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Maria L. Plochocki
Revitalizing the Literature and Writing Studies Classroom: Teaching, Technology, and Student Learning
The challenges of teaching humanities in today’s increasingly polarized political climate are profound. Educators find themselves at the intersection of diverse ideologies, cultural tensions, and barriers students may face in their access to education. The humanities classroom is also changing. Educators are teaching students with different needs and experiences while also responding to changes in technology and the ways students read, write, research, and learn.
Volume 6 of Watchung Review call for scholarly articles, pedagogical models and interventions, and creative pieces that engage with the challenge of navigate evolving student needs, technological shifts, and cultural transformations without losing the richness and relevance of literature and writing.
We are particularly interested in submissions that address the following areas:
Creating inclusive classrooms
Teaching strategies for literature, writing, and related disciplines
Student-centered and experiential learning practices
Interdisciplinary approaches and collaborative learning
Creative assignments and multimodal projects
Alternative assessment methods
Assessment and student engagement in hybrid and online courses
Using digital tools and technology in humanities classrooms
The role of artificial intelligence and other technologies in humanities education
Fostering the informed consumption of digital and media literacy
Promoting ethics and responsibility in and beyond the classroom
Responding to book bans and restrictions on content through creative writing
Anticipating and responding to student resistance to sensitive topics
The relationship between K-12 education on higher education
Demonstrating the transferability of the skills learned in the literature and writing classroom to career paths
Poetry and fiction that engage with these topics
Requirements:
Scholarly articles should be between 3000-6000 words. Include an abstract of 300 words and use MLA format. Please use endnotes not footnotes.
Creative submissions of high-quality prose and poetry that imaginatively address the theme will also be accepted. Submissions cannot be previously published. No simultaneous submissions.
Poems should not exceed five pages. We will consider up to three poems at a time. Please submit all your poems in one document
Short Stories should be between 2500-5000 words.
Book Reviews should not exceed 2500 words. The subject matter of the book reviewed should address the theme. Watchung Review is interested in reviews of books published from 2026 only.
Formatting:
double-spaced
page-numbered
in a standard web/print font, such as Times New Roman, Calibri, or Arial in 11 or 12 pt. font. (No courier, or comic sans, please.)
free of your name or other identifying/contact information in the manuscript, header, and filename
attach a cover page with your manuscript that lists your name and contact information
submitted in an accepted file type: doc or docx
Please note: submissions that do not follow our guidelines will be automatically declined without explanation.
Deadline: January 15th, 2027
Submit here: https://njcea.org/submission-guidelines
Please send inquiries and submissions to watchungreview