Belles Lettres seeks pieces that showcase both academic and artistic excellence, celebrating the hard work of the Upper School student body. We encourage submitting students to explore their artistic passions and creativity with their work. While Belles Lettres cannot accept each and every submission, we invite you to face the possibility of rejection and engage with the SMS community in sharing your art.
We accept poetry, short stories, personal essays, screenplays, and more! Please submit your pieces in .docx format.
For instructions on downloading your file as a .docx, click here.
Note: Belles Lettres operates under the St. Mary’s Honor Code in seeking out original content created solely by the student. The usage of AI in any submitted piece is prohibited.
Belles Lettres seeks pieces that showcase both academic and artistic excellence, celebrating the hard work of the Upper School student body. We encourage submitting students to explore their artistic passions and creativity with their work. While Belles Lettres cannot accept each and every submission, we invite you to face the possibility of rejection and engage with the SMS community in sharing your art.
FOR ART:
We accept pencil drawings, paintings, 3d mediums, photography, and more! Please submit your piece in .jpg or .png format (.jpg and .jpeg are the same).
For instructions on how to export your image to a .jpg, click here.
Note: Belles Lettres operates under the St. Mary’s Honor Code in seeking out original content created solely by the student. The usage of AI in any submitted piece is prohibited.