SUBMIT WORK

Submissions are now open for the 2020-2021 issue of the Digital Literature Review, “Food Matters in Literature and Culture.”

If at any time you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact the staff at the Digital Literature Review.

Please e-mail all queries to the Digital Literature Review at dlr@bsu.edu and submit your essays here.

 

Submissions are now open for the 2020-2021 issue of the Digital Literature Review, “Food Matters in Literature and Culture

Please submit your essays through our OpenJournals site: https://openjournals.bsu.edu/dlr/about/submissions.

Submissions are now open for the 2020-2021 issue of the Digital Literature Review, “Food Matters in Literature and Culture.” We welcome original, engaging submissions that consider representations of food in literature, film, television, or popular culture. In particular, we are interested in scholarly essays that consider food as a vehicle for exploring issues of inequity and empowerment, including but not limited to race, gender, class, ability, sexuality, and nationality. For example, how does food function as an expression of identity, as well as a common language bridging sociocultural, political, and economic gaps? Alternatively, how do writers, directors, and artists use food or the lack thereof as a symbol of current and historical inequities and traumas? We also welcome submissions that examine representations of food within the context of the COVID-19 public health crisis.

We expect essay submissions to be well-researched and to contribute to an on-going scholarly conversation. Submissions should be between 2,500 and 5,000 words and adhere to MLA citation and formatting guidelines, including using double spacing and 12 pt. Times New Roman font. Essays should also be submitted as a Word document. For formatting examples, see this past issue of the Digital Literature Review. Please direct any questions to dlr@bsu.edu and submit your essays here through our OpenJournals site. All submissions are due by Friday, January 15, 2021.

 

 

Essay Submission Guidelines

  • To be eligible to submit, you must have been an undergraduate student in 2019, even if you have now graduated.
  • Paper submissions should be saved as a Microsoft Word document.
  • Papers should be in MLA style format.
  • Papers should be between 2,500 and 5,000 words.
  • Submissions are to be well researched and must contribute to ongoing scholarly conversations.
  • All submissions will be blindly reviewed, so please do not put your name on your essay.
  • Submissions will close on January 15, 2020.

Blog Submission Guidelines

  • To be eligible to submit, you must have been an undergraduate student in 2020, even if you have now graduated.
  • Posts should address the theme of “Food Matters in Literature and Culture” and be sent to dlr@bsu.edu.
  • Blog submissions should be saved as a Microsoft Word document.
  • Posts should be in MLA style format.
  • Posts should be between 700 and 900 words.
  • Possible Blog submissions may include but are not limited to: reviews of movies, books or television programs, short analyses of texts or of individual episodes or portions of texts, interesting findings that emerge from a research project, journalistic pieces, creative writing, etc.
  • Submissions will close on January 15, 2020.

Artwork Submission Guidelines

  • To be eligible to submit, you must have been an undergraduate student in 2020, even if you have now graduated.
  • Please save your artwork as a high resolution JPEG.
  • Artwork should be original photography, digital or traditional prints. We will NOT accept photographs of sculptures or 3D media.
  • Submit up to 5 works for review at a time.
  • When you submit, please include a short (3–5 sentences) biographical statement and a rationale (4–6 sentences) for your piece/pieces in the body of the email.
  • Send submissions to dlr@bsu.edu.
  • Submissions will close January 15, 2020.

What happens next?

  • The editing team will carefully review your essay and decide whether or not your work is suitable for our current issue.
  • If accepted, you will have a chance to revise your piece and return it to the Digital Literature Review. Along with this, you will need to include an abstract and a short bio about yourself.