Avenues Journal
A Multidisciplinary Journal for Emerging Scholars
What is Avenues?
In 1987, Casper College launched its first edition of Challenge Magazine, a display medium to honor academic excellence and endeavor at Casper College. Challenge, run and edited by longtime Casper College instructor Arlene Larson, ran from 1987 to the late 1990s, publishing student work from a variety of courses. Challenge served as an opportunity for students to demonstrate their academic prowess and highlight success at Casper College. Copies of Challenge were archived by the Goodstein Foundation Library. View these editions here.
In 2024, the Casper College Writing Center embarked on a mission to revive Challenge in a new and expansive way, carrying on its mission to honor academic excellence at Casper College. This renewal, Avenues: A Multidisciplinary Journal for Emerging Scholars, is managed by the Writing Center and seeks to publish individual work from every academic discipline. With the core values of research, innovation, scholarship, excellence, Avenues honors the legacy of Challenge and the aspirations of emerging scholars at Casper College.
If you have any questions about Avenues, either call the Writing Center at 307-268-2610 or email Avenues at avenues@caspercollege.edu.
Online, Archived, and Printed Editions
Avenues is a freely accessible and primarily online academic journal, accessible via the Casper College Writing Center website. Archived editions of Avenues will be available through the Goodstein Foundation Library. Printed editions of Avenues are available upon request and at the requester’s expense.
The first edition of Avenues is set to publish in Fall 2026.
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Before Submitting, Please Consider:
- Avenues does not accept creative writing works or other original creative works. Please see Expression Magazine for submission guidelines for creative works.
- Academic works must be original work written by the individual(s) who has submitted it.
- Credible sources used in the academic work must be cited correctly in the text and in the appropriate bibliography.
- Submitted work must be at least 5 pages long and no longer than 25 pages.
- Plagiarism (including AI generated written work) will result in an automatic refusal.
Avenues is published yearly in the Fall semester. Submissions for each publication year must be submitted by September 15 to be considered for publication in that Fall’s issue.
- The submission timeline for a publication year runs from the end of the previous year’s submissions to the following fall semester (e.g., September 2025 to September 2026 is one publication year).
- For example, works submitted any time from September 2025 through September 2026 will be eligible for the Fall 2026 issue of Avenues. Works submitted after Fall 2026 will be eligible for the Fall 2027 issue.
The publication will be released during the last week of November.
For a more detailed and specific explanation of guidelines and expectations, please see the Full Submission Guidelines section below. If you plan on submitting, please read the full guidelines document.
Avenues accepts several types of written works, including:
- Literary Criticism (reviews, analysis, interpretations, rhetorical etc.)
- Research (academic, scientific, reports etc.)
- Synthesis
- Argumentative
- Persuasive
- Informative
- Expository
Expectations:
As an academic publication, authors are expected to write a professional academic,
thesis-based work that demonstrates their understanding of their chosen topic and synthesizes
information and evidence. Avenues expects its authors to be able to meet the following basic academic standards:
★ The work is typed in Times New Roman, 12-pt. font, and double spaced.
★ Utilizes MLA, APA, AP, Chicago/Turabian, or APSA styles.
★ Limited to no spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors.
★ The work represents the submitter’s academic excellence.
★ The work is an original work written by the individual who has submitted it.
★ The work cannot be plagiarized or written using AI.
★ The work must have an appropriate title that describes the contents/purpose of the work.
★ The work must have an appropriate abstract or description that is roughly 100-300 words, depending on the length of the work
Download the Author’s Checklist to ensure you meet expectations before submitting!