Commons | Issue 003 | STRATUM Journal of Art, Culture, and the Humanities

STRATUM Journal of Art, Culture, and the Humanities invites essays, criticism, reflections, and text-based contributions for Issue 003: Commons. This issue approaches the commons as shared ground: something you step onto before you know who has made it, who has cared for it, and who may still be kept at its edges.

They are interested in writing that considers how common worlds are made, maintained, contested, and kept open across collective life, public space, care, exclusion, memory, and belonging. They welcome submissions from writers, critics, researchers, artists, curators, and cultural practitioners whose work can hold complexity with clarity, precision, and a strong sense of relation.

There is no fee to submit. All submissions are reviewed individually, and only selected contributors will be contacted for publication.

Deadline: Aug 25, 2026

Requirements

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Please submit materials that help us understand the work clearly and in relation to the issue theme.

• a completed draft or strong partial draft
• a short abstract or project description
• a short contributor bio
• relevant links or previous writing samples, if available

Please send only the materials that are most relevant. Clarity, force, and thoughtfulness matter more than volume.

SUBMISSION TYPES

This issue-specific call is intended for writers and text-based contributors.

They welcome submissions such as:

• essays
• criticism
• reflective writing
• research-based writing
• cultural commentary
• hybrid or experimental text-based work

If your proposal is not primarily text-based, it may be better suited to another ELSEHERE program rather than this issue-specific STRATUM Journal call.

Application Instructions

There is no fee to submit. All submissions are reviewed individually, and only selected contributors will be contacted for publication.

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