English Lit - Best Academic Journals to Submit to?

[eilonwy21]

I am planning on submitting my master's thesis (which I finished 2 years ago and have since edited and revised extensively further) for publication. Any suggestions on English Lit academic journals, preferably any that publish on race and ethnicity, postcolonialism, decolonial theory, stuff like that? 

I am actually starting a Sociology grad program this fall lol, so this is completely different, but I thought I should try to publish anything good I have if I can, especially if my sociology research area is still connected to my MA thesis I did for English.

Thank you!!

[exphrasis]

I'm sorry I can't provide you with specific journals, but I can link you to some resources that can help you to find some journals that are appropriate to the subject of your thesis. 

http://humanitiesjournals.wikia.com/wiki/Literary_Studies_Journals

This is something you might want to check out in order to start narrowing down the journals that might find your topic suitable for publication. At the very least, this wiki provides lists of journals that are broken down into different categories, so you can start visiting the webpages of the journals you find the most appropriate and begin checking out their submission guidelines. This can be a helpful source too for hearing about other people's experiences with submitting to particular journals. 

https://journalreviews.princeton.edu/journals-reviewed/

This is a similar and equally helpful source to check out.

Another thing I like to plug because it has helped me so much in the past is this workbook: https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Your-Journal-Twelve-Weeks/dp/141295701X
Going from thesis to article can pose a bit of a challenge, especially depending on the expectations and guidelines of particular journals. This book has some helpful tips for managing that stressful and often rocky terrain.

One last thing-- A way I like to find potential journals to publish in is by going through the bibliography of my paper to see the names of journals that similar scholarship is often published to. Once I narrow down a list of 5 or so, I look at the past 5 years of the journal's publication history to see if my potential article might be a good fit with the direction the journal is headed in. 

Hope this helps!