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Assessing the “Most Feared Man in Hollywood": An Academic Review

Dear Contributor:

We’re so pleased that you’re considering contributing your work to College Review. Our mission is to publish the finest undergraduate essays in the humanities and social sciences.

Essays and Reviews:

We generally publish two kinds of essays in College Review:

Extended academic essays. These well-supported and well-reasoned essays are generally between 8,000 and 13,000 words and cover a range of topics in the humanities and social sciences. In the past five years, we’ve published essays on Jane Austen, educational practices in Pakistan, Japanese film, and the political and social implications of NAFTA. We expect these essays to represent the highest degree of academic and scholarly endeavor. We recommend that you consult with an adviser or mentor at your home institution before submitting your work to us.

Critical reviews. These reviews are an increasingly popular feature in our journal. They generally run between 1,500 and 2,000 words and address various aspects of American life and culture. We expect reviews to be written with the same intelligence and seriousness of purpose as our extended academic essays. However, the tone of a review may be a bit less formal than that of our academic essays.

Format:

Be typed

Be in 12-point Times New Roman font

Be double-spaced

Be printed only on one side of each page

Be titled

Have numbered pages

Be accompanied by an abstract of 250 words or less

Submissions should adhere to citation formats appropriate to their respective fields (e.g., APA Publication Manual, Chicago Manual of Style, etc.). All reviews should adhere to MLA citation format.

Eligibility:

Only manuscripts written while the author is enrolled as an undergraduate at an accredited institution in the United States or Canada will be considered. Upon graduation, authors have one year to submit manuscripts.

Our Readers:

Our audience is highly intelligent, curious, and well read. They appreciate essays and reviews that are interesting, well written, and free of jargon.

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