Aims & Scope
The mission of UKL: The Journal of Ursula K. Le Guin Studies is to create a scholarly forum for exploring various facets of Le Guin’s writing, including her fiction, non-fiction, poetry, essays, and blog posts. As part of this mission, the journal will help to foster collaborative connections between scholars from a variety of disciplines, backgrounds, and professions as well as provide a space where their insights and conversations on this material may be collected and preserved. We argue that as a major figure in modern literature, an academic journal dedicated to discussing Le Guin’s work is long overdue, and this journal fills that scholarly vacuum.
UKL: The Journal of Ursula K. Le Guin Studies is a professional, peer-reviewed, annual publication. UKL: The Journal of Ursula K. Le Guin Studies is fully open access and charges no publishing fees. Editors are appointed by the UKL: The Journal of Ursula K. Le Guin Studies editorial board and strive to ensure the production of a high-quality academic journal open to a variety of perspectives and modes of scholarship. Editorial review board members represent a broad range of educational experience, of academic journal production experience, of professional identity, of academic discipline, and of types of community engagement.
Editors of UKL: The Journal of Ursula K. Le Guin Studies are committed to providing transparent and supportive feedback on all submissions. Editing guidance is provided for each accepted work throughout revision and copyediting processes. Individuals without previous publishing experience are especially invited to submit.
For questions and inquiries about UKL: The Journal of Ursula K. Le Guin Studies, contact the current journal editors at robert.steed@hawkeyecollege.edu or aaron.narigon@hawkeyecollege.edu .
