
Subject Matter: The prose and poetry dominate the journal. They are written in a narrative voice. They are all written from a personal perspective of things they see, hear, and touch. There is even a bit of dialogue. None of the writings have anything to do with sports. Therefore, mine would be a unique addition.
Voice/Tone: There is no humor or political commentary, just serious reflection. Writers present their experiences from their lives as if they are telling us in person.
Form: The journal chose to put prose before poetry. After every sentence, they begin at a new line, even if it is not the beginning of a new paragraph. The poetry is short but very descriptive. The grammar seems not to be corrected in some of the pieces so I do not know if it was done on purpose or not. There is one poem where the writing is small and placed on different spots of the page, as opposed to putting it all in one long form line by line.
Artistry: They are all quite literary and narrative. However, they are not too journalistic. None of the pieces seemed to have been taken out of a journal of any sort. Some describe important scenes from their lives with words that fit perfectly within.
Length: Some of the prose pieces are 3-4 pages while the poetry is no more than 1-2.
Number of Pieces Accepted: 14 per publication (Prose and Poetry)
Pay: 1st Prize-$250
2nd Prize-$135
3rd Prize-$100
Cover-$100
Manuscript requirements: All written work should be sent in a .doc document. The author’s name should not be included within the document of the submitted work. With the attached material, your name, contact info, and school name should be included in the body of the e-mail. One must be an undergraduate in order to submit his/her work.
There are no reading dates.