This document provides details on typesetting and layout requirements pertaining to final manuscript submission to Critical Humanities.

Submit your article, essay, paper, or book review by using our submission portal. If you would like to reach out to us first about your submission, please feel free to contact us at criticalhumanities@marshall.edu. Before uploading your work to the journal site, please remove any identifying author information. All submissions go through a double-blind, peer review process. Reviews would typically take 1-2 months and depending on how long it takes authors to make all recommended revisions, submissions will be published in the next available issue.

As CH is an interdisciplinary journal, we publish essays, papers, case studies, reflection papers and autoethnographic narratives including visual essays written by scholars, researchers, and creative artists whose work dwell on the challenges and issues facing the Global South, US South and ethnic and indigenous American literature and culture.

A submission in any category must meet the following standards for CH publication:

The submission should contribute in some way to an ongoing debate, issue, question or concern in the field of humanities and social sciences. It must be unpublished, and not accepted for publication elsewhere in print or electronically. It is the responsibility of the author to secure any permissions to reproduce copyrighted images, figures or content. By submitting the work to CH, you are stipulating that the submission is original and plagiarism-free. Your submission may include topics which are controversial but should approach these topics with the sensitivity the global audience warrants. While writing about such topics, please provide the context necessary to understand why they are essential for the discussion at hand.

As the journal is multidisciplinary, authors are encouraged to provide reasonable context to the layperson reader to follow the discussion; for this, footnotes, references, or in-text information may be useful. Specialty language is encouraged to the degree that it advances the argument in a manner not easily accomplished in its absence; “jargon” is acceptable as an avenue toward greater understanding, not as a tool for exclusion. Book reviews and interviews, again, must address the topics and concerns within the field of humanities and social sciences.

Manuscript Presentation

Abstract

An abstract and any keywords should be included in the same file as the article. Abstracts should be 150-350 words in length. Authors should include any keywords or phrases about their research methodology and subject.

Length

Essays should range from 5,000-10,000 words; reviews from 1,500-3,000 words. Larger pieces chosen for publication may be selected for serialization, appearing in parts across multiple issues with the permission and collaboration of the author. Follow-ups to previously published pieces or ongoing series will be considered, so long as they have additive utility.

Language and Spelling:

CH publishes works written in English. Quotes from languages other than English must be translated into English. If you are writing about a text that is bilingual or was originally written in a language other than English, please provide a translation in English. Use American spelling.

Style

Manuscripts should be written in 12-point font (Ariel preferred) and should be single-spaced with 1” margins (including graphics and figures). Do not include page numbers or headers or footers. All illustrations, tables, or graphics should be captioned accordingly. For intext citation, Works Cited and all other style matters, please follow the current edition of The Chicago Manual of Style.

CH uses the Notes and Bibliography option. You may find more information on how to use this option here:

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Submit the manuscript as a single file (Word, RTF or PDF are accepted).