Publication Calendar

Reading Periods

Students are invited to submit their work and faculty are invited to nominate student work during the following open reading periods. See Submission Guidelines for details on this process. For students submitting work from the sciences, please use the Science Submission Form. All other submissions should be accompanied by the standard Submission Form.

Fall · October 15—January 15
Spring · April 15—June 15


Issue Production

During production, submissions are reviewed by graduate students from a variety of disciplines. Initially, each submitted work will receive two reader reports and a decision from the editors. Works accepted for publication will be returned to writers for revision based on the feedback provided in the reader reports. Writers may also be invited to revise and resubmit their work before it is accepted. After initial revisions, accepted works are reviewed again by a member of the editorial board. If no further revisions are required, the manuscripts are passed along to one of the journal’s copy editors. Once writers return corrected proofs, the works are prepared in digital space in preparation for the issue’s release.

For Spring Issue · January—April
For Fall Issue · August—November


Issue Release Dates

Each year, The Classic Journal releases a fall and a spring issue featuring between 5-10 works. The Current and Past issues can be accessed from the website’s top menu.

Fall · November
Spring · April