Before submitting your work, please ensure that you have carefully read and understood the submission guidelines outlined below. Adhering to these guidelines will facilitate the review process and increase the chances of your contribution being accepted. Thank you for your interest in collaborating with us!
Submission Guidelines & Formatting
- All submissions undergo collective review by the Zine Editorial Board (Zboard), consisting of students and faculty members. Submissions may be accepted as is, or may undergo a transparent peer review process.
- Essays, op-eds, and academic-style articles should conform to a style guide chosen by the contributor(s). We recommend that essays and op-eds fall between 250-2,500 words, and that academic-style articles not exceed 3,500 words; however, we will consider contributions of any length.
- We publish a wide variety of content produced collaboratively by faculty, staff, and students, including but not limited to: academic papers, comics, creative writing, essays, infographics, and op-eds. Submissions should fit into at least one of the following categories:
- Opinion (focused on current events on our campus and in higher education)
- Research (focused on student-faculty research projects)
- Pedagogy (focused on collaborative teaching and learning activities on campus)
- Creative/Reflective (focused on personal experiences)
- Artwork, cartoons, images, photographs, and all other visual contributions should be submitted as a PDF or JPEG. While we do not generally publish audio or video contributions, we will consider them.
- All published contributions are open-access and licensed under Creative Commons per contributor designation (choose your Creative Commons License here!). Authors maintain copyright of their original work. We ask that you please credit the original appearance in the zine if you republish elsewhere.
- Each submission form has two sections for naming a title: the first section will contain the required title of your contribution, and the second section will be an optional choice for a suggested title for the upcoming issue of the zine. This embraces the collaborative philosophy of the zine and ensures a shared sense of ownership in zine-making between contributors and the Zboard, inspired by the title patterns from American Horror Story.
Although some categories have traditionally been written in an objective, logical, or persuasive tone, we encourage contributors to express their genuine experiences. The tone can be humorous, serious, ironic, or whatever feels authentic. Consider what moments in your experience created a sense of closeness or distance while collaborating. How did you perceive your work as a shared responsibility between partners rather than one-sided? We want your contributions to reflect your lived experiences and challenge traditional notions of the roles of students, staff, and faculty.
