ABOUT GBC
Welcome to Great Basin College!
Great Basin College values you! Valuing what we have in common and our differences means we will foster a college climate of mutual trust, tolerance, informed discourse and always seek to promote GBC as a "safe space" to explore new ideas and perspectives with opportunities for you to grow, learn and be successful in a friendly, supportive campus environment. GBC enriches people's lives by providing student-centered, post-secondary education to rural Nevada. GBC students enjoy outstanding academic programs, smaller class sizes, and excellent faculty who really care about our students. We are GBC!
ADMISSIONS
ACADEMICS
For High School Students
STUDENT SERVICES
GBC ONLINE
Great Basin College is "The Gold Standard in the Silver State" when it comes to long-distance education and online education delivery. GBC offers hundreds of classes and a diverse array of certificate and degree programs fully online and fully affordable!
COMMUNITY
Great Basin College wants to be your choice for higher education. GBC offers associate and baccalaureate level instruction in career and technical education and academic areas. About 4,000 students are enrolled annually online from across the country and on campuses and centers across 86,500 square miles, two time zones, and ten of Nevada's largest counties. We border Arizona, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and California. We are GBC!
INFORMATION
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RESOURCES
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Toni Milano and Dori Andrepont
Argentum Editors
E-mail: argentum@
gbcnv.edu.
SUBMISSION FORM
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GBC's Argentum
Argentum is Great Basin College’s art and literary magazine devoted to highlighting the excellent artistic expression of its students, faculty and staff. Community members are also encouraged to submit work. Contributors 18 and under need a parent or guardian signature.
Submission Deadline is February 14th
Writing
- Nonfiction up to 1,500 words
- Fiction (poems, short stories) up to 5,000 words in most genres including:
- Crime/Detective/Mystery
- Drama
- Fable/Fairy Tales/Fantasy
- Historical Fiction
- Horror
- Humor
- Legend/Mythology/Tall Tale
- Science Fiction
- File name: LastNameTitle.rtf
See the Submission Guidelines PDF for complete details.
Art
- Art inspired by this year’s theme in any medium that can be photographed in color
- Cartoons
- Drawings
- Paintings
- Sculptures
- Ceramics
- Jewelry
- Fabric Art
- Glasswork
- Graphic Design
- Architectural Design
- Any other medium that can be printed for publication
- Files: JPEG or TIF (PDFs are not accepted)
- Provide the specific medium (e.g. acrylic on canvas)
- Size no smaller than 1.5MB (4 to 5MB is preferred)
- File name: LastNameTitle.jpg
See the Submission Guidelines PDF for complete details. If you need assistance photographing your work for submission, please contact the GBC Continuing Education office at 775.327.5300.
Multimedia
- Multimedia inspired by this year’s theme in any of the following:
- Videos
- Podcasts
- Sound Collages
- Original Song Compositions
- Blogs
- Journal entries
- Other art and writing-based digital technologies
- File Size: no larger than 50 MB
- File Name: LastNameTitle.mp4
- Blogs, journal entries, and other writing-based digital technologies need to meet the writing requirement submissions.
- Submission formats include MP3, MP4, or website links.
See the Submission Guidelines PDF for complete details.
Submitting Your Work
*While everyone in the GBC community is encouraged to submit work to Argentum.
Three (3) total submissions per person will be considered. Selected work will be published in Argentum in the spring of 2025.
View the Submission Guidelines, Judging Criteria, and Photography Tips PDFs for complete details. Please contact the editors via email at argentum@gbcnv.edu if you need assistance.
Argentum Submission Form Coming Soon!
For More Information Contact
Toni Milano and Dori Andrepont
Argentum Editors
E-mail: argentum@gbcnv.edu
Why Great Basin College
Great Basin College, "The Gold Standard in the Silver State", offers associate and baccalaureate level education in academic, career and technical fields. Welcoming over 4,000 students annually from all corners of the country, both online and at our various campuses and centers, GBC's presence extends across two time zones and spans more than 86,000 square miles throughout Nevada. A leader in rural higher education, GBC takes pride in developing students who are well-prepared to meet the demands of industry and who contribute to the success and prosperity of the local economy.
