Poetry submissions are accepted year-round. Please limit your submission to no more than five previously unpublished poems in a single Microsoft Word file, with poems separated by titles or page breaks. Poems may consist of any subject matter, but works that substantively incorporate aspects of hip hop culture and/or history are particularly welcome. Poets should remove all self-identification from submissions, but all submissions must be accompanied by a title page with the poet’s name and contact information including e-mail, postal address, and phone number. Simultaneous submissions will not be accepted, and we ask that you wait for a response from the editor before submitting new or additional work. Every effort will be made to inform poets of the editor’s decision within 6-8 weeks of receipt of a manuscript. Poets whose manuscripts are accepted for publication will be asked to submit a brief biography that includes their institutional or organizational affiliations. Please send poetry submissions to Dr. Daniel White Hodge dwhodge@northpark.edu and Dr. Jeffrey Coleman jlcoleman@smcm.edu (poetry editor).

• All submissions should have appropriate references and citations. Manuscripts should be double-spaced, contain 12-point font and conform to the Chicago Manual of Style format (16th, foot notes [numerical]).
• Submissions must be sent in Microsoft Word format. Submissions in other software formats will not be reviewed.
• Authors should remove all self-identification from their submissions, but all submissions must be accompanied by a title page with author(s) name and affiliation, name of type of submission (e.g., article, review, conference summary, etc.), contact information including e-mail, postal address, and phone number.
• Authors must include an abstract of no more than 150 words that briefly describes the manuscript’s contents.

Upon acceptance for review, the The Journal of Hip Hop Studies editors will send manuscripts, under a double-peer reviewed process, to no less than two, and generally three reviewers. Reviewers provide their recommendations to the editor, who makes the final decision to accept the manuscript.

The Journal of Hip Hop Studies holds to the utmost respect, love, and care when reviewing manuscripts. Each review we assure is constructive, positive, and hopefully useful to the author. We strongly welcome first time authors, students, nontraditional students, activists, youth, community organizers, prisoners, politicians, and teachers.

Submissions will be assigned to one of the four following categories:

1. accept without revisions

2. accept with editorial revisions

3. revise and resubmit for peer review

4. reject Every effort will be made to inform authors of the editor’s decision within 100 days of receipt of a manuscript. Authors, whose manuscripts are accepted for publication, will be asked to submit a brief biography that includes their institutional or organizational affiliations and their research interests. The Journal of Hip Hop Studies only publishes original materials.

Please do not submit manuscripts that are under review or previously published elsewhere.

• All Work published by the Journal is copyrighted by The Journal of Hip Hop Studies.
• Republication of Contributor’s Submitted Work may be assessed a reasonable fee for the administration and facilitation to other presses. Such fee shall be determined at the discretion of The Journal of Hip Hop Studies.
• Royalties: Contributor agrees and acknowledges that no royalty, payment, or other compensation will be provided by The Journal of Hip Hop Studies in exchange for or resulting from the publication of the Submitted Work.