The Student Journal Forum 2026 invites proposals for virtual sessions to be held the week of February 17th - 20th, 2026 (exact dates TBD).  This online event welcomes participants of all backgrounds, with a specific focus on post-secondary students in Canada who are involved with or contemplating the creation of a student journal, or those seeking to connect with others involved in the student journal publishing community.

We invite everyone interested in sharing information about student journals to submit proposals for 10-minute presentations in English or French. We particularly encourage students to share their experiences, challenges, and insights. Some suggested presentation topics include:

• Starting a new journal
• Attracting author submissions
• Recruiting and training peer reviewers
• Managing technical processes (e.g., producing galley files, publishing platforms, copyediting)
• Promoting your journal
• Equity and inclusion in journal publishing
• Following ethical publishing practices
• Enhancing discoverability for your journal, including applying for inclusion in the DOAJ and other indexes
• Changing your journal's practices (e.g., peer review or editing) and an assessment of the outcomes
• Publishing non-traditional, multimedia, or multi-modal content
• Partnerships, such as working with faculty, other campus groups, or community organisations
• The author experience of submitting to/publishing with a student journal

You are welcome to propose your own topic. For inspiration, you can find a list of previous SJF presentations forum events pages.

Questions?

Questions? Please contact Gabby Crowley, Co-Chair of SJF 2026, by email at  gabby.crowley@utoronto.ca for more information.

New Submission for Student Journal Forum 2026

Follow the instructions, step by step, and then use the "Submit" button at the bottom of the form. The required fields are marked by *.

Journal Information

Please provide some basic information about your journal.

*Journal Title:

Journal URL or website:

Host Institution:

If your journal doesn't have a host you can leave this blank

If your journal has social accounts and you would like to be tagged in in SJF communications, please indicate the service name and your handle below (e.g., bluesky = @canadasjf.bsky.social):

Presentation Information

*Presentation Title:

*Presentation Topic

Please select the topic(s) relevant to your submission from the following list. We use the topics to help us select sessions to balance the program. For a list of sessions at previous SJF see the past forum events page: https://guides.library.utoronto.ca/student_journals/events.

• Starting a new journal
• Attracting author submissions
• Recruiting and training peer reviewers
• Managing technical processes (e.g., producing galley files, publishing platforms, copyediting)
• Promoting your journal
• Equity and inclusion in journal publishing
• Following ethical publishing practices
• Enhancing discoverability for your journal, including applying for inclusion in the DOAJ and other indexes
• Changing your journal's practices (e.g., peer review or editing) and an assessment of the outcomes
• Publishing non-traditional, multimedia, or multi-modal content
• Partnerships, such as working with faculty, other campus groups, or community organisations
• The author experience of submitting to/publishing with a student journal
• Propose your own topic (please describe the topic in your description/abstract)

*Presentation Description/Abstract

To help the program committee evaluate your session’s value and relevance, please use this space to provide details about your session. Consider highlighting the unique approaches your journal has taken to address your chosen topic, including any challenges, successes, and recommendations for other student journals. You may also include more details on how your session will be structured to achieve the proposed outcomes. This abstract will also be used in the online program, and may be quoted in social media posts. If needed, you can edit your abstract later.

Suggested word limit: 250 words

*Presentation Outcomes

Describe the specific knowledge or skills attendees will have after participating in the session. Each outcome focuses on the participant, specifically stating what each participant should be able to know, do, or value by the end of the session.

Example: After participating in this session attendees will be able to identify different forms of peer review...”

Presenter Information

For each presenter, please fill out the form below. Some items on the form are explained here:

• Email addresses will only be used for communication with the presenter. It will not appear on public web pages of this conference. The email address can be omitted for non corresponding individuals for group presentations.
• We ask for your affiliation/institution to use on the forum program website.
• Don’t worry, you will be able to add/change presenter information closer to the forum, if need be.

Forum communication

We use the Student Journal Editors listserv to send out any updates about the Student Journal Forum, and you can initiate a discussion and make connections with fellow editors via the listserv. You can unsubscribe from the listserv at anytime.

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