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Impost: A Journal of Creative and Critical Work

Mission Statement

Impost: A Journal of Critical and Creative Work publishes a broad span of research in English studies, including scholarship in Composition-Rhetoric; American, British and World Literature; Linguistics and Language Studies; TESOL; English Education; Creative Writing Studies; and other research areas, as well as creative work, including fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and literary journalism.

Impost welcomes the work of writers from Pennsylvania and beyond, and we welcome exceptional writing from emerging and established authors.

Call for Submissions

Impost: A Journal of Critical and Creative Work, a peer-reviewed journal published by the English Association of Pennsylvania State Universities, welcomes submissions of scholarly essays in all fields of English studies. In addition, we welcome creative writing, including fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and literary journalism. Current and previous editions of the journal, which in the spring of 2016 changed its name from EAPSU Online, can be found on this page.

Please submit your work via email to eapsu@calu.edu, with your name and the title of the work in the subject line. Attach the submission as one file in .doc or .docx format. In the body of the message, include a brief bio: your name, address, phone number, email address, institutional affiliation (if you have one), the genre and title(s) of your work, and any other relevant information. In the attached document, please do not include any identifying information. Scholarly work should follow current MLA guidelines. Creative prose should be double-spaced, and poems should be single-spaced.

Creative work can be simultaneously submitted; however, we expect to be notified immediately when a work must be withdrawn from consideration. Scholarly work should not be simultaneously submitted.

Contributors will be notified of acceptance status via email at the completion of the review process. Usually, the review process is complete three months after submissions are received. If you haven’t received notification of the status of your manuscript within three months, you may contact the editor at eapsu@calu.edu.

Current and previous editions of the journal, which in the spring of 2016 changed its name from EAPSU Online, can be found on our website, eapsu.org. While Impost is published by EAPSU, submissions are not limited to members; however, we do not encourage submissions from undergraduate students.

While our submission deadline is rolling, submissions received by October 31 will be guaranteed consideration for the upcoming issue of Impost. Submissions received after this date will be considered for the following year. By submitting your work, you agree that Impost acquires first serial rights. In addition, Impost may reserve non-exclusive rights to reprint a piece.

Additional questions should be directed to the editor:

Brent House, Impost editor

California University of Pennsylvania

eapsu@calu.edu

Journal Archives:

Here you can find past issues of the journal, which is published annually.

Impost Board and Staff

Brent House	Editor	California	eapsu@calu.edu

Kathy Glass	Consulting Editor	Duquesne	glassk@duq.edu

Anne-Dyer Stuart	Editorial Board	Bloomsburg	astuart@bloomu.edu
Tamara Hollins	Editorial Board	Cheyney	thollins@cheyney.edu
Timothy Ray	Editorial Board	West Chester	tray@wcupa.edu
Renae Shawgo	Editorial Board	Clarion	rhouse@clarion.edu
Jeremy Sideris	Editorial Board	Edinboro	jsideris@edinboro.edu
Patrick Walters	Editorial Board	Kutztown	pwalters@kutztown.edu
Dana Washington	Editorial Board	Lock Haven	dwashing@lhup.edu
Timothy Ruppert	Editorial Board	Slippery Rock	timothy.ruppert@sru.edu
Lynn Pifer	Editorial Board	Mansfield	lpifer@mansfield.edu
Lisa Konigsberg	Editorial Board	West Chester	lkonigsberg@wcupa.edu
Kim Vanderlaan	Peer Reviewer	California	vanderlaan@calu.edu

Troy Spier	Peer Reviewer	Tulane	tspier@tulane.edu
Krystia Nora	Peer Reviewer	California	krystia@gmail.com
Mary Paniccia Carden	Peer Reviewer	Edinboro	mpcarden@edinboro.edu
Tim Bintrim	Peer Reviewer	St Francis U	TBintrim@francis.edu
Laura Birkin	Peer Reviewer	Millersville	laurabirkin@hotmail.com
Roxana Cazan	Peer Reviewer	St Francis U	RCazan@francis.edu
John Lawson	Peer Reviewer	Robert Morris U	lawsonj@rmu.edu

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