Call for Articles! 2025 Print Edition
We are thrilled to be accepting article submissions from our Harris student body for Chicago Policy Review’s 2025 Print Edition. This year, our theme is “In Transition.”
We hope to see articles that are timely, relevant, and innovative.
If you have any questions or article pitches, please email:
Emily Morgan, Managing Editor: ermorgan@uchicago.edu
Trey Pennington, Editor in Chief: penningtonwc@uchicago.edu
Timeline
Preference Round Deadline: March 3rd
Final Deadline: March 9th
However, if you can’t meet these dates exactly, please contact Emily or Trey.
We’ll do our best to accommodate you!
Chicago Policy Review: Print Publication Guidelines
Goal of the Print Publication Articles
The Print Edition of The Chicago Policy Review aspires to be an established lane for writers to move from describing a policy problem towards prescribing a solution.
The Chicago Policy Review is committed to promoting diverse views and policy scholarship. CPR considers submissions from outside contributors. Submissions are reviewed and selected for publication based on the following editorial standards and protocols.
Timeline and Selection Notes
Please reach out at any time with pitches, ideas, or inspiration. Submissions are required to be submitted in draft form.
Preference Round Draft Submission deadline: March 3rd, 5:00pm CST
Final Call Draft Submission deadline: March 9th, 11:59pm CST
Submission Guidelines
We believe it is important to present a wide range of opinions in the Print Edition. However, we reserve the right to refuse the publication of any piece that does not meet our editorial standards.
We ask that any writer with a connection to or potential conflict of interest with the issue or subject they write about disclose those connections before publication. Failure to do so will result in the retraction of the article, and no further articles by the writer will be published in CPR.
Articles will be refused without review if they:
Exceed 800 words
Contain insufficient, irrelevant, or a complete lack of cited evidence
Are primarily focused on promoting an organization’s work
Editorial Standards
What are the basic elements of a good piece?
Typically 600–800 words
Clearly defined thesis and point of view. The thesis must be present at or near the beginning of the article.
Good research is critical: this is not the place to publish baseless rants, and the same standards for high-quality apply to all articles.
High-quality research is merely the starting point: a well-supported article must also effectively make an argument or explain a clear point of view.
Editorial Decisions
There is no rubric by which commentary articles are judged for approval/rejection. The Executive Board makes their decisions keeping the following in mind:
Is the submission likely to increase readers’ understanding of the central policy issue at hand?
Is the submission of interest to a general audience? Or is it so esoteric that only a handful of highly educated readers can understand it? (We recommend the former).
Does the submission offer an original perspective or a new interpretation of the policy issue? Or does it feel like a retread of common commentary article tropes?
Would publishing the submission reflect CPR’s values (Equity, Accessibility, Integrity, Open Inquiry, and Impact – per the bylaws as of October 1, 2020)?
Does the submission engage in stereotyping based on identity or political opinion?
Is the submission written in good faith? Conversely, does it engage in strawmanning, ad hominem attacks, or deploying widely debunked reporting in service of its argument?
Does the submission advocate extralegal physical violence of any kind?
Will the article require extensive editing (generally defined as more than 2 rounds) before it is ready for publication?