SUBMISSIONS

Call for Submissions Annual Issue

The North Meridian Review: A Journal of Culture and Scholarship is open to submissions. Each issue the journal will publish four sections: a peer-reviewed, scholarly collection of articles; a creative non-fiction, and fiction, prose section; a selection of poetry; and academic and literary book reviews.

When submitting to NMR please follow the below guidelines:

Peer-review Scholarship: OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS.

All peer-reviewed scholarship goes through a double-blind review. Authors receive either— Accept, Accept With Revisions, Revise and Resubmit, Reject. The editorial team of NMR is particularly interested in working with emerging scholars to help with revisions to get the piece ready for publication.

Articles should be between 5,000-10,000 words. Scholars interested in submitting should send their articles as an attached word document to wrbishop@jsu.edu with the subject line “NMR Article Submission” followed by the category of the piece (history, literature, etc.). Also, include a two-page CV and short (150-200 words) abstract. All articles should adhere to the Chicago Manual of Style (17th ed.).

Prose:

Send one piece (fiction, non-fiction, interview, etc.) to Managing Editor Wesley R. Bishop.

Pieces should be 7,000-10,000 word for nonfiction; 5,000-8,000 fiction. These are not firm numbers but guidelines.

Please include a short (150-200 words) abstract. All articles should adhere to the Chicago Manual of Style (17th ed.).

Poetry:

This year’s theme for our poetry section is “Looming: Creating in Uncertainty.”

Send 2-3 poems to Poetry Editor Mauve Perle Tahat (mauve.tahat@gmail.com) and Managing Editor Wesley R. Bishop (wrbishop@jsu.edu).

Send as attached word document. Include short 100-200 word bio.

Deadline: November 15, 2026.

Book Reviews:

North Meridian Review is open to both long form reviews, interviews with authors and artists, and short traditional academic book reviews.

Long form critical review essays should be 1,000-5000 words.

Interviews should be within 7,000-10,000 words.

Traditional academic book reviews should be 500-800 words. Reviewer should not have any personal conflict in reviewing the work.

All reviews should adhere to the Chicago Manual of Style (17th ed.).

Please email piece as attached word document to Managing Editor Wesley R. Bishop (wrbishop@jsu.edu) and Book Review Editor Lindsay Holman (holman@jsu.edu).