Submission Guidelines

We are trialing working with Expressions of Interest / Proposals.

If you are interested in being published in Passage Journal, this is the first step.

Please notice, in order to promote diversity and new voices, we’ve decided to not publish work by the same author in consequent issues. So, if we have published one of your pieces, wait an issue before sending your work to us again. Thanks for your understanding!

Expression of Interest

Please send to maria.gilulldemolins [at] uhasselt.be.

a proposal for your piece :

• under 500 words.

• attached to email as .docx file or similar

We aim to get back to you within a month.

If the proposal is accepted, we will draw a personalised timeline and submission deadlines for your article.

Once your EOI is successful:

Articles

We understand an article to be

• between 5000 and 8000 words.

• previously unpublished.

• in English. 

Please notice that while we are focused on written work, we are open to pieces that explore text plus images, sound, video, etc.

Style Sheet

Our style sheet is available here.

Peer Review

All successful articles will be peer-reviewed.

Article Submission

Please ensure your submission

• is original and unpublished.

• is your own work.

• is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

• is copy-edited carefully before submission. 

• does not display any author identification in the text, notes, or header.

  
  

  Final proofs will be sent to the author for approval before publication. We reserve the right to make final decisions if these do not affect the content. 

How to submit

Email maria.gilulldemolins [at] uhasselt.be

• Include article as an attachment

•  Write as subject “Submission Passage”.

• Expect acknowledgement of reception. If not received within a week, please check with us at the same address as above, maria[dot]gilulldemolins[at]uhasselt.be.

  
  

  In submitting work authors agree to our policies, including free access and use of the material published in it, always with proper acknowledgment of authorship and source.  

  
  

Article Formatting

• Font size 12,

• double-spacing, 

• align your text to the left, 

• no need to justify the lines, 

• no hyphens. 

  
  

  Make sure to include before the article:

• A title 

• and an abstract (up to 100 w.).

  
  

  If your piece has sections,

• use bold type for their headings.

  
  

  Include instructions if your formatting requires any special spacing, as in poetry.

  
  

  We accept

• Word

• Rich Text Format

• Pages files.

  
  

  Please include your own name and surname in your file name.

  
  

Citations

Passage uses the Chicago style of reference. See our style sheet.

Please note that Passage focuses on the juxtaposition of established fields of knowledge and practice, and personal experience. As much as we are looking forward to discovering how authors challenge and push the boundaries of typical academic formats, we do not accept creative writing that does not critically and rigorously engage with other academic and/or artistic work. Our emphasis is very much on the encounter, the hybrid, and the clashing between these two approaches. We do expect duly referenced research to support, complement, or contrast any more creative intervention. We regard references as a necessary formatting rule with which to engage, and will refuse unreferenced pieces.