Re:Search, the Undergraduate Literary Criticism Journal at the University of Illinois, is seeking submissions for our 2015-2016 edition!

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 in 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.

Download our Call for Proposals here or visit the Call for Proposals page to learn more.

Email uiuclitjournal@gmail.com with any questions!

Welcome back to campus!

The Department of English is hosting an Info Night on August 27 from 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. We’ll be there with print copies of the journal!

We will also be hosting our own information session on September 11, 2015  from 6-7 p.m. (English Building. 104) for those interested in joining us as authors, editors, or peer reviewers. We will provide an overview of who we are and the many ways you can get involved with our yearlong publication process.

We hope you will join us in our mission to provide a space on campus for literary criticism and foster collaboration between undergraduate students, faculty, and administration.

Please email uiuclitjournal@gmail.com or Melisa Puthenmadom (puthenm2@illinois.edu) with any questions.

We have extended the deadline for Executive Board Applications until Monday, April 13th at 11:59pm! You can find the form (downloadable as a Word Doc) at our microsite, under the Get Involved tab: publish.illinois.edu/undergradliterarycriticismjournal/links

We encourage all students of ANY standing (Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior) to apply for an Executive Board Position. This is a fantastic opportunity to be involved in a student-run academic publication, which is also searchable on Google Scholar and cataloged in the University Library!

Please email your application to uiuclitjournal@gmail.com by 11:59pm on Monday, April 13th. Email any questions to uiuclitjournal@gmail.com

Please make sure to look at our updated “Resources” page; we have added helpful research documents created by our own Harriett Green and other additional resources listed below:

Harriett Green, English and Digital Humanities Librarian of the University Library, constructed the following documents to assist undergraduate authors in their research:

How to Evaluate Sources
Introduction to Library Research Strategies
Topic Map Worksheet
For the extensive Powerpoint on research methods, click here

Take a look at the Workbook Forms made available from Dr. Wendy Belcher‘s Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success: We highly recommend utilizing the “Designing your Plan for Writing” and “Reviewing the Related Literature” templates to organize your research.

Re:Search, the Undergraduate Literary Criticism Journal at Illinois, is still seeking submissions for its Spring 2015 publication! Our Open Journal Systems portal begins accepting submissions on Wednesday, November 5th and will remain open until 5pm, Monday, November 10th. 

We offer an opportunity to publish your work, including papers written in other classes and honors seminars, a current thesis, or a thesis to be written next semester—both Fall and Spring thesis writers are encouraged to submit in an online academic journal, and we hope this change will accommodate the Spring thesis proposal deadline on November 10th.

Please see our Call for Proposals 2014-15 EXTENDED DEADLINE for information about our journal and submission guidelines. To find out how to get involved with other aspects of the journal, we will be hosting Peer Review workshops on November 3rd and 5th, rooms and times to be announced.

Re:Search, the Undergraduate Literary Criticism Journal at the University of Illinois, is seeking submissions for its Spring 2015 publication!

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 Proposal Workshop at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 2^, in room 104 in the English Building.

In addition, we are always looking for more students to join our peer review and copy-editing processes. We will be hosting workshops for these positions in the near future.

Please click here for a PDF version of the Call for Proposals  and for more information about our journal and submission guidelines. To find out how to get involved with other aspects of the journal, visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/litcritjournaluiuc and the Get Involved tab.

We hope to see you on Oct. 2! Please email us at uiuclitjournal@gmail.com with any questions.

There will be an informational session for Re:Search on Thursday, September 4th at 5:30PM in room 104 in the English Building. Come to learn how to get involved in the publication process of the journal, the submission process for articles, and to answer any questions you may have!