SUBMIT REVIEW/CREATIVE WRITING/VISUAL ARTS
Deadlines
The EXTENDED submission deadline for Course Papers/Essays is March 17, 2025.
The submission deadline for Creative Writing/Visual Arts is March 1, 2025.
The submission portals are now live.
If you have any questions about submitting, please reach out to us at otherlitjournal@duke.edu.
FAQs
Who can submit?
At this time, we are only looking for submissions from Duke undergraduates in any department.
What kinds of pieces is Other looking for?
We are looking for submissions of work in the following categories:
- Completed academic papers or essays
- Reviews of contemporary culture, including visual art, films, performance, books, music, etc.
- Creative writing (fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction)
- Artwork, including photography, painting, and illustration
You can send us multiple submissions, provided you aren’t submitting the same thing multiple times.
Prose submissions should be no more than 3,000 words or 10 double-spaced pages, and poetry submissions should be at max 5 pages.
For artwork, please send us three to five images of original work to choose from with a resolution of at least 300dpi. You also should send an abstract up to 500 words about your work.
(Note: If you would like to have captions for your photographs or illustrations, then please submit those along with your abstract.) Works created with the assistance of AI will not be accepted at this time.
If you’re interested in submitting something you think fits the theme but doesn’t conform to the guidelines above, send us an email at otherlitjournal@duke.edu and we’ll discuss it.
What is Other’s peer review process like, and how does it work?
Peer review typically a standard part of publishing with an academic journal, where an article is reviewed anonymously by colleagues working in the same field. For this reason, the peer review process will only apply to academic papers or essay submitted to Other.
For us, peer review refers to how we handle our editorial process for academic papers and essays. These will be reviewed by the undergraduate students on our editorial board, who will decide what pieces will be published.
Successful contributors who have submitted academic essays will be notified by late February. At that point, they will be assigned to work with one of the members of the editorial board who will copy-edit the paper and provide them with feedback the contributor can incorporate. Once that’s done, the submission will also be reviewed by a faculty member on the undergraduate committee who may provide further comments. From start to finish this should only take a month, and once both peer reviewers have signed off the piece will be ready for publication.
We will aim to notify submitters who aren’t chosen for publication by early March but we are unable to provide feedback on unsuccessful submissions at this time.
What is the editorial process like for all other submissions?
We will let contributors of creative work who are accepted know by early March. Unlike academic papers, these submissions will not go through a review process and will be printed in the same form they were accepted in.
When will this year’s issue will be released, and how can I get a copy?
Our second issue will come out at the end of the semester and will be available at our release party in late April (date TBA). We will also be distributing copies across campus. All copies of Other are free.
If you have any other questions or concerns — including ones about submissions or our editorial process not answered here — please email us at otherlitjournal@duke.edu.
