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Submit articles, creative writing, and visual art to venti.journal@gmail.com

Emily Fritze, Emotional Landscape I, 2019, Ink on Paper, 22.5” x 30.” Contact emilybfritze@gmail.com for more information — Emily Fritze, *Emotional Landscape I*, 2019, Ink on Paper, 22.5” x 30.”
Contact emilybfritze@gmail.com for more information

While the majority of articles are written by art historians, philosophers, and literary scholars, Venti is foremost an interdisciplinary journal. We embrace intellectual diversity, but we ask you briefly to explain terminology and ideas that may belong to a specific discipline. Please read our previous issues before submitting a piece to understand our tone and style.

All articles should be between 1500 - 6000 words, title and endnotes are not included. Beginning with our fourth issue (“Inhale/Exhale”), we will accept three types of essays:

1) Long Form Essays - 3500 - 6000 words

2) Personal Essays - 2000 - 5000 words

3) Short Form Essays - 1500 - 3000 words

All submissions are reviewed by the editorial board collectively with the additional support and guidance from our faculty advisors and advisory board. All accepted submissions will receive an editorial report written by a member of our board. If you would like your essay to be reviewed by a member of our advisory board, we are happy to arrange this for long-form essays with advanced notice. Although dependent on the essay, most submissions go through two to three rounds of edits before the copy-editing stage.

Style and format should be consistent with The Chicago Manual of Style. On the cover sheet please provide an abstract and short bio of 100-150 words. Articles should be accompanied by a Microsoft word document with images and captions.

We accept artwork, creative writing, and reviews on a rolling basis. Reviews should be no more than 1500 words and on a single text, exhibition, or film or a synthesis of recently published texts related to the themes of the journal, preferably published, premiered, or displayed within the last five years. We accept reviews on both scholarly work and creative writing. We also accept short responses on a rolling basis for our Up in the Air question.

If you would like to propose to illustrate an issue, please prepare a brief overview of your plan and a small portfolio of 3-5 images.

All submissions should be sent as a Microsoft word document (.doc) to venti.journal@gmail.com. If submitting an article, please specify the issue you are submitting for and your intended genre of essay.

For more information, download our style guide.

Call for Submissions | “ Cross-Cultural Atmospheres”

Venti Journal - Volume 3, No. 2 - 2025-2026 | Online and Print | Deadline: May 1, 2025

A Collaborative Issue with the Kobe Institute for Atmospheric Studies (KOIAS)

Venti Journal and KOIAS are pleased to announce a Call for Submissions for our upcoming special issue entitled “Cross-Cultural Atmospheres: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Atmospheric Studies.” This collaborative, online and print issue will celebrate the growing research and creative energy dedicated to the continuously emerging field of atmospheric studies. Particularly, as esteemed platforms for various atmospheric discourses, this collaboration invites contributions from cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspectives to showcase the importance and reach of the field. We invite both academic and non-academic contributions, including short-form essays (ca. 3500 words), long-form articles (5000-8000 words), interviews, book reviews, digital projects, poetry and creative writing, visual essays, artworks, architecture, and sonic environments. Contributions may be written either in English or in Japanese.

This interdisciplinary issue seeks to explore the ways in which cultural encounters and exchanges shape, mediate, and transform atmospheres—understood broadly as the felt and perceptible milieus that surround, influence, and are influenced by human and non-human actors. Atmospheres are often described as ephemeral and intangible, yet they hold profound power to influence experiences, emotions, and actions. In the context of cross-cultural interactions, atmospheres emerge from the interplay of diverse traditions, languages, values, and sensory worlds. Different cultures bring unique conceptualizations of atmosphere, shaped by their linguistic, philosophical, and artistic traditions. These differences can lead to varied understandings of what constitutes an atmosphere, how it is perceived, and its significance in human and non-human interactions. Furthermore, it is well known that atmospheres are difficult to verbalize, leading us to ask how can something felt yet indescribable cross cultural boundaries. How can we begin to describe atmosphere and translate these descriptions? How might an intermedial and interdisciplinary approach to cross-cultural atmospheres shape how we experience and think about atmosphere? This issue aims to interrogate the critical points of contact, tension, and exchange in relation to perceived notions and experiences of air and atmosphere and their impact on cross-cultural understanding.

Tied to the above questions/problematics, the issue methodologically asks what can the establishment of an academic field of atmospheric studies contribute to our understanding of cross-cultural atmospheres. What is the importance of going beyond cultural and regional frameworks in establishing the field? We welcome submissions that discuss the state of the field of atmospheric studies and its future goals within the context of interdisciplinary and transnational scholarship.

This issue will be published both as an online and print journal during the 2025-2026 academic year. Please send English or Japanese proposals (500 words), a bio, and your contact information as a Microsoft Word document by May 1, 2025, to

Venti Journal (venti.journal@gmail.com),

Jessie Alperin (alperinj@uchicago.edu),

Rie Kodera (r.kodera@lit.kobe-u.ac.jp)

and Yuho Hisayama (k0121712@gsuite.kobe-u.ac.jp).

You will be notified by early July, and drafts will be due at the beginning of September 2025.

We eagerly anticipate your thoughtful contributions.

Sincerely,

Jessie Alperin (Venti Journal), Rie Kodera (KOIAS), and Yuho Hisayama (KOIAS)