Aims & Scope

WORD: Journal of Language, Literature & Thought is dedicated to promoting critical inquiry and imaginative exploration across the disciplines of language, literature, and the humanities, with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary thought. The journal seeks to provide a vibrant platform for academic and creative expressions that challenge conventional boundaries and offer new perspectives on human experience.

We publish a wide range of content, including but not limited to:

• Research articles

• Creative writing (poetry, short stories, and hybrid genres)

• Essays and personal narratives

• Book and media reviews

• Author/artist interviews

• Translations

• Theoretical and critical pieces

WORD especially welcomes submissions that explore themes and issues related to:

• Language and Linguistics

• Literature and Literary Theory

• Translation Studies

• Philosophy and Aesthetics

• Psychology and Psychoanalysis

• Cultural and Media Studies

• Gender and Women’s Studies

• Race, Identity, and Intersectionality

• Disability Studies

• Pedagogy and Education

• Music and Sound Studies

• Film and Visual Culture

• Technology and Digital Humanities

• Politics, Society, and the Human Condition

Our mission is to support both academic rigor and creative innovation, encouraging dialogue, experimentation, and critical engagement with the pressing questions of our time. We aim to foster an inclusive and intellectually stimulating environment for scholars, writers, educators, and readers across diverse communities.

Core Areas of Publication

The journal publishes original papers and creative works from, but not limited to, the following fields:

• Aesthetics of Literature and Art

• African Literature

• American Literature

• Bangladeshi Literature

• Blog Literature

• Canadian Literature

• Caribbean Literature

• Chinese Literature

• Communication Skills

• Comparative Literature

• Cultural Studies

• Digital Humanities

• Eastern European Literature

• ELT (English Language Teaching)

• English Literature

• Environmental Humanities

• Feminist Theory

• Film and Literature

• French Literature

• Gender and Women’s Studies

• German Literature

• Greek and Roman Literature

• Identity and Diaspora Studies

• Indigenous Literatures

• Interdisciplinary Humanities

• Irish Literature

• Italian Literature

• Language and Linguistics

• Latin American Literature

• Literary Criticism

• Literary Theory

• Literature and Psychology

• Literature and Technology

• Literature and Music

• Mythology

• Networked Literature

• Nordic Literature

• Oceania Literature

• Oriental Literature

• Performance and Theatre Studies

• Philosophy

• Photography and Literature

• Postcolonial Studies

• Race and Ethnicity Studies

• Russian Literature

• Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature

• South Asian Literature

• Spanish Literature

• Theatre

• Theories and Rhetorics of Web Literature

• Third World Literature

• Translation Studies

• Visual Culture

• Web Culture and Literature

• World History of Literature