Re:Search, the Undergraduate Literary Criticism Journal at the University of Illinois, is seeking submissions for our 2015-2016 edition!
Proposals are due November 13 at midnight. Please email uiuclitjournal@gmail.com if you are attempting to sign up on the Online Journal System.
Students currently enrolled as undergraduates at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, from any discipline or major, may submit work to Re:Search that fits our vision of the journal as a site of critical analysis. We encourage students to submit literary, media, or cultural criticism. Our audience includes university students, instructors, administration, alumni, and prospective students. In addition, there are opportunities to showcase your work at the Undergraduate Research Symposium in the spring.
This journal is supported by the English Department and the Office of Undergraduate Research and is launched in collaboration with the Scholarly Commons of the University Library. The online version is open-access and can be found on the Library Catalog and Google Scholar: ugresearchjournals.illinois.edu/index.php/ujlc. A limited print run also will be produced.
If you are interested in submitting a proposal, please attend our first Proposal Workshop on October 9 from 5-6 p.m. in room 104 of the English Building. We will be going over the format of the proposal, doing a brief workshop on drafting a prospectus and what makes a strong thesis, and offering examples of proposals that made it into the journal.
On October 23 from 4-5 p.m. in room 304 of the English Building, we will be hosting a second workshop to go over submitting proposals to our online journal. We will register you as an author and train you on how to navigate the online journal system (OJS). Instructions on how to register for those who cannot make it will be provided.
Click here to download our Call for Proposals for the 2015-2016 publication of Re:Search, including information about our journal and submission guidelines.
Click here to download example proposals, all of which made it into publication!
Click here for notes from Lori Newcomb on thesis development and reaching out to faculty as possible mentors. Professor Newcomb, as the Faculty Advisor for Re:Search, is happy to address any questions about searching for a mentor.