General Issue 2026
The editors of ‘Debates in Aesthetics’ are pleased to invite submissions for the 2026 General Issue (Vol.21, No. 1).
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 9th January 2026
For this issue we welcome original articles, book reviews, and interviews on any topic in philosophy of art or aesthetics. Submissions should be accessible and concise – around 3,000-3,500 words for articles and around 1,000-1,500 words for book reviews. Proposals for interviews should be no more than 500 words, with the length of the final interview being 3’000-3’500 words. All submissions should be anonymised for blind review and in Word Document Format (.docx). Detailed submission guidelines are available on our website.
Articles
3,000-3,500 words
The journal publishes articles on a wide range of topics, from defining satire to photography, musical expression, feminism, fictional truth, aesthetic realism, or expressive qualities in animals, and more… For this issue we welcome work on any topic from philosophical aesthetics.
Interviews
500 word proposal (final interview should be 3,000-3,500 words)
Sometimes the finest philosophical discussion happens in conversation. The journal has published some excellent interviews with philosophers and artists alike, including Angela Leighton, Noël Carroll, Alexander Nehamas, Dominic McIver Lopes, and Santiago Sierra. If you are interested in conducting an interview for the journal, please submit a short proposal of no more than 500 words detailing who you intend to interview, why you think an interview with that person would be of interest to the readership of Debates in Aesthetics, and the relevance of the interviewee’s work to philosophical aesthetics. We especially encourage proposals for interviews with philosophers and artists from underrepresented groups.
Book Reviews
1,000-1,500 words
The journal also welcomes book reviews or critical summaries on books relevant to our field. These should be on a recent publication, and around 1,000-1,500 words. If you would like to review a book, it might be worth looking at publisher’s websites, such as Oxford University Press or Routledge, for new and upcoming releases in aesthetics.
Please email all submissions to editor@debatesinaesthetics.org
For submission guidelines please visit https://debatesinaesthetics.org/submissions/
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Debates in Aesthetics is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal for articles, interviews and book reviews. Published by the British Society of Aesthetics, the journal’s principal aim is to provide the philosophical community with a dedicated venue for debate in aesthetics and the philosophy of art.
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Christopher Earley & Ben Campion
Co-Editors
Debates in Aesthetics