Film Matters announces an open call for papers from current undergraduates, authors who have been invited to revise and resubmit previous submissions (including authors who did not make it past our prescreening for a previous call), and recently graduated undergraduates for consideration in issue 17.1 (2026).
The deadline is March 1, 2025.
As a reminder, Film Matters is now using MLA 9th edition style, although we will still accept MLA 8th edition formatting — so please prepare your submissions accordingly. Purdue OWL’s MLA Formatting and Style Guide is an excellent resource to consult for help with this.
For more information about this call for papers, please see the official document (PDF):
In addition to your essay text file, submissions should now include our mandatory contributor intake form, which collects author and essay metadata, as a separate attachment; all other identifying information should be removed from the body of the essay text file, as well as the headers/footers, in order to aid the double-blind peer review process.
Submissions and questions should be directed to:
- futurefilmscholars AT gmail.com
Please note that Film Matters does not accept submissions that are currently under review by other journals or magazines.
We look forward to hearing from you! Submit your film- and media-related research papers today!
