Author Guidelines

Articles

Article submissions should be between 3,500–6,000 words, including footnotes and bibliography. For style and spelling conventions use the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 2nd ed., and the Chicago Manual of Style, 16th ed. Citations should be in the humanities style (numbered footnotes) as set forth in Chicago.

Creative work

Original literary or artistic work will be considered. Submissions of short fiction or creative non-fiction, including personal essay, memoir, and creative cultural criticism, should be 1,000–3,500 words long. Poetry submissions should include three to six poems.

Photographers or artists are invited to submit three to eight images related to this theme. The images should be such that could reproduce well in a small format. Colour images will be considered, though the number of coloured pages we can include is limited. Send images in a high-resolution digital format and include a 300–600 word artist’s statement that speaks to the images submitted. Please do not send the original artwork.

Reviews and interviews

Review essays may be from 1250-3000 words in length and book reviews should be between 500 and 1000 words.

Abstract and keywords

Please provide a 150 word abstract with your submission and a list of keywords for indexing purposes.

Document preparation

Please prepare your document as follows:

• Use MSWord or RTF format
• Text should be double spaced, using a 12-point font
• For spelling, use Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 2nd ed.
• Citations should be in the humanities style (numbered footnotes) as set forth in Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed.
• Provide a bibliography at the end of your article
• Italicize titles (no underline)
• Use double quotation marks for all quotations and special terms (no single quote marks except for "quotes within quotes")
• Minimal formatting only (no running heads, footers, etc.)
• Number your pages at the bottom centre of the page
• use one space only (not two) after periods and and colons
• Provide captions for all figures, tables and images
• Provide URLs for references, where available

Permissions

Do not submit materials for which you do not have copyright permission. Permissions are likely to be required for artwork, photos, poems, and citations over 100 words. If you are planning to include such material, you must obtain permission from the copyright holder and enclose a copy of this permission with your submission.

Cover page

Please attach a cover page with title of the work, your name, affiliation and full contact information. To facilitate our process of anonymous reading, the author’s name should only appear on the cover sheet, not on the submission. For more information, read about  Ensuring a Blind Review.

Submission Instructions

Please e-mail your submission to illumine [at] uvic.ca.

Eligibility

Prospective contributors should be currently enrolled graduate students at a post-secondary educational institution. Please do not send submissions that have been previously published, or submissions that are under consideration for publication elsewhere.