WORD Excellence Award!
Send us your best work and stand a chance to win the prize for WORD Excellence Award in WORD: Journal of Language, Literature & Thought! Showcase your creativity, insight, and originality — your words could earn you the spotlight! One winner will be selected from every issue and celebrated for their outstanding contribution.
WORD: Journal of Language, Literature & Thought is an online interdisciplinary publication dedicated to exploring the critical, creative, and theoretical dimensions of human expression. It was founded in 2025 to promote inclusive scholarship and imaginative writing. WORD values dialogue, experimentation, and thoughtful engagement with literature, language, and contemporary issues.
The journal publishes a wide range of contributions, including:
Peer-reviewed research articles on literature, linguistics, and cultural studies
Creative writing (poetry, short stories, essays, etc.)
Reviews of recent academic or literary works
Interviews, translations, and hybrid genre writing
We especially welcome submissions that challenge normative paradigms, reflect diverse perspectives, and contribute to urgent conversations around race, gender, disability, pedagogy, technology, and politics. WORD is freely accessible to readers worldwide.
The content of all submissions published in WORD: Journal of Language, Literature & Thought is the sole responsibility of the respective authors. The journal and its editorial board do not assume liability for any instances of plagiarism, unauthorized use of artificial intelligence–generated material, or other ethical breaches that may be detected by readers or third parties after publication. Any such concerns should be addressed directly to the author(s).