Student publications at Boston University
For more information about journals at BU, contact Zachary Bos. This list last updated in March 2018.

Journals accepting submissions from BU affiliates only:

• Coup d'etat
  published by the BU Literary Society, founded in 2013 [email]
• The Bunion
  a satire news publication for the Boston University community [email]
• The Brownstone Journal
  An academic journal of undergraduate research and scholarship [email]
• BU Quad [moribund]
  An independent online lifestyle magazine at Boston University [email]
• BU Undergraduate Economics Association Journal
  Published, unsurprisingly, by the Undergraduate Economics Association
• Burn
  A venue for experimental creative writing, published annually [email]
• The BU Buzz
  A "student lifestyle magazine" [email]
• Charcoal Magazine
  A magazine for student artists of color, with monthly themed issues [email]
• The Chimaerid
  The literary magazine of the College of General Studies [email]
• The Emerald Review [formerly The Earth & Environment Review]
  Published by the Environmental Student Organization [email]
• The Journal of the Core Curriculum
  An annual anthology of creative and academic writing [email]
• Culture Shock
  A collaborative blog of ideas, trends, and open dialogue, sponsored by the Howard Thurman Center [email]
• The Daily Free Press
  Boston University’s independent student newspaper [email]
• dirty laundry
  From 2000, an apparently one-time publication from CGS student authors
• Ellipsis
  The CGS student literary magazine in 2003
• Granby Street: The Alumni Poetry Journal
  An annual anthology of poetry by Boston University alumni [email]
• International Relations Review
  Articles & analysis from BU International Affairs Association [email]
• Off the Cuff
  fashion, arts, and culture from BU students [email]
• Period
• "The Menstrual Movement at Boston University;" a media project and blog for student writing concerned with menstrual, reproductive, or sexual health or justice. [email]
• Pre-Law Review
  Analysis of legal issues, publishing since 1991 [email]
• WR: Journal of the Arts & Sciences Writing Program
  WR publishes a selection of the best undergraduate papers from our writing seminars. Undergraduates are invited to join the staff as volunteers, to be part of the Editorial Board and help create the e-journal. [email]

Journals accepting submissions from undergraduates at any institution:

• Arché
  An academic journal of undergraduate philosophy [email]
• Taste BUds
  A food magazine with recipes, reviews, and trends in food culture. [email]
• The Yellow Dog
  An online magazine of collegiate comedy [email]
• Squinch
  A venue for arts criticism, arts commentary, and original art. [email]

Journals accepting submissions from student or non-student contributors:

• Back Bay Review
  A critical review of criticism, with daily blog updates, monthly feature articles, and an annual print omnibus [email]
• Boston Political Review
• A student-run platform for scholars of all political persuasions, backgrounds, and ideas. [email]
• Clarion
  A magazine of contemporary creative writing [email]
• Hoochie Woman
  A feminist ‘zine and blog [email]
• the nerve
  A magazine of mind and brain sciences [email]
• Pusteblume
  A journal of and about literary translation [email]

Journals in development:

• Delphinos
  A magazine of the classics and the culture of antiquity [email]
• An undergraduate music magazine. [email]
• A student journal of history. [email]
• The Symposia Project
  Single-topic issues with focused, original thinking for alert minds [email]

Obsolete publications:

• The Boston University Beacon
  First published in 1876, renamed in later years as The University Beacon and later as, simply, the Beacon. Their first "yearbook" edition was later spun-off into The Hub, which since then has been BU's official annual yearbook. [FB post mentioning the Beacon]
• The Environmental Examiner
  Published a single volume with two issues, in 2007-8.
• Sea-Change
  A one-off 'zine effort by the Climate Advocacy, Research, and Education (CARE) student group (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter); since folded into The Emerald Review.