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Who Can Submit?

Anyone may submit an original article to be considered for publication in The Robert Frost Review provided he or she owns the copyright to the work being submitted or is authorized by the copyright owner or owners to submit the article. Authors are the initial owners of the copyrights to their works (an exception in the non-academic world to this might exist if the authors have, as a condition of employment, agreed to transfer copyright to their employer).

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General Submission Rules

Submitted articles cannot have been previously published, nor be forthcoming in an archival journal or book (print or electronic). Please note: "publication" in a working-paper series does not constitute prior publication. In addition, by submitting material to The Robert Frost Review, the author is stipulating that the material is not currently under review at another journal (electronic or print) and that he or she will not submit the material to another journal (electronic or print) until the completion of the editorial decision process at The Robert Frost Review. If you have concerns about the submission terms for The Robert Frost Review, please contact the editors.

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Formatting Requirements for Initial Submission

The Robert Frost Review accepts scholarly essays and notes (biographical or historical features, memoirs of meeting the poet, pedagogical notes, and other relevant items). We do not accept unsolicited poems or fiction.

All manuscripts must be written in English and adhere to Chicago Manual of Style guidelines. Please observe a 5000 word limit for the main text, and submit work as a Microsoft Word file, with notes and citations at the end. Prepare a separate abstract to be submitted along with the main text. Use the Library of America edition Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays , edited by R. Poirier and M. Richardson as the reference for all Frost citations. High quality black and white photographs, figures, and other images are welcome.

Please follow the directions provided in the Submission section of this website to ensure that we can provide a prompt review of your work. If your manuscript is accepted for publication, please follow the formatting rules provided in the Style Guide for details.

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Rights for Authors and Clemson OPEN

As further described in our submission agreement (the Submission Agreement), in consideration for publication of the article, the authors assign to Clemson OPEN all copyright in the article, subject to the expansive personal--use exceptions described below.

Attribution and Usage Policies

Reproduction, posting, transmission or other distribution or use of the article or any material therein, in any medium as permitted by a personal-use exemption or by written agreement of Clemson OPEN, requires credit to Clemson OPEN as copyright holder (e.g., Clemson OPEN © 2024).

Personal-use Exceptions

The following uses are always permitted to the author(s) and do not require further permission from Clemson OPEN provided the author does not alter the format or content of the articles, including the copyright notification:

  • Storage and back-up of the article on the author's computer(s) and digital media (e.g., thumb drives, back-up servers, cloud storage, etc.), provided that the article stored on these computers and media is not readily accessible by persons other than the author(s);
  • Posting of the article on the author(s) personal website, provided that the website is non-commercial;
  • Posting of the article on the internet as part of a non-commercial open access institutional repository or other non-commercial open access publication site affiliated with the author(s)'s place of employment (e.g., a Phrenology professor at the University of Southern North Dakota can have her article appear in the University of Southern North Dakota's Department of Phrenology online publication series); and
  • Posting of the article on a non-commercial course website for a course being taught by the author at the university or college employing the author.

People seeking an exception, or who have questions about use, should contact the editors.

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General Terms and Conditions of Use

Users of the Clemson OPEN website and/or software agree not to misuse the Clemson OPEN service or software in any way.

The failure of Clemson OPEN to exercise or enforce any right or provision in the policies or the Submission Agreement does not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any term of the Submission Agreement or these policies is found to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Submission Agreement and these policies remain in full force and effect. These policies and the Submission Agreement constitute the entire agreement between Clemson OPEN and the Author(s) regarding submission of the Article.

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