Articulate invites original critical and theoretical papers of Literary & Rhetoric studies from graduate students of English Literature and Rhetoric at California State University, Northridge. We welcome work on national literatures of any language, genres, and periods.

Manuscripts should be between 2,500 and 5,000 words in length, though longer works will also be considered. Authors’ names should not appear on manuscripts; a cover sheet, with the author’s name, contact information, and the title of the essay should be included with the manuscript. Please include a short abstract as part of the cover sheet.

In preparing manuscripts, all contributors should follow the MLA Handbook, 9th ed. for future editions. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically to agse@csun.edu.

General Submission Formatting:

• All submissions should be made as .doc or .docx files.

•  Please use 12 point, Times New Roman font throughout (including notes + bibliography).

• Double space (including notes and block quotations).

• Set 1” margins on all sides of each page.

• Put page numbers in the upper right-hand corner of each page. Do not include any other material, such as a header or footer. Do not include any identifying information in the submission.

• One submission per author, please.

Open-Access: Essays published in Articulate will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). Articulate will insert the following note at the end of the published text:

© 2019 by the author(s). This work is open access and distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).