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Cascadia Chronicle
Submissions Guidelines

The new online, geospatial, interdisciplinary journal Cascadia Chronicle invites submissions of academic papers, poetry, and works of creative non-fiction. We seek works that engage with senses of place and space in the region broadly known as “Cascadia,” composing primarily, though not exclusively southeastern Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and northern California. (See “What is Cascadia” for a discussion of the definitional possibilities.) We seek diverse approaches to experiences of space and place in the region, including engagement with suburban, urban, and inner city environments as well as rural and wilderness contexts.

Academic papers will normally be in the 6,000 to 8,000 word range, although there is no formal word limit. Papers must be unpublished, should not be under consideration elsewhere, and should contain a full scholarly “apparatus”, including references and bibliography. The prose style should be broadly accessible to an intelligent scholarly and lay audience, cutting across discipline-based boundaries whenever possible. If a specialized analytic vocabulary is being introduced, please provide readers with helpful definitions or insights into the meanings of challenging terms. Please also append a list of successful online resources with URLS for those interested in learning more about the topic under discussion.

Essays should conform to the Chicago Manual of Style, latest edition.

Poetry should be single-spaced, one poem per page, and conform to MLA style format. Submissions are limited to five poems, or a maximum of five pages. We invite unpublished work; however, poems which have been previously published in literary journals, books, or anthologies will be considered, if the publication information is provided and permission for republication is secured. Poems should be strongly tied in their subject matter and central focus to a specific geographic location in Cascadia.

Shorter works, such as photo essays, video sketches, geospatial “tours,” and “postcards” from a specific place are also welcome, providing these work illuminate experiences of place and landscape in the Cascadia region.

Publication Types

Articles are interpretive or analytic works that engage with senses of landscapes and place in “Cascadia,” a term that maybe widely defined. (Inquiries into the meanings of “Cascadia” are most welcome.)

Geospatial tours, of the type made possible by Google Earth, move viewers through a series of locations, often involving “flyover effects” with thoughtful, cohesive narration that illuminate human interactions with Cascadian landscapes (including cityscapes)

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Poems should be strongly tied in their subject matter and central focus to a specific geographic location in Cascadia. Poems will be published individually in the journal in connection to a specific geographic location. Once a poem has been accepted for publication, the author will be asked for a photograph (to which he/she owns the rights or has permission to use) of that specific geographic location.

Photo essays are comprised of original photographs with thoughtful, written commentary, illuminating locations and relations between persons and place in Cascadia.

“Postcards” in written or video form are brief commentaries on a specific locale. For example, “Postcard from Anchorage” or “Postcard from the Olympic Peninsula.”

Presentations include selections from conferences, lectures and public readings that illuminate aspects of the Cascadia region.

Supplementary Materials Requested

Geospatial coordinates. For all prose or poetry submissions, please list in an appendix the geospatial coordinates (accessible via Google Earth) of specific locations mentioned in the paper. For instance:

Seattle Center, Seattle WA.
Latitude 47°37'14.53"N
Longitude 122°20'58.90"W

The easiest way to determine Latitude/Longitude is within Google Earth. Select “Placemark” from the upper toolbar and position the placemark on the location you desire. Double click on the new placemark and copy the latitude and longitude.

Abstract: All submissions, except poetry, should contain a short abstract of about 100 words.

Peer Review Process

All “Cascadia Chronicle” essays and poems are subject to a rigorous peer review process, involving “double blind” review; neither author nor reviewer are aware of one another’s identities.

Submissions other than essays or poetry, such as geospatial tours, presentations, and photo essays, may also be subjected to peer review at the discretion of the editors.

Rights. The journal will be freely available on line without subscription fee to individuals or institutions. Copyright is retained by authors, and publication rights are granted to the journal. Consistent with established open access principles, users have the right to read, download, and link to the full text of our published works. Any reproduction of original content from the journal must a) seek copyright from authors and b) acknowledge Cascadia Chronicle as the site of original publication.

Statement of Non-Affiliation

Cascadia Chronicle is not affiliated with any specific political or philosophical movement or any particular characterization of the “Cascadian” region. We welcome thoughtful and civil debate and discussion over possible definitions and formulations of “Cascadia,” including serious critiques of the conceptual category of “Cascadia” itself.


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