Martyria I deadline extended!

Hello all,  

To give you more time to finish and polish your submissions—and to accommodate some reported technical difficulties with the platform—we have extended the deadline for submissions to the 2026 edition of Martyria from 16 January to 24 January 2026 (11:45pm).

As a reminder, please ensure your submission meets the following guidelines:

(1)    Authored by undergraduate students; mature students completing their first taught Divinity degree (e.g., BD or MDiv) who have not previously earned a Divinity qualification; or recent graduates who have not yet completed a year of a second Divinity degree. We welcome contributors from other disciplines so long their papers engage with the areas listed above.

(2)    Submissions may originate as university coursework but need not do so. If graded by your institution, accepted submissions will generally have received a first-class grade (letter grade A), though this is not a strict requirement.

(3)    Between 2,000 and 5,000 words long, excluding bibliography and abstract.

(4)    Include an abstract of no longer than 300 words.

(5)    Anonymized for double-blind peer-review.

(6)    Submitted as a single Microsoft Word document (.docx) containing a title page, abstract, main text, and bibliography. 

(7)    Formatted, styled, and referenced according to The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed. (University of Chicago Press, 2017). However, British spelling conventions following the Oxford English Dictionary should be followed.

(8)    As the Chicago Manual forms the basis of referencing in Biblical Studies, submissions in this area should also consult The SBL Handbook of Style, 2nd ed. (SBL Press, 2014) for discipline-specific referencing (but not formatting or style).

Please submit your work using the OJS submission portal found here by 24th January, 2026, 11:45 PM. 

We thank those of you that have already submitted, and we look forward to reviewing your papers! 

Blessings,
The Martyria Editorial Team