{"id":11,"date":"2022-11-02T18:17:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T18:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/close-read\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-03-24T12:39:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T19:39:42","slug":"content","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/close-read\/content\/","title":{"rendered":"Submissions Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2><em><strong>Close\/Read<\/strong><\/em> invites submissions for its inaugural issue.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--signup-form image-left\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--signup-form\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"text-image-container\">\n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Conceived as a forum for critical thought, the journal seeks to publish scholarship that interrogates the relations between texts, media, and theoretical frameworks. We welcome essays that question established interpretive practices, engage with the complexities of language, form, and representation, and situate close readings within broader cultural contexts. Broadly, the journal seeks intellectually ambitious projects that reconceptualize the methods and stakes of theoretical inquiry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/close-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/494\/2025\/11\/Untitled-15-900x600.png\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/close-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/494\/2025\/11\/Untitled-15-1200x800.png 1200w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/close-read\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/494\/2025\/11\/Untitled-15-900x600.png 900w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--signup-form dark\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--signup-form\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"text-image-container\">\n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p class=\"p2\">Essays should be <strong>5\u201315 pages in length<\/strong>, double-spaced, and formatted according to the Chicago Manual of Style. 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