Open Call for Undergraduate Papers

Film Matters, published by Intellect, is seeking papers written by undergraduate film scholars

for issues 11.1 and 11.3 (2020). For more information about Film Matters, please visit:

• https://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=187/

Aims

Film Matters is an exciting film magazine, celebrating the work of undergraduate film scholars. It is published three times a year, by students and for students, and each issue contains feature articles, as well as a healthy reviews section.

Submission process

Calls for papers are open to any undergraduate student currently enrolled at an

institution of higher learning worldwide and working toward a Bachelor’s degree in any

field. Recent graduates are also eligible, providing they submit to a call, the deadline for

which occurs within six months from their graduation date (or up to a year, providing

that the recent graduate is not enrolled in graduate school). Any original piece of written

scholarship involving film criticism, history, or theory will be considered for publication.

By submitting a paper for a call, authors are certifying that: (1) they are undergraduate

students, currently enrolled at an institution of higher learning and working toward

a Bachelor’s degree (or they are recent graduates of twelve months or fewer from the

date of the call deadline, providing they are not enrolled in graduate school); (2) their

submitted essays are original pieces of written scholarship, authored solely by them,

and have not been published in any form, in any publication, heretofore; and (3) their

submitted essays are not concurrently under review for publication in ANY other

magazine or journal.

Submissions should be written in English and range from 2,500 to 4,000 words in

length, with 3,000 words being the ideal target. They should be scholarly in nature, with

references to research formatted according to MLA guidelines (8th edition). Essays

incorporating images or that could easily incorporate images are of particular interest.

Furthermore, they should make a well-supported argument and not simply report. Please

limit your submissions to one per author, per call.

After a pre-screening, submissions will undergo a blind peer-review process, typical of

scholarly journals. Referee comments will be returned to those authors who progress

beyond the pre-screening; unfortunately, due to the high number of submissions, the

editorial board is unable to provide comments to those papers that do not make it past

this point. Authors of accepted papers will be expected to work closely with the FM

editorial board to revise their pieces prior to publication. Please include a cover sheet,

which includes the author’s name, title of essay, institutional affiliation, and contact

information; all other identifying information should be removed from the body of the

text, in order to aid the blind peer-review process.

Please email submissions as Microsoft Word email attachments to:

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Submissions should be received by

• February 1, 2019, for consideration in issue 11.1

• September 1, 2019, for consideration in issue 11.3

All questions should be referred to Liza Palmer ([log in to unmask]).