General Guidelines:
Latin@ Literatures is currently accepting essays, reviews, short prose fiction (up to 5,000 words), poetry (no more than 3 poems per contribution), and plastic art in visual format. Submission windows are generally open, but the review of texts is conducted during announced reading periods. Latin@ Literatures currently conducts reading periods in the summer and winter of each year, and publishes in the fall and spring.
All deadlines for special issues will be announced on the website.
All fiction, poetry, and art submissions must be representative of Latinx artistic production. All other submissions must engage in topics in Latinx culture and/or be of relevance to the Latinx community.
Please include a brief author/artist bio in the content of the e-mail.
All written works may be submitted in either English or Spanish or a combination of both languages. All written texts must adhere to current MLA standards and use end notes rather than footnotes.
Unless they exceed e-mail server capacity, all materials must be submitted electronically via e-mail attachment to: info@latinoliteratures.org. Written texts must be submitted in Microsoft Word format (.doc), plain text (.txt), and/or appropriate html file. The name of the author must not appear within the submitted text or attachment, but in the header and body of the e-mail. The word “SUBMISSION” (in all caps) must also appear in the header of the e-mail. All materials must be attached individually: one attachment file per image, per text sample, per video, etc.
Review Process:
Latin@ Literatures editors conduct all reviews of literary and artistic materials. Academic work undergoes a refereed process of assessment; the editorial board conducts an internal review before nominating texts for additional peer review. If an additional peer review is recommended, the text is sent anonymously to other professional reviewers. A final decision for publication is made upon the reviewers’ evaluation. Upon recommendation from the editorial board, academic work that is rejected may be resubmitted after revision for an additional review. Latin@ Literatures accepts work currently under review by other publications, but may chose to withdraw from review if the work is published in a publication other than Latin@ Literatures.
Copyright:
All authors and artists retain copyright and may reprint or republish with appropriate acknowledgement of its publication in Latin@ Literatures. Latin@ Literatures retains copyrights of all issues, the website, and its contents as a whole. No work may be reproduced without the author’s expressed written consent.
Multimedia:
Latin@ Literatures publishes art in visual and audio formats. All art work must be original art work and the artist is expected to own copyright of all images, sounds, and scripts used for publication. Appropriate formats for multimedia work include, mp3, html, jpeg, gif, wmv, mp4, and mov.
Contact:
For submission inquiries, please e-mail us at info@latinoliteratures.org