Submissions

Why Publish?

Publishing your paper with Axis Mundi has a number of benefits:

It enhances your CV
It is a unique opportunity to network with peers
The editorial process can refine your ideas

Getting Published

Axis Mundi is a student journal dedicated to publishing high quality research and writing from both undergraduate and graduate students. Its dedication to this class of scholars means that it approximates the standards of academic journals while tailoring its expectations to the author's level, whether undergraduate or graduate. We accept papers dealing with religion and the study of religion. If you have a term paper or an original piece that you want to publish, submit it to our editorial team!

What to Expect

Submitting your paper to Axis Mundi is just the start of an editorial process. This process requires commitment from author and editor who work together on the paper until it is deemed publishable. This is what is meant by peer-reviewed. Please understand that submitting your paper is just the start of a rewarding process of refining, challenging, and promoting your ideas.

Make sure your paper conforms to Axis Mundi's editorial standards for citation, transliteration, dating, and use of languages other than English.
Submit your paper to Axis Mundi and you will be contacted by the editor-in-chief. (S)he will send it out to the editorial team to review the paper for its content and ideas (making sure your format is correct saves a lot of work).
Your paper will be sent back to you with suggested revisions which you may accept, modify, or challenge. Then resubmit your paper.
When the editors are unanimous, or the editor- in-chief decides that the paper should be published, we'll post it on the journal.

Laborare est prosperare

Getting your paper published is good for your career, but it is a lot of work. It is a lot of work for the editors as well. It is collaborative, however, and the rewards for both are significant in terms of experience, resume, and learning. So, if you think you want to make a start, send us your paper today!

All articles must be submitted electronically on either one (1) electronic (3.25") disk copy or by E-mail file attachment. Submissions should be in ".doc" format (MS Word Format). If submitting by disk, please send to:

Janet Klippenstein
University of Alberta
Office of Interdisciplinary Studies
Humanities Centre
Edmonton, Alberta
T6G 2E6 Canada

If you are submitting by E-mail, please send as an attached file (in "MS Word" format) to: Janet Klippenstein

A cover sheet on a separate file must be included indicating the following information:

Student's Name
Title of the Paper
Student's Phone Number
Student's E-mail Address
Name of Institution
Student's Year of Study

Note:

There should be no identifying information in the pages of the article itself.
Papers should not exceed 10,000 words.
Submissions should include a short abstract of the article (approximately 50 words).
A complete bibliography using the Chicago or Turabian style must be included with all submissions. If your footnotes are in another style, you can convert them using RefWorks.
The language of the articles in this journal will be English.
If the article requires the use of characters not supported in an English font, these characters must be transliterated.
Any submissions in which these specifications are not met, will be returned to the student.