Academic Work Guidelines

 

The academic disciplines that are accepted include:

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• 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

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For further description on each of these "strands" as they relate to the 2026 NRHC Conference, please click here.

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Academic 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. Papers with footnotes can be considered, but please know that contributors will be required to remove and format footnotes to the Illuminate style guidelines. All submissions should be double-spaced with a size 12 Times New Roman font. 

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

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All digital images should be submitted as .jpg or .png 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. Images must be open access if they are to be published by this journal. If authors do not own the rights to the images, they will be asked to provide hyperlinks to the original image so the journal can link to the images directly. Further, for authors in the sciences who have papers with multiple formulas, tables, etc., those must be formatted as .jpgs or .pngs for publication by the author. 

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

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Creative Work Guidelines

 

The following types of creative projects can be accepted:

• Photography

• Poetry

• Short Fiction

• Creative Nonfiction/Essay

• Fine Art

• Illustrations

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Creative works should include a title and an artist’s statement, limited to no more than 250 words, which helps to frame and contextualize the artist's work. All digital images should be submitted as .jpg 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. 

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Any style of poetry can be submitted.

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

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