CUJAH VOL. 21: CALL FOR PAPERS

Want to get published? The Concordia Undergraduate Journal of Art History (CUJAH) invites submissions for its twenty-first volume, set to be published in print in March 2025! This year, we are launching two brand new Writing Awards in collaboration with the Art History Department to highlight the academic excellence of our community.

Eligibility criteria

• Candidates must be current undergraduate students in the Fine Arts Faculty at Concordia University at the time of submission (Winter 2025 term).
• Submissions must have been written for an Art History (ARTH), Film Studies (FMST), or related media-based history class and have received a grade of A- (80%) or higher.
• Submissions must be between 750 to 2,500 words in length (excluding footnotes, bibliography, and captions).

Submissions instructions

If your submission fails to comply with the following conditions, it will be automatically disqualified. 

• Files must be anonymized. Remove your name, class, instructor, and date from all pages.
• Indicate your word count in the first page header. This is how we categorize your essay appropriately as we judge short and long-form essays separately. 
• Properly format your essay. Double-spaced, Times New Roman 12 pt., 1 inch margins, flush-left text, no extra spaces between paragraphs, Chicago Style 18th Edition (full notes and bibliography). 

Submission guidelines

• Engaging introduction. 
• Cohesive argument. 
• Refined writing.
• Minimal to no use of class lecture notes in citations.

Introducing CUJAH's Writing Awards

This year, in collaboration with the Art History Department, we are excited to launch CUJAH's first-ever writing awards, celebrating excellence in undergraduate research and writing. These awards recognize students whose essays demonstrate originality, intellectual rigor, and polished academic writing. 

• The Aurora Writing Award: Symbolizing the sudden brilliance of new ideas and insights, this award honours a short-form essay (750 to 1,250 words) that shines brightly with a concise framework.
• The Polaris Writing Award: Named after the North Star, this award celebrates a long-form essay (1,250 to 2,500 words) that serves as a guiding light, offering deep research and complex arguments that illuminate new academic directions. 

Each awardee will receive a $200 prize. Awardees will be celebrated at the launch event for our twenty-first volume, and their achievements will be featured on CUJAH's website and social media channels.

For more information on our Call for Papers or the Writing Awards, please click here. 

Please submit your paper by Tuesday, January 5th at 11:59PM.

To submit a paper, please click here.