The Mid-Atlantic Review is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published annually by the College English Association Mid-Atlantic Group (CEAMAG). The journal specializes in literary and cultural criticism, discussions of pedagogy, public humanities work, reviews of scholarly books published in the last two years, personal essays concerned with the teaching of English, photographs and visual art related to the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, and creative writing clearly related to the humanities, teaching, or the craft and art of writing. The Mid-Atlantic Review is indexed in the MLA International Bibliography and available to scholars through the EBSCO and ProQuest Literature databases.

Research articles and essay submissions must be between 2,000 and 5,000 words and be prepared in accordance with the most recent MLA style manual; reviews of scholarly books must be limited to 1,000 words; photographs and visual art must be summited as JPG files with a maximum of three pieces; poetry submissions must be limited to 500 words per poem with a maximum of three poem submissions (all sent in one file); and short fiction must be limited to 1,500 words with a maximum of one short fiction submission. Poetry and short fiction must be related to the humanities, teaching, or the craft and art of writing. We do not publish work that has been already published in print or online. You are free to submit your work to other publications when submitting to The Mid-Atlantic Review. 

The Mid-Atlantic Review believes that scholars and creative writers should be paid for their labor. Authors of published pieces will receive a $20 honorarium and a print copy of the journal. 

Email your work as a Word or Google Doc attachment to CEAMidAtlanticReview@gmail.com. Please remove your name, institutional affiliation, and any other identifying information from your attachment. Please include a one-paragraph professional biography in the body of your email. The deadline for submissions is July 1, 2026.

Bowie State University (BSU), Maryland’s oldest HBCU, is the digital home of CEAMAG. Additional information about CEAMAG and digital copies of Volumes 16-33 of The Mid-Atlantic Review can be found online at bowiestate.edu/ceamar.

Issues of The Mid-Atlantic Review are printed thanks to funding from BSU’s Department of Language, Literature, & Cultural Studies.