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“Letters to the Editors” -- Views, Opinions, Suggestions, Theoretical, and Literary perspectives to be shared, expressed, and which encourage an interchange of creative, innovative thoughts and ideas are welcomed.
“Short Papers” -- The Journal welcomes papers of approximately 2 to 4 pages. These short papers may be written on contemporary issues and concerns of literature, literary theory, culture, media, translation, philosophy, art, television, and cinema and any other areas of scholarly interest, but must demonstrate academic command and excellence over the subject matter being covered.
“Long Papers” -- Articles of 15 to 25 pages length are welcomed in this section demonstrating an understanding of systems theory and illustrating how it may be employed in the study of literature and in literary theory. Articles may be written on contemporary issues and concerns of literature, literary theory, culture, media, translation, philosophy, art, television, and cinema and any other areas of scholarly interest, but must demonstrate academic command and excellence over the subject matter being covered. Articles must contain supporting examples, illustrations, models etc. and include recent research and theory encouraging interdisciplinarity and a searching for interconnections.
“Book Reviews” -- Reviews of books which address, explain, and expand on this new area of knowledge-- systems and literature—are encouraged. Other books on literature and literary theory are also considered. Book review length should be approximately 2-5 pages.
“Creative Writing” -- Literary works of fiction, poetry, drama etc. are accepted. Especially, writing which attempts to creatively and innovatively ‘experiment’ with new thoughts and ideas is encouraged.

All papers must be neatly typed, double-spaced, and written in MLA style according to the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (3rd edition). According to MLA Style, parenthetical citations within the body of the article and a 'Works Cited' page immediately following the last page of written text are required. Lengthy and digressive footnotes/ endnotes are discouraged . Authors are strongly urged to proofread and ensure that their article submissions are in correct and proper MLA Style and free from errors.
A brief journal abstract explaining the author's original, scholarly, academic article (including how it is organized or divided into interconnected sections etc.) is required along with a brief bio-sketch of the author.
Articles must be original and hitherto unpublished.
Electronic submissions should be sent to literaryparitantra@gmail.com or submissions@literaryparitantra.org Hard copies are accepted, but there must be three printed copies along with a soft copy saved on a CDROM.