Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

• Author produced the work as an undergraduate, and is either currently enrolled at an undergraduate institution or a recent alum (i.e. graduated within the same calendar year).
• Work has not been previously submitted to CJA, and has not been published by another journal nor is it being currently considered for publication elsewhere.
• Submission is uploaded as a single Microsoft Word document.
• Submission is structured as: (1) cover sheet with the author name, class year, major(s), university, university-affiliated email; (2) manuscript, containing the research/creative content; (3) bibliography (mandatory for research papers, only when applicable for creative works).
• Manuscript has no personally identifying information such as author name, university, or class year (note that creative works that make reference to the author’s identity are still permissible).
• Bibliography (for research papers and, when applicable, creative works) is formatted in accordance with the Author Guidelines.
• For research papers: (1) manuscript is 1,500-4,000 words (notes) or >4,000 words (for articles); (2) double-spaced, Times New Roman, with 1” margins and page numbers; (3) contains a 150-300 word abstract at the start of the manuscript.
• For creative works: (1) manuscript is under 2,000 words; (2) single-spaced for poetry, double-spaced for prose; (3) Times New Roman, with 1” margins and page numbers.