How to Submit an Article to be Published by the Macalester Street Journal

 

Why submit an article to the Macalester Street Journal?

  • Your paper will be available in Google Scholar and other academic search engines
  • Add 'Published Author' to your resume
  • Contribute to the literature, expand the academic horizon!

 

What can be submitted?

  • Academic papers written for Political Science, Economics, or Geography courses
  • Analytical opinion papers on local and national events
  • Independent research projects, or self-driven papers
  • Have something else not listed? - Contact macstreetjournal@macalester.edu if you have quesitons 

 

How to submit your paper:

  • First, register an account with the MSJ 
    • To do this, click on the register tab on the top right corner of your screen
    • Fill out the registration page, and remember your username and password
  • You should now be on the main page of the dashboard
    • Once you have made it here, click on the “New Submission” button on the upper right hand side of the page
  • The first step of the submission process will ask you to specify whether the article falls in the Politics, Economics, or Geography category
    • It will also ask you if you’ve fulfilled the submission requirements, and if you have any comments for the editors
  • The second step will ask you to upload your given file
    • A reminder that your file will need to be submitted in PDF/Word format for the journal to be able to display it correctly
  • The third step will ask you to enter details about your submission, including an abstract
    • Your abstract should contain a brief description of what your article is about, and what your article looks to discover/argue
  • Lastly, you must confirm your submission to finish the process
    • You will receive updates about your submission via email during the copyediting and review process.
    • You will be notified if your submission is accepted, needs review, or is denied.



Congratulations on your submission! We’ll review your submission as soon as we can, and we will keep you updated by email every step of the way.