Call for Papers

China Creative Writing Review

ISSN: 3135-033X（print）

China Creative Writing Review is a professional journal dedicated to the disciplinary construction and academic research of creative writing in China. It positions itself to build an academic system, disciplinary system, and talent cultivation system for creative writing with Chinese characteristics. It adheres to the unity of academic rigor, forward-looking vision, standardization, and practicality, providing academic support and an exchange platform for promoting the high - quality development of the creative writing discipline in China. Currently, it is soliciting original, empirical, and speculative research results from university scholars, writing educators, creators, and practitioners in the cultural industry.

I. Scope of Submissions

1. Disciplinary Theoretical Research: Basic theories of creative writing, construction of disciplinary system, theoretical analysis of Chinese and foreign creative writing, disciplinary history and coreconcept research.

2. Writing-Teaching Research: Classroom teaching of creative writing at all educational levels, curriculum design, talent-training models, workshop practice, faculty development, online writing teaching and localized teaching-case studies.

3. Creative Criticism and Textual Research: Writer-work studies from the perspective of creative writing; interpretation and criticism of fiction, non-fiction, genre literature, youth writing, amateur writing and other texts.

4. Media and Creative Writing: Research on new-media writing, online literature, short-video script writing, cross-media narration, AI-assisted writing and digital creative production.

5. Creative Writing and Social Culture: Social-practice studies including creative writing and public culture, community writing, therapeutic writing, rural writing, public-interest writing and regional-cultural empowerment.

6. Foreign Reference and Translation: Overseas theories and teaching experience of creative writing, cutting-edge trends, relevant translations, reviews and comparative studies.

7. Book Reviews, Interviews and Academic Overviews: Book reviews on creative-writing publications, scholar interviews, thematic overviews and annual disciplinary research summaries.

II. Manuscript Requirements

1. Submissions must be original and unpublished. Plagiarism, intellectual-property theft and simultaneous multiple-journal submission are strictly prohibited. Authors shall observe academic ethics and take full responsibility for their manuscripts.

2. Preferred length: 5,000-15,000 words for academic papers; 2,000-8,000 words for book reviews, interviews and overviews.

3. Format Specifications: Submit manuscripts in Word format. Provide Chinese-English titles, abstracts (300-500 words) and 3-5 groups of Chinese-English keywords. Footnotes and references shall comply with common academic standards for domestic humanities and social-science journals with complete bibliographic information.

4. Attach author biography at the end of the manuscript: full name, academic title / educational background, affiliation and main research interests. Please also provide mailing address and email address. Overseas authors should indicate their country / region.

5. All figures and tables must be clear with appropriate captions.

III. Submission Guidelines

1. Submission E-mail：zgcyxz@yeah.net

2. E-mail subject format: Author’s Full Name + Manuscript Title

3. Send your manuscript as a Word attachment. Do not paste the full text into the e-mail body. Place all images in an independent compressed folder and attach it together with the Word file. Name attachments consistently with the e-mail subject.

IV. Acceptance and Copyright Notice

1. During the journal’s inaugural call-for-papers period, high-quality original academic manuscripts will receive priority for review and publication.

2. Upon acceptance, authors are deemed to have granted the journal rights for print publication and dissemination via online databases.

3. Academic misconduct is firmly opposed. Manuscripts confirmed to involve academic misconduct will be rejected, and relevant authors will be blacklisted by the journal.