English Majors (Literature / Film / Humanities)

• Where to find Call-for-Papers for conferences and journals:

  • University of Pennsylvania, Department of English: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/​

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• Top Journals in the Field  

  • PMLA The journal of the Modern Languages Association of America

  • ELH English Literary History

  • Critical Inquiry​

  • Note: These are journals with broad scopes. There are at least a dozen other journals that represent each literary area and period and are likewise considered top journals, e.g. The American Quarterly and Victorian Studies.

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• Undergraduate Journals

  • Chênière: The Nicholls Undergraduate Humanities Review

  • The Sigma Tau Delta Review

  • Young Scholars in Writing: Undergraduate Research in Writing and Rhetoric

  • Soapbox

  • The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Literary Criticism

• Graduate Journals​

  • Aspeers: Emerging Voices in American Studies

  • Living in Languages

  • Scaffold: Journal for the Institute of Comparative Studies in Literature, Arts and Culture

  • Forum: University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture and the Arts

  • Postgraduate Journal of Medical Humanities

  • Comparative Media Arts Journal

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• Directory of Periodicals

  • The MLA Directory of Periodicals; requires a subscription

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• Norton Writer's Contest

  • The Norton Writer’s Prize recognizes outstanding original nonfiction by undergraduates. The contest is open to students age 18 and above who are enrolled in an accredited 2- or 4-year college or university during the 2023–2024 academic year.   ​