The Journal of Black Mountain College Studies – OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Black Mountain College Studies has resumed publication with rolling submissions for upcoming issues.
The Journal of Black Mountain College Studies invites submissions at any time for our 2025 issue and beyond. We welcome articles, poetry, photography, visual art, sound, video, or literary reviews. We especially welcome submissions related to the theme of the recent ReVIEWING 15 Conference and BMCM+AC Exhibition, “Performance at Black Mountain College.”
Please submit an abstract or proposal and projected date for completion before submitting a full work. Your abstract/proposal should be 1-2 paragraphs (200-500 words). You may attach images that support your proposal. If you are submitting poetry, you may submit up to 10 poems.
Send all materials as email attachments to journalbmcstudies@gmail.com. Our editorial team will review your abstract/proposal and if there is interest, we will write back to you with an invitation to submit a full manuscript.
Notes on preparing a manuscript: Works published in the Journal are prepared for a general, interdisciplinary audience, and should limit technical terms (unless explained) and discipline-specific idiom. At this time we are only able to accept written contributions in English.
The review process will follow standards applicable to the work submitted. For written works we recommend not exceeding 7,000 words. Please submit text in Microsoft Word. Citations should normally follow the Chicago Manual of Style. For template, discipline-specific submission, file naming, and formatting guidelines, see the Journal Formatting Guide.
Images should be sized appropriately for Web display and include captions or identifying information.
Contributors are responsible for obtaining high-resolution images, and for acquiring any permissions that are needed for any images or written material (i.e., poems, excerpts from unpublished texts) covered by copyright, including paying any associated fees for use. Authors may consult with the editors about what permissions are required and the process of receiving those permissions before submitting an article or creative work. The editors can provide resources for the permission process.
Copyright for each work published is held by the respective author. The journal does not ask for notice from the author for further publication but does require annotated credit as the location of first publication. Works published previously may be submitted; please contact the editors to discuss copyright. The selection and arrangement of works in each issue is copyright Journal of Black Mountain College Studies and The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center.
Contact Info:
Thomas Edward Frank
Editor
journalbmcstudies@gmail.com