NOMAD
Submissions
Submission Information
and Reading Process
There are two ways in which essays may be submitted to NOMAD for consideration for the current issue - instructor nomination and direct submission - after which they will go through the reading process. In either event, the essay must ultimately be read by at least three readers. Readers are graduate students in the Comparative Literature Program or other literature or cultural studies programs. They provide a critical review of each essay submitted and make recommendations as to whether or not the essay is accepted and, if it is, what revisions will be required prior to publication. The editors typically follow the recommendations of NOMAD’s readers.
Instructor Nomination
Eligibility
Eligible essays include those written by any student (regardless of major) who is enrolled in a University of Oregon course in comparative literature (COLT) or cross-listed under comparative literature as well as any courses taught by Comparative Literature faculty or GTFs. Typically these essays are nominated by the instructor of the course.In this case, the instructor’s nomination counts as the first reading of the essay, and there are only two additional critical readings after the essay is nominated. If you would like your instructor to consider nominating your essay, please fill in your sections of the NOMAD Nomination Form and have it with you when you discuss nomination of your essay with your instructor. Note that, while it is the ideal scenario, essays need not be nominated in the same term in which the course was taught. You may contact an instructor with whom you have studied in a previous term; this might be especially productive if you have made revisions to your essay since the end of the course based on the instructor’s remarks on your graded copy.
Instructions for instructor:
1. Download the NOMAD Nomination Form here, complete it, and have your student fill in the requisite information.
2. Submit one copy of the essay with your comments and a completed nomination form to the comparative literature office in 113 Villard. Have your student submit an electronic copy of the paper to the NOMAD editor at nomad@uoregon.edu, or provide one on disk or CD with the nomination form.
Direct Submission
Comparative Literature majors and minors may submit directly any essays they would like considered for publication in NOMAD. Among other benefits, this method of submission allows you to have essays you have written in non-COLT courses considered for publication (although essays written in Comparative Literature courses may also be submitted in this way). Please note that all essays submitted in this manner must still fall under the broad umbrella of “comparative literary and cultural studies,” which includes such general areas as literary criticism, literary and cultural theory, film and mass media studies, gender studies, ethnic studies, ethnography, interdisciplinary area studies (e.g., Southeast Asian studies, Caribbean studies), transnational/globalization studies, and cultural studies. In addition, all essays submitted should address issues germane to the current intellectual concerns and topics in comparative literature and cultural studies.
Instructions for student:
1. Download the Nomination Form here, complete it and sign it.
2. Deliver the submission form, along with a clean copy of your essay and, if possible, a copy with your instructor's comments and grade to the comparative literature office in 313 Villard. In addition, students must e-mail the NOMAD editor an electronic copy of their paper at nomad@uoregon.edu.
Reading Process
1. Nominations are read three times, the first of which is by the nominating instructor (if applicable). Based on the recommendations of the three readers, a decision is made as to whether the submission is accepted, not accepted, or accepted with revisions (the majority of submissions are of the third variety).
2. For “accepted with revision” papers, NOMAD staff (preferably the nominating teachers as they know the students best) work with the students to revise and edit their works for publication, including making them compatible with Modern Language Association (MLA) standards.
3. After the revision process, all papers are collected and published in a handy, portable format.
