Submissions to LIUHJ are on a rolling basis. You can submit one submission at a time, up to three times per semester. Fill out our submissions form here:

Submission Guidelines

Please include a cover page in your submission containing ONLY your name and the title of your submission. Your name should not appear anywhere in your work EXCEPT for on the cover page, irrespective of genre. Do not include running headings or last name/page number headings in your submissions. Follow the additional guidelines set out below for all work submitted:

Submissions should be in twelve point font and double spaced.
Submission files should be in .doc or .docx.
Submissions should not exceed 4000 words.

Please format your submission according to academic genre. A generic list is provided below:

Sciences: APA Style
Social Sciences: Chicago Style/MLA Style
Humanities: MLA Style
Journalism: AP Style

Each submission that uses any outside source material must include a citation/reference page. If a citation/reference page (appropriate to the academic style used in your work) is not included, your submission will be immediately rejected. Plagiarism and the stealing of another person’s work is unacceptable and will not be tolerated by our team.

You must obtain copyright clearance or acquire the rights to any graphics or images used in your piece. This may include proper citation included in the references and in the text. If said clearance is not obtained, your images will not be included in the final publication.

We do not accept previously published work. However, if your piece is accepted and published by LIUHJ, rights will revert back to you once your work has been archived on our site and you can reprint* elsewhere. Rights to the content of your research will remain in your possession. We do accept simultaneous submissions if you indicate this in your cover letter. Please contact us if you decide to accept publication elsewhere.

*If re-publication of your piece is requested by another journal, please contact us directly at honorsjournalliu@gmail.com. Re-publication and reprinting are acceptable under the condition that LIUHJ be acknowledged for aiding with editing.