JAWS (Journal)

Journal of Arts Writing by Students

ISSN 20552823 , ONLINE ISSN 20552831

JAWS is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes new art and writing from early- to mid-career researchers and practitioners working across creative disciplines. JAWS publishes writing about art and writing as art. We welcome practice-based research, visual essays, book reviews and interviews by emergent practitioners and researchers. Supporting criticality and experimentation in arts writing, the journal connects authors to an international audience. JAWS welcomes divergent and/or unconventional forms, as well as more traditional submissions.

For more information, to access the journal or to subscribe, visit the Discover platform here.



Editors-in-Chief

Lizzie Lloyd
University of the West of England, UK
editors.jawsjournal@gmail.com

Alice Hill-Woods
University of Bristol, UK
editors.jawsjournal@gmail.com

Editor

Clementine Butler-Gallie
Universität der Künste, Berlin
c.butler-gallie@udk-berlin.de

Ralph Overill
University of East London, UK
ralphoverill@gmail.com

Sajad Sotoudeh
University of Bristol, UK
af23066@bristol.ac.uk

Eirini Vlavianou
University of the Arts London – CSM, UK
renevlav@gmail.com

Social Media Editor

Rebecca Sibley
University of the Arts London – LCC, UK
rebeccasibley@googlemail.com

Consulting Editor

Inês Ferreira-Norman
Independent researcher
inesartistaif@gmail.com

Notes for Contributors Download


Aims & Scope

JAWS is an international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes new art and writing from early- to mid-career researchers and practitioners working across artistic mediums. 

Founded as the Journal of Arts Writing by Students at Chelsea School of Art in 2013 and published by Intellect since 2015, the journal was the first of its kind entirely dedicated to students' work in artistic research. JAWS publishes writing about art and writing as art. We welcome practice-based research, visual essays, book reviews and interviews by practitioners and researchers. We encourage divergent and/or unconventional forms, as well as more traditional submissions. As it stands, we only accept submissions in the English language, but our aim is to connect international contributors with an international audience. 

As a platform, we foster criticality and experimentation. The support and expertise of an established network of editors and peer reviewers allow for co-produced reflection and discussion, guiding our contributors to publish reimagined approaches to writing in artistic scholarship and creative practice. We aim to balance such experiments with the academic rigour of peer review alongside attentive and diligent editorial processes.

Please visit the JAWS website at: www.jawsjournal.com

Submissions

To submit an article, please follow the 'Submit' button on the left of this page.
 
Download the Notes for Contributors above for information on format and style of submissions. If you need this document in a more accessible format, please contact info@intellectbooks.com. Find more information on Intellect's Accessibility page.
 
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All articles submitted should be original work and must not be under consideration by other publications.
 
Journal contributors will receive a free PDF copy of their final work upon publication. Print copies of the journal may also be purchased by contributors at half price.

Peer Review Policy

All articles undergo initial editorial screening either by the journal's Editorial Team and/or incumbent Guest Editors. Articles then undergo a rigorous, anonymous, external peer review by two referees, following the guidance in Intellect's 'Peer review instructions'. Based on this feedback, the Editors will communicate a decision and revision suggestions to authors. To appeal an editorial decision, please contact the main Editor who will consider your case.

Ethical Guidelines

The journal follows the principles set out by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Read our Ethical Guidelines for more on the journal's standards.

Editors-in-Chief

Lizzie Lloyd
University of the West of England, UK
editors.jawsjournal@gmail.com

Alice Hill-Woods
University of Bristol, UK
editors.jawsjournal@gmail.com

Editor

Clementine Butler-Gallie
Universität der Künste, Berlin
c.butler-gallie@udk-berlin.de

Ralph Overill
University of East London, UK
ralphoverill@gmail.com

Sajad Sotoudeh
University of Bristol, UK
af23066@bristol.ac.uk

Eirini Vlavianou
University of the Arts London – CSM, UK
renevlav@gmail.com

Social Media Editor

Rebecca Sibley
University of the Arts London – LCC, UK
rebeccasibley@googlemail.com

Consulting Editor

Inês Ferreira-Norman
Independent researcher
inesartistaif@gmail.com

Editors-in-Chief

Lizzie Lloyd
University of the West of England, UK
editors.jawsjournal@gmail.com

Alice Hill-Woods
University of Bristol, UK
editors.jawsjournal@gmail.com

Editor

Clementine Butler-Gallie
Universität der Künste, Berlin
c.butler-gallie@udk-berlin.de

Ralph Overill
University of East London, UK
ralphoverill@gmail.com

Sajad Sotoudeh
University of Bristol, UK
af23066@bristol.ac.uk

Eirini Vlavianou
University of the Arts London – CSM, UK
renevlav@gmail.com

Social Media Editor

Rebecca Sibley
University of the Arts London – LCC, UK
rebeccasibley@googlemail.com

Consulting Editor

Inês Ferreira-Norman
Independent researcher
inesartistaif@gmail.com

Editors-in-Chief

Lizzie Lloyd
University of the West of England, UK
editors.jawsjournal@gmail.com

Alice Hill-Woods
University of Bristol, UK
editors.jawsjournal@gmail.com

Editor

Clementine Butler-Gallie
Universität der Künste, Berlin
c.butler-gallie@udk-berlin.de

Ralph Overill
University of East London, UK
ralphoverill@gmail.com

Sajad Sotoudeh
University of Bristol, UK
af23066@bristol.ac.uk

Eirini Vlavianou
University of the Arts London – CSM, UK
renevlav@gmail.com

Social Media Editor

Rebecca Sibley
University of the Arts London – LCC, UK
rebeccasibley@googlemail.com

Consulting Editor

Inês Ferreira-Norman
Independent researcher
inesartistaif@gmail.com


Call for Papers

JAWS 10: Fragility

The deadline for submissions is 18 November 2024.

We invite contributions to this hybrid JAWS issue, which combines a themed section on ‘Fragility’ and an open section.

Fragility lends itself to breakage and rupture; fragility names that which is precarious. Fragility also offers redemptive change for things that ought to be broken. Fragile systems demand critical thinking and organising; fragile bodies require more attention and softness.

Fragility has often been framed in the negative, like a weakness to be avoided or a shortcoming to be bolstered. We support our creative and intellectual endeavours through funding applications across which clear methodologies, strong evidence and robust arguments reign. We urge our students to be more analytical, to work their critical faculties, identify weak reasoning and call out unsupported claims. In the everyday, we are urged to be tough, and to build structures with strong foundations that can withstand turbulence. We admire fortitude, fervour and unrelenting determination.

However, in the face of resilience – which, of course, has its merits – JAWS 10 looks at the potential inherent in fragility. What can we learn from tenuous connections? And from grounds that are shaky instead of firm? What can be read from interpretations that are ambiguous rather than clear? How can we continue to make within unsound structures? What happens when we settle our attention on people, materials and ideas that are prone to breakage or leakage, or bruising or erosion? And how do we respond to harmful fragilities?

For the themed section of this issue, we are interested in submissions that touch on, make use of or pick away at fragility as subject, object, material and process; that relate in some way but are not limited to:

  • Fragile objects and artworks
  • Creative criticism
  • Aesthetics of breakage and fracture
  • Mistranslation
  • Illness, crip time and fragile embodiment
  • Vulnerability
  • Potential
  • Not knowing
  • Attachment
  • Intuition
  • Failure
  • Ephemeral
  • Quiet
  • Precarity
  • Fragile ecosystems; erosion; pollution
  • Difficult methodologies
  • Crisis and the arts
  • Tenderness; sensitivity 

Before submitting work, please ensure your submission complies with the Intellect House Style Guide here.

We invite the following:

  • Academic submissions up to 6000 words
  • Artistic practice and/or visual essays up to 5000 words/12 images
  • Interviews up to 4000 words
  • Exhibition, book and event reviews between 1000 and 3000 words
  • Reflective pieces between 1000 and 3000 words

Please email your submission as a Word processing document (not PDFs or Google Docs)  to editors.jawsjournal@gmail.com with the title ‘Submission: JAWS 10’. Please use Harvard referencing and format your piece in Times New Roman, pt 12. If you have an image-based piece, please send us both the Word document and the PDF.

Editors-in-Chief

Lizzie Lloyd
University of the West of England, UK
editors.jawsjournal@gmail.com

Alice Hill-Woods
University of Bristol, UK
editors.jawsjournal@gmail.com

Editor

Clementine Butler-Gallie
Universität der Künste, Berlin
c.butler-gallie@udk-berlin.de

Ralph Overill
University of East London, UK
ralphoverill@gmail.com

Sajad Sotoudeh
University of Bristol, UK
af23066@bristol.ac.uk

Eirini Vlavianou
University of the Arts London – CSM, UK
renevlav@gmail.com

Social Media Editor

Rebecca Sibley
University of the Arts London – LCC, UK
rebeccasibley@googlemail.com

Consulting Editor

Inês Ferreira-Norman
Independent researcher
inesartistaif@gmail.com

Advisory Board

Emma Bolland
Independent Researchers

Eduardo Corte-Real
IADE-Universidade Europeia, Portugal

Maria Fusco
University of Dundee

Amanda Hodgkinson
University of Suffolk

Falk Hübner
Fontys Academy of the Arts (NL)

Wiebke Leister
London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, UK

Jeremy Millar
Royal College of Art, UK

Juan Sádaba
University of the Basque Country, Spain

Craig Staff
University of Northampton, UK

Susannah Thompson
Glasgow School of Art, UK

Editors-in-Chief

Lizzie Lloyd
University of the West of England, UK
editors.jawsjournal@gmail.com

Alice Hill-Woods
University of Bristol, UK
editors.jawsjournal@gmail.com

Editor

Clementine Butler-Gallie
Universität der Künste, Berlin
c.butler-gallie@udk-berlin.de

Ralph Overill
University of East London, UK
ralphoverill@gmail.com

Sajad Sotoudeh
University of Bristol, UK
af23066@bristol.ac.uk

Eirini Vlavianou
University of the Arts London – CSM, UK
renevlav@gmail.com

Social Media Editor

Rebecca Sibley
University of the Arts London – LCC, UK
rebeccasibley@googlemail.com

Consulting Editor

Inês Ferreira-Norman
Independent researcher
inesartistaif@gmail.com

 
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Editors-in-Chief

Lizzie Lloyd
University of the West of England, UK
editors.jawsjournal@gmail.com

Alice Hill-Woods
University of Bristol, UK
editors.jawsjournal@gmail.com

Editor

Clementine Butler-Gallie
Universität der Künste, Berlin
c.butler-gallie@udk-berlin.de

Ralph Overill
University of East London, UK
ralphoverill@gmail.com

Sajad Sotoudeh
University of Bristol, UK
af23066@bristol.ac.uk

Eirini Vlavianou
University of the Arts London – CSM, UK
renevlav@gmail.com

Social Media Editor

Rebecca Sibley
University of the Arts London – LCC, UK
rebeccasibley@googlemail.com

Consulting Editor

Inês Ferreira-Norman
Independent researcher
inesartistaif@gmail.com

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