Journal Submissions

Words Beats & Life Journal of Hip-Hop Culture

Words Beats & Life Journal of Hip-Hop Culture: Dance Issue

DANCE CALL FOR PAPERS

This issue invites interviews, reviews, essays, and critical articles on the intersections of dance and hip-hop in the U.S. and around the world. Themes include hip-hop and social dance; hip-hop and concert dance; regional dance movements; documentation and dissemination of dance from music videos to social media; hip-hop dance as a competitive platform; and the aesthetics of hip-hop dance performance, gender and sexuality, racism, justice, and other themes that are both provocative and politically charged.

Manuscripts must be submitted online by January 31st, 2025.

Words Beats & Life Journal of Hip-Hop Culture: General Issue

GENERAL CALL FOR PAPERS

Words Beats & Life Journal of Hip-Hop Culture invites complete submissions for our next general issue.

This issue invites poetry, visual art, essays, and critical articles on hip-hop music and culture in the U.S. and around the world. Related themes include fashion, food, environment, the aesthetics of performance, politics, gender and sexuality, racism,  justice, and other themes that are both provocative and politically charged

Manuscripts must be submitted online by January 31st, 2025.