About

ABOUT

The Chameleon Literary Journal has served as Norwich University’s arts and creative writing magazine since its founding in 1961. The Chameleon is a student-driven publication that publishes the best visual and literary arts by Norwich students. These creative works come from students across all majors, residential and online students, and undergraduate and graduate students. We are a multilingual literary journal highlighting student creative writing and translations in multiple languages.

Norwich students can submit to the Chameleon by visiting our Submittable page. Contact the Chameleon by email at [email protected].

MISSION STATEMENT

The Chameleon’s mission is to create a space for Norwich students to share their art and creative writing with the Norwich community. The Chameleon is committed to publishing a diversity of Norwich student voices through creative writing and art. To accomplish this, the Chameleon accepts submissions from any current Norwich student. Only Norwich students can submit to the Chameleon.

CODE OF ETHICS

The Chameleon Literary Journal aims to publish Norwich University student creative writing and arts yearly. We aim to highlight Norwich students’ creative voices with this literary journal and share diverse ideas, views, opinions, and arts. At the Chameleon, every Norwich University student’s voice matters.

The code of ethics below is shared to help those who submit to the Chameleon understand how we build our literary journal and hold ourselves accountable.

Student Editors

The Chameleon’s editorial team is made up of student volunteers. All Norwich students are encouraged to join our editorial team. We usually use one of two models for running our editorial team:

• Editor(s)-in-Chief: Under this model, one or more of our editors are voted to be our editor(s)-in-chief. This position is voted on by the editorial staff.
• Communal Editors: Under this model, all members of the editorial staff equally run the Chameleon. This is decided by a vote from the editorial staff.

Our Values

The Chameleon editorial staff and advisor aim to be ethical, competent, transparent, and human.

• Ethical: We aim to be ethical in reviewing student creative works and selecting what creative work to accept, give awards to, and reject. We also aim to be moral in amplifying student voices through publishing our literary journal.
• Competent: We aim to edit and curate to the best of our abilities.
• Transparent: When requested, we offer to share how we chose what pieces were accepted and rejected.
• Human: We recognize that because we are human and know many of the students submitting creative works, there will be conflicts of interest. We will work to minimize those conflicts and deal with them ethically. We also understand that we bring our life experiences, art, and creative writing biases to everything we do. These biases will influence what creative pieces are accepted. We will also work to reduce these biases to create the best literary journal possible.

Roles and Responsibilities

Below are the various roles and responsibilities of our Chameleon staff.

• Student Editors:
  • Definition: Student editors include any Norwich student volunteering for the Chameleon.
  • Roles: Student editors are responsible for the vision of the Chameleon Literary Journal, all voting (except when a tiebreaker is needed), and all construction of the Chameleon Literary Journal.
• Student Editor(s)-in-Chief:
  • Definition: The highest-ranking student editor on staff.
  • Roles: The editor-in-chief does some or all of the following: organizes and runs meetings, creates a system for voting on submissions, leads our marketing and social media campaigns, oversees the vision for the look of the Chameleon, copy edits and page proofs all written pieces, and other related tasks.
• Advisor:
  • Definition: The advisor is a Norwich faculty member.
  • Roles: The advisor advises the editorial staff as they create the Chameleon. The advisor only votes in tie-breaker instances.