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2025-2026 Call for Manuscripts

Deadline: October 10, 2025

To coincide with the OKCTE Fall 2025 conference and the 2025 NCTE theme, this upcoming issue of OEJ will feature the theme of Dream Boldly with Multimedia Literacies. We are seeking ideas and inquiries about the learning and teaching of English language arts, literacy, literature, writing, and media studies, with particular attention paid to how and where we can dream boldly in our classrooms. Multimedia (the tools) and multimodal literacies (the invite students to “comprehend and communicate knowledge through alphabetic, aural, visual, spatial, and/or gestural content” (OSDE, 2021). We expand this definition to include multimedia and thus engage in broader communication landscapes (e.g., social media, television, arts, podcasts, and so much more) (NCTE, 2022).

Questions to consider: What inspires you to continue educating through multimedia literacies, and how can that inspiration shape our pedagogies, spaces, and communities? What does that look like in this seemingly AI-centered world? How can ELA educators, media specialists, librarians, and other support staff ensure equitable access to media literacy opportunities in diverse learning environments?

We hope you will consider contributing to the conversation!

References
National Council of Teachers of English (2022, Apr. 9). Media Education in English Language Arts. https://ncte.org/statement/media_education/

Oklahoma State Department of Education. (2021). 2021 OAS English Language Arts Standards - Oklahoma.gov. https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/osde/documents/services/literacy-policy-and-programs/oklahoma-academic-standards/2021-OAS-English-Language-Arts-Standards.pdf

Submission Guidelines

Be original work, not published anywhere else
Word or Google Documents only (no PDFs)
Double-space all writing, 1-inch margins all around, 12-inch font
Please adhere to MLA or APA formatting for in-text citations and Works Cited/References.
Research should be IRB approved or able to submit other evidence of participant consent.
Conform to NCTE Statement on Gender and Language.
*Student-submitted reviews, writing, and art must include contact information from the student author and the parent/guardian. OEJ editors will contact authors and parent/guardians to gain publication consent.
Include a brief biographical sketch of the author(s) with submissions (~75 word limit).

Submissions should be submitted electronically through this Google Form.

Questions? Please contact OEJ Editors Jolie Hicks, Jinan El Sabbash, and Tamesha Reyes: [email protected]

About the OEJ

The Oklahoma English Journal, the official publication of the Oklahoma Council of Teachers of English, serves those interested in the teaching of English/language arts at all levels, elementary through college. OEJ is published once a year. Material submitted to OEJ is reviewed by members of the editorial board. Although some issues of OEJ focus on a particular theme, contributors are invited to submit original manuscripts on any relevant topic at any time.

Manuscript Ideas for Submission

Personal and/or professional essays on teaching/learning (~500-1500 words)
Book/video/text/ed app reviews and/or recommendations (~500-1000 words)
- include a brief synopsis of the text as well as possible teaching ideas and personal response
Research articles (~2000 words)
- include introduction, literature review/theoretical framework, methods, findings, discussion/implications, bibliography
Scholarship articles, such as theoretical pieces or literary analysis (~2000 words)
- include introduction, literature review/theoretical framework/analytic lens, methods, findings/theory development, discussion/implications, bibliography
Interview with an Oklahoma author or artist, especially as related to K-12 learning and teaching (~500-1000 words)
Teaching tips or reviews of professional texts (~500-1000 words)
Poetry and/or other creative writing about teaching life, such as cartoon/comics
Book reviews written by students*
Visual art and photography from students* and educators

Acknowledgements

The current Oklahoma English Journal co-editors are Jolie Hicks, Jinan El Sabbash, and Tamesha Reyes. You can reach them at [email protected]. Jolie, Jinan, and Tamesha will serve as OEJ editors from 2025-2028 on a 3-year term.

The editors thank the following individuals and organizations for supporting the production of this issue of the Oklahoma English Journal:

Manuscript reviewers
OKCTE executive board members and leadership

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Thanks to all who submitted work and to our two editors, Michelle Waters and Jennifer Williams for another fine OKCTE production.

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