WCR
Washington College Review is an academic journal that recognizes the best inquiry and expression in the liberal arts and sciences, publishing work created by students across disciplines and graduating classes at our institution.
WCR is an exclusively online publication featuring essays, research papers, and other written projects that emerge from the four requirements of our college-wide writing program. We also feature course-created artwork made by students using a variety of media.
The journal seeks to foster a culture of students who are eager to share their own research, writing, and ideas, as well as to engage critically and meaningfully with the work of their peers.
Submissions and Edits to Accepted Works
Issues are published once each semester, resulting in one volume containing two issues per year. Editors and contributors are exclusively Washington College students.
Calls for submissions are sent out to students via email in the early fall and late spring semesters. The issue published in the fall features coursework from across graduating classes, while the spring issue exclusively publishes senior SCEs. Refer to the submit page for details about the current submission period.
As undergraduates gaining editing experience through the learning process of working for WCR, we commit ourselves to respecting the value and authenticity of each accepted work, while simultaneously striving to correct areas related to style, format, and grammar and to improve clarity for a cross-disciplinary readership.
For the SCE issue, the editorial process is less collaborative with contributors, but also less extensive as the thesis is a larger, more complete work. For the spring issue, we will consult contributors with any major changes relating to structure, argument, or content concerns in accepted essay submissions.
In the spirit of upholding the publication’s goal to create a positive environment for the sharing of work and ideas, if a contributor has questions about the edits made to their work, please contact the editors washcoll_review@washcoll.edu.
Standards
As a journal for academic inquiry and expression, we publish writing that traverses the breadth of the liberal arts and sciences, some of which might engage with challenging topics or controversial views. At the same time that we respect freedom of expression in curating this work for publication, we affirm and adhere to Washington College’s commitment to fostering an equitable, inclusive, and diverse community that “welcomes and celebrates a broad spectrum of backgrounds and perspectives.” In our editorial practice we consult APA style guidelines for the use of bias-free language.
Contact
For more information about the publication or to inquire about submissions , email the student editors at washcoll_review@washcoll.edu.
See below for work categorized by the four requirements of Washington College’s writing program:
Critical Inquiry (W1): Writing the First Year Seminars.
Rhetorical Questions (W2): Writing from the variety of W2 courses.
Writing Across the Disciplines (W3): Work from discipline-based approaches to writing in the majors.
Capstone Experiences (W4): Research from Senior Capstone Projects.
Iconography: Featured Artwork.
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