Rhetor 10: Call for Papers
The editors and editorial committee of Rhetor: the Journal of the Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoricinvite submissions for the journal’s 10th volume, with articles to be published on a rolling basis in 2025. Rhetoris a bilingual (English and French), refereed, online journal published by RhetCanada, a scholarly society dedicated to the study of rhetorical history, theory, and practice. The journal’s scope includes, but is not limited to, the following subjects:
- Rhetorical Theory
- Rhetorical Criticism
- Classical and Historical Rhetorics
- Visual, Material, and Multimodal
Rhetorics - Rhetorics of Gender, Sexuality, Race, Ethnicity, Age, Class, and other Social Identifications
- Rhetorical Pedagogy
- Rhetoric and Composition
- Digital Rhetorics
- Rhetoric and Popular Culture
- Rhetoric and the Body
- Rhetoric and Music
- Professional Rhetorics
- Rhetoric and the Environment
- Rhetoric and Religion
- Rhetoric of Science
- Rhetoric and Literature
- Rhetoric and History
Submissions should not exceed 7,000 words and must follow Modern Language Association guidelines (9thedition). Prospective authors are advised to familiarize themselves with previous issues of Rhetor and to follow the manuscript style outlined in our Submission Guidelines. Rhetor welcomes articles in either English or French.
Authors should include the following with their article submission:
1. an abstract of between 250 and 300 words
2. a list of approximately five key words pertinent to the manuscript
3. a cover letter with the author(s) name(s), affiliation(s), and contact information including email address(es). Authors should not include names or identifying information in the article itself.
4. a three- to four-sentence author biography statement
5. a statement of exclusivity indicating that their submission has not been previously published and is not under consideration for publication in another journal, book, or collection
The above documents (in MS Word format), as well as general questions, can be submitted as email attachments to Rhetor editors Julie Dainville and Sean Zwagerman at rceditor@rhetcanada.org.