Submission
Submission Requirements
Audeamus is open to any written or visual work created while enrolled as a honors student in an undergraduate program at any University of California campus. If your campus does not have an honors program, you can submit if you are a member of a recognized honors society.
Although we do not like to put limits on our journal, here are some possible ideas for what you can submit to Audeamus: Photography, engineering schematics, art, architectural blueprints, pictures of sculpture, research papers, research synopses, literature analyses, poetry, short stories, journalism, creative nonfiction, well-done doodles, original recipes, cartography projects…
You can submit original pieces and pieces that you have submitted for a class.
The Limitations
- Written works should be no longer than 12 printed pages (8.5x11 inch paper, 1 inch margins, single-spaced 12pt Times New Roman/12.5 pt Garamond)
- Visual works must be “digitizable” through either high-resolution scanning, photography, or other means that produces a copy suitable for publishing. (Contact the editorial board if you need assistance with your work.) We reserve the right to reject a piece of work if the quality of the copy is not up to printing standards. We also may request a higher quality copy of your piece. This is not a guarantee of publication.
- Submissions must display scholarly or artistic merit as determined by the Audeamus editorial board.
- Submissions must be either plain text (.txt), rich text (.rtf), or Word (.doc, .docx) formats. For Word, we expect to provide a base document for submitters to use, to ensure consistent styling. This should be available soon. (The basic idea is that we prefer you use the defaults, without changing fonts, sizes, etc, unless you know how to use Styles. We also prefer no additional styles be created. This helps translate documents to our layout much more easily.)
- Potentially controversial topics are okay: as long as the topic is handled in an appropriately academic or artistic manner.
- Raciness, profanity, and other controversial elements are permitted as long as there is clear and distinguishable purpose in relation to the overall themes and goals of the piece.
- Grammar and spelling errors will be taken as a sign that the piece has not been thoroughly prepared for publication and will typically result in rejection of the piece.
- Citations and other style decisions should be consistent for whatever style manual appropriate for your discipline. If you're in doubt, we recommend the Chicago Manual of Style, available online or at most libraries. Incorrect or incomplete citations may result in immediate rejection.
- All of text should be original or properly cited, including a full bibliography if applicable. A bibliography that is incomplete or absent may result in immediate rejection.
I still have questions
We will attempt to answer your question. Just e-mail editor@audeamusjournal.org.