Calls for Papers

The University of Michigan’s undergraduate philosophy journal, Meteorite, is seeking submissions for its Spring 2024 edition. You can learn more about us, view our past editions, and find the submission criteria on our website: meteorite.philosophy.lsa.umich.edu. We have been active since 1998 and have featured a wide variety of philosophical disciplines and philosophers in our journals, and we welcome thoughtful and philosophical submissions of any kind. Submissions will be accepted until January 15, 2024.


Episteme, Denison University’s internationally recognized undergraduate journal of philosophy, is seeking quality papers for Volume 35, to be published in September of 2024. 

We have recently published our 34th Volume, which can be viewed here. As always, we were thrilled to have received submissions from around the world and to have had the opportunity to support the diversity of ideas that undergraduate students offer.

Attached, you will find a Call for Papers for Volume 35 of Episteme. We encourage you to distribute it among your undergraduates in philosophy and promising students seeking publication. To be eligible for consideration, paper submissions must be received by midnight, Wednesday, December 20, 2023. Any inquiries may be directed to episteme@denison.edu. 


Brown university’s undergraduate journal of philosophy A Priori is seeking thoughtful philosophy papers for its 7th Volume, to be published Spring 2024. We have recently published our 6th Volume, which can be found here. Attached, you will find a Call for Papers for Volume 7. To be eligible for consideration, paper submissions must be received by December 23, 2023 at 11:59PM ET. Any inquiries may be directed to a-priori@brown.edu


Simpliciter, is a new undergraduate journal of philosophy at Brandeis University located in Waltham, Massachusetts. We aim to recognize excellent works of philosophy produced by undergraduates, and we are accepting submissions for our inaugural edition, to be published in the spring of 2024.

We are looking for philosophy papers from undergraduate students at universities around the world. We will consider papers that make novel contributions to fields such as aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, political philosophy, and more, across a variety of philosophical traditions, and are primarily interested in papers which address an audience trained in Western philosophy.

Submission Guidelines 

Papers must be submitted here (https://forms.gle/chgZWjgSwKY6cQ5u7) by the end of Sunday, January 7th, 2024 to be considered for acceptance. Please familiarize yourself with our guidelines below before submitting:

  • You must be a current undergraduate at a post-secondary institution, or you must have graduated from such an institution within the past six months.

  • Your paper should not be published or under review at any other sources.

  • Your paper should be no longer than 3000 words. At the top of your PDF, include an abstract of about 300 words.

  • Your paper should be written in English, in Times New Roman 12 point font, double spaced, and formatted as a PDF. No personal information (e.g., name, university) should appear within the PDF.

For more information about Simpliciter and some useful writing resources, please visit our website. If you have any questions or comments, reach out to simpliciter.brandeis@gmail.com. You can also sign up for our mailing list here to stay updated.


Conferences

Journals

We are Simpliciter, a new undergraduate journal of philosophy at Brandeis University located in Waltham, Massachusetts. We aim to recognize excellent works of philosophy produced by undergraduates, and we are accepting submissions for our inaugural edition, to be published in the spring of 2024.

Why Simpliciter?

  1. Dedicated editing team. Our editing team is composed of Brandeis University undergraduates, who have studied under a highly-ranked philosophy department. We strive to give constructive feedback and to work closely and productively with authors whose submissions are accepted.

  2. Putting student works on the map. Too often quality undergraduate work in philosophy flies under the radar. At Simpliciter, we try to ensure that each author’s work is appreciated by a wider audience.

  3. Spring conference. In addition to authors whose works are accepted into the journal, a larger number of authors may be invited to present about their work at our spring/summer conference. Details to be finalized at a later date.

Stance: An International Undergraduate Philosophy Journal is produced and edited entirely by undergraduate students. We aim to enrich student learning by providing an opportunity for undergraduate students to have their original scholarly work reviewed by or published in a peer-reviewed academic journal.

Episteme is a student-run journal that aims to recognize and encourage excellence in undergraduate philosophy by providing examples of some of the best work currently being done in undergraduate philosophy programs. Episteme is published under the auspices of Denison University’s Department of Philosophy. We publish a journal in print each Spring. We are proud to announce the twenty-seventh volume of Episteme, which you can download from Episteme’s website. Specially requested print editions have been shipped. This year’s submissions spanned a diverse body of philosophical literature from philosophy of feminism to Kripke’s philosophy of language, and they included authors as far-flung from as the Kyoto University. We hope that an even broader host of students are encouraged to participate in the next volume.

Discussionsis an undergraduate run, peer-reviewed research journal that publishes undergraduate research in all fields of study. Discussions publishes several times every year.

Lex Modestumis a student run undergraduate philosophy journal dedicated to providing opportunities to aspiring philosophers. We accept original philosophical works from undergraduate students in both Analytic and Continental strains of thought. Along with the traditional essay format, we are also interested in presenting unique philosophical ideas via original modes of presentation (e.g. dialogues, poems, artwork, and short stories).

The Philosophy Club at University of California, Irvine is proud to announce the commencement of Falsafa ([n.] ‘Philosophy’ in Urdu), our biannual undergraduate philosophy journal. This is a wonderful opportunity for students to get involved in formal, academic philosophical discourse. For those looking to do graduate-level work in philosophy or simply pursue academia, submitting to Falsafa will be an exciting and beneficial opportunity. Moreover, Falsafa aims to highlight philosophical ideas and research in marginalized/underrepresented sub-disciplines, and aims to encourage work by undergraduates within the same.  Falsafa welcomes submissions on topics pertaining to all areas of philosophy and encourages undergraduates from all universities, majors, and backgrounds to submit creative works. The following is a non-exhaustive list of potential paper topics:

  • Analytic Philosophy
  • Continental Philosophy
  • Epistemology
  • Ethics
  • Logic
  • Metaphysics

Authors retain full control and ownership over their work.

Aperto Animo (ISSN 2694-667X), affiliated with the Philosophy Dept. at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Aperto Animo is a student-run, not-for-profit publication registered with the Library of Congress and excited to offer students the opportunity to have their academic writing on philosophy, theology, political science, or related multidisciplinary studies published in our 2024-2025 issue.

Meteorite is the undergraduate philosophy journal at the University of Michigan. We have been active since 1998, and we’ve published annually since 2018. This year, we’re trying something new: the Meteorite blog! If you’re proud of something you’ve written, whether on your own or for a class, we’d love to feature it; see here for more information on that process. Meteorite is not just for undergraduates, it’s also by undergraduates.