Open Calls for Submissions

Below we post any open calls with information about submitting.

Please see our Submission Guidelines for information about general submissions to SEL.

Call for Papers:

SEL Studies in English Literature 1500–1900

SEL Studies in English Literature 1500–1900, published quarterly by Johns Hopkins University Press for Rice University, invites submissions of original scholarly essays for upcoming issues. We seek work that offers fresh, rigorous contributions to the study of British literature across four historical fields:

• English Renaissance Literature
• Tudor and Stuart Drama
• Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
• Nineteenth-Century Literature

We welcome literary scholarship at any career stage—especially work that brings historically excluded or underrepresented perspectives. SEL values methodological variety, archives both familiar and newly uncovered, and arguments reflecting enduring or emergent subjects of literary interest. Essays should be intellectually ambitious while remaining accessible to a broad scholarly readership.

About SEL

For sixty-five years, SEL has published exceptional scholarship on British literature across the four centuries that constitute our remit. The journal has long been known for essays marked by intellectual originality, conceptual acumen, and historical rigor.

SEL is also distinguished by the care taken with every published essay. Our editorial staff conducts unusually thorough copyediting and fact-checking, ensuring that each essay reflects the precision and clarity that have shaped the journal’s reputation. We are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and vibrant scholarly community, and we actively encourage submissions that broaden the canon, rethink disciplinary assumptions, or approach familiar texts from unexpected angles.

SEL publishes substantial articles of 7,000-8,000 words that intervene meaningfully in their fields. We follow CMS 18th edition citation and SEL house style.

Submission Process

Authors should consult our full submission guidelines at: https://sel.rice.edu/submission-guidelines-faq

Submissions are accepted through our ScholarOne portal (linked on our website). Essays are reviewed year-round. Questions about submissions or the suitability of a project may be directed to Executive Editor Amy Kahrmann Huseby (akhuseby@rice.edu) and to the SEL office (sel@rice.edu).