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MAKING SUBMISSIONS

Submissions are now open for the 2023 edition. Please read the submission guidelines carefully.

All undergraduate honors students and recent alumni of member institutions are invited to submit their research or creative projects to be considered for publication in the third volume of Illuminate. Each submission should be original and not be published in any other regional or national honors publication.

All submissions are double-blind, peer-reviewed. A student is limited to no more than two submissions for each edition of the journal.

Each submission should include a completed application, which can be found here. While identifying information should be included on the application, please remove any identifying information from the actual submission, including name, co-authors, e-mail, faculty mentor and institution. Do not include any identifying information in the file names. All text submissions should be in the form of an editable document, like Microsoft Word. PDF files are not acceptable.

Students are encouraged to submit works that are connected to the 2023 NRHC Conference Theme--Building Resilience from Tragedy: Understanding Hate, Violence, Loss, and Reconciliation. Students may read more about the theme by clicking here.

GUIDELINES

Academic Work Guidelines

The academic disciplines that are accepted include:

Business, Economics, and Technology
Education
History, Politics, and Culture
Language, Literature, and Philosophy
Natural Sciences, Psychology, and Allied Health
Media Studies and the Arts
Social Sciences (Sociology, Anthropology, Archaeology, Geography, and Jurisprudence)
Honors Education and Practices

For further description on each of these "strands" as they relate to the 2023 NRHC Conference, please click here.

Research papers are limited to a maximum of 5000 words, not including references. Each paper should include a synopsis or abstract, limited to a maximum of 250 words. References should be formatted in either APA or MLA style, depending on the standard for the discipline. Submissions should be double spaced with a size 12 Times New Roman font.

Submissions must include a clear statement of purpose and will be evaluated based on content, analysis, organization, grammar, spelling and formatting.

All digital images should be submitted as jpeg files with a high resolution of at least 300 dpi[AD1] . Images can be in black and white or color. For images that have been altered in Photoshop or any other program, both the original and altered image should be submitted. Images embedded in documents are not acceptable.

Please note that while for an NRHC conference, students create poster files via PowerPoint/other software or create a slideshow presentation, these files are not eligible for submission to the journal. Only research papers, reports, theses, etc. are eligible as academic entries to the journal.

Creative Work Guidelines

The following types of creative projects can be accepted:

Photography
Poetry
Short Fiction
Creative Nonfiction/Essay
Fine Art
Illustrations

Creative works should include a title and an artist’s statement, limited to no more than 250 words.

All digital images should be submitted as jpeg files with a high resolution of at least 300 dpi. Images can be in black and white or color. For images that have been altered in Photoshop or any other program, both the original and altered image should be submitted. Images embedded in documents are not acceptable.

Any style of poetry can be submitted.

Short fiction is limited to a maximum of 5000 words, double spaced, size 12 Times New Roman font.

Essays are limited to a maximum of 1500 words, double spaced, size 12 Times New Roman font.

SEND US YOUR SUBMISSIONS

Please click here to submit your work for consideration to Illuminate's 2023 edition.

The deadline for submissions to the 2022 edition is Sunday, May 21 at 11:59 p.m. EST.