04/22/2026
JOIN US MAY 6TH ✍️✨
We’ll have food for all! You’ll also have opportunity to meet the team, view submissions, and talk to one another ✨
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Beyond Thought is a creative arts journal at UNLV that promotes artistic freedom among undergraduate students from different backgrounds across the country.
We cultivate an environment where your artistic ambition can flourish. SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN!
04/22/2026
JOIN US MAY 6TH ✍️✨
We’ll have food for all! You’ll also have opportunity to meet the team, view submissions, and talk to one another ✨
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🌗 “Beyond Thought asks Rebels…“ 🌗
Need inspiration for this prompt? See what other UNLV students have to say about it!
Be sure to submit to our journal by April 24th for a chance to be featured. Share your story!
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03/30/2026
CALLING ALL REBELS…
🗳️ Vote for Beyond Thought for Oustanding Student Organization! 🗳️
Focused on creative expression, we aim to connect Rebels from all backgrounds under a unifying journal theme every semester.
Check the post for information on how to nominate us!
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02/10/2026
SPRING 2026 SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!
This semester’s theme is… METAMORPHOSIS 🌓.
✩ Definition: a type of tale focusing on a transformation into a new shape.
✩ To submit, follow this link (also in our bio): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdN9V8xWsv4oT2YOeZMo—ME3oMALDSzgO0fmCRYMraBfKMjg/viewform
✩ Submissions due on April 24th, 11:59 PM.
✩ Think rebirth, remodel, and new beginnings. What motivates you to transform? What does transformation mean to you?
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11/30/2025
Hello creatives!!
The Beyond Thought team would like to cordially invite you all to our Submitter Showcase! It will be at 5:30pm in the Cohen Theatre in the Student Union. Come hear stories, poetry, and see the art that was accepted into our journal this semester.
Students worked very hard on these works and we would all love it if you would join us to celebrate them!
DM us or email us [email protected] for any questions. We hope to see you all there! Stay creative!
11/08/2025
Hey creatives!
In just 7 days, our Fall 2025 Submissions will close! Click the link in our bio and see our guidelines to submit. Our prompt for this semester is: Fairytales and Folklore. You can submit any works that might fit into the theme of enchanted, mythical, whimsical, timeless, mystical, and otherworldly!
Follow the link here: https://forms.gle/wR1vJyiYkJYjWqW9A
We publish fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, multimedia, performing arts, and 2D/3D art.
If you have any questions, please email us at [email protected] or DM us! Our team is looking forward to reviewing what you come up with!
10/14/2025
Hey everyone! We are in the final countdown of submissions being open. They will close November 14th, just one month away! Still want to submit? Check out the link in our bio and see our guidelines. If you have any questions please email us at [email protected] or DM us. Our team is looking forward to see what you come up with!
09/11/2025
FALL SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN!!!
The prompt this semester is: Fairytales and Folklore!! Now is the time to bring out your inner whimsy and combine it with your creativity!
Applications will close November 14th. Follow the link here: https://forms.gle/wR1vJyiYkJYjWqW9A
Pls DM or email us at [email protected]
07/04/2025
We have a temporary website for the summer while we sort out funding and technical difficulties. Our most recent issue, Volume 9: Horror, is available to read now 👻🕸️
Thank you for your patience during this—we are excited to be able to still have the journal up! Keep an eye out for submissions in the fall and physical copies of the journal at future events 🪄
05/03/2025
In case you missed it: Our Fall 2024-Spring 2025 Issue is now live on our website! Get scared with our wonderful submitters’ pieces 🕸️🕷️ you can find the link in our bio to start reading.
Have a ghoulish time 🧟♂️
04/09/2025
Mark your calendars—our highly anticipated horror issue is dropping on April 30th! 🖤 Get ready for a chilling mix of art, stories, and nightmares that’ll haunt you long after. Stay tuned!
03/27/2025
Gerald the Rabbit is going above and beyond (thought) helping table at the book fair.
Our next issue is dropping April 30th! Are you ready 😈👻?