Who may submit?
Everyone! You do not have to be affiliated with Princeton University to submit.
Who may be an Editor or Reviewer?
Any Princeton student – undergraduate, graduate, or postdoc.
How do I become involved?
Visit a Melange meeting, or email melange@princeton.edu.
What do Editors and Reviewers do?
Reviewers read the submissions before meetings and vote on whether they shall be: Accepted, Accepted with Revisions, or Rejected.
Like Reviewers, Editors vote on submissions. Additionally, they negotiate revisions with the poets, authors, and artists.
Executive and Associate Editors both draft suggested revisions, then review each other’s work. In the event of a non-unanimous decision, the Executive Editor makes the final call. If the Executive Editor is absent, the Associate Editor becomes the new Executive.
Staff Editors may volunteer to join any Editorial team in need. The Executive Editor ensures all Staff Editors have a second reader.
The Editor-in-Chief approves all edits before they are sent, and helps any editorial team in need.
What is the page limit?
There is no page limit for Melange. However, if your submission is over 25 pages, we may not be able to review it until the following semester.
Would you consider publishing a longer work serially?
We would. If this interests you, please send the entire work upfront.
What do we not accept?
We do not accept AI-generated submissions, plagiarized material, propaganda, sexually explicit photography, discriminatory content, or anything else that does not comply with Princeton’s values as stated in Rights, Rules, and Responsibilities.