Affiliated Groups: Journals
The English Department proudly supports a variety of journals.
Digital Defoe
Digital Defoe is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal in which scholars and educators of eighteenth-century culture can share their work in multimedia as well as showcase new teaching methods, works in progress, and student voices.
Learn more about Digital Defoe.
Euphemism
Euphemism is an online literary journal edited by undergraduate students at Illinois State University. They accept innovative poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, and experimental forms from ISU students and from any and all writers who send submissions.
IATE Newsletter
The IATE Newsletter is an official publication of the Illinois Association of Teachers of English, published twice each year by IATE members.
Illinois English Bulletin
The Illinois English Bulletin is the oldest English publication in the state of Illinois beginning its publication in 1913, shortly after the Illinois Association of Teachers of English was founded.
Learn more about the Illinois English Bulletin.
JAC
JAC is a quarterly journal devoted to publishing theoretical scholarship on a variety of topics related to rhetoric, discourse, and culture.
Kairos
Kairos is a bi-annual, peer-reviewed online journal exploring the intersections of rhetoric, technology, and pedagogy.
Mandorla
Mandorla emphasizes innovative writing in its original language— most commonly English or Spanish—and high-quality translations of existing material.
Polyglossia
Polyglossia is a research journal of English Studies, edited and judged by members of the Lambda Delta (ISU) chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society. All English majors and minors are welcome to submit essays.
Spoon River Poetry Review (SRPR)
The Spoon River Poetry Review contains contemporary poetry in English from the U.S. and poetry from around the world in English translation, features an Illinois poet (a poet who has an Illinois connection) with an interview and poems, and includes a column written by a poet on the topic of teaching poetry.
Sinclair Lewis Society Newsletter
The Sinclair Lewis Society Newsletter includes scholarly articles on Lewis's novels and short stories, information on how to teach Lewis's works, and interviews with Lewis scholars.