CfP: "Ethnomusicology Now." Rising Voices in Ethnomusicolog (Fall/Winter 2025 Issue) Deadline: 01.09.2025

This is the first call for submissions for the Fall/Winter 2025 issue of Rising Voices in Ethnomusicology. We are calling this new issue, vol. 21, no. 2, "Ethnomusicology Now." We welcome submissions across a range of topics, current student interests, and concerns within ethnomusicology or related academic disciplines. Additionally, we offer the following questions as potential starting points: how might ethnomusicologists approach the present fraught moment for higher education? How might ethnomusicologists sustain commitments to social justice in the current climate? How have recent developments impacted the studies of ethnomusicologists transnationally? And how do we envision the development of our discipline into the future? 

Authors will engage in a collaborative process with the editing team, working through multiple rounds of editing and feedback prior to publication. We strive for a collaborative review process that helps bridge the gap between writing for university courses and peer-reviewed publication. We especially welcome submissions from first-time publishers, multilingual writers, and from those affiliated with institutions outside the anglosphere. 

We are currently accepting submissions for the following categories: graduate student articles, undergraduate student articles, creative submissions, news items, and professional submissions. For details on each of these categories, please see the descriptions below.

If you would like to submit a piece for this issue, please send a manuscript to the editors at risingvoicesjournal[at]gmail[dot]com by September 1, 2025. Submissions must follow Chicago Manual of Style, 18th edition (author-date)—attention to our guidelines is crucial for acceptance. Please follow our submission guidelines at our website. Submit files in .docx (text), .jpg (photography and images), .mp3 or .flac (audio), and .mp4 (video) formats. Include your contact information and university affiliation in your email, and note for which category you are submitting. 

If you have any questions, please email risingvoicesjournal[at]gmail[dot]com. We hope you will share this call widely with those who may be interested!