Please read our submission guidelines carefully before submitting.
YRIS seeks interesting, diverse, and compelling scholarship on international questions broadly understood: the relations between countries, trends or challenges of transnational or global scope, and the interaction of people and ideas from different countries.
YRIS accepts submissions from undergraduates on any topic or discipline that has broad relevance to international affairs. The top three print submissions will be published in our print issue, and a certain percentage of all submissions will be published on our website.
Our singular exception is for the annual YRIS high school essay contest, which is run every spring with submissions typically due by early summer.
Print Submissions
For print submissions, we accept papers between 2,000 and 10,000 words (roughly 8 to 40 pages double-spaced). For longer pieces, we can suggest portions to excerpt. Pieces submitted until February 21, 2024 will be considered for our Winter Issue. Pieces submitted between February 21, 2024 and March 20, 2024 will be considered for our Spring Issue. Pieces submitted after March 20, 2024 by Yale authors will be considered for our Acheson Issue; otherwise, they will be considered for our fall Global Issue. Access the submissions form here!
Who can submit? Any undergraduate student from across the world!
Online Submissions
For online submissions, we accept comments and analysis pieces between 500 and 2,000 words (roughly 2 to 8 pages double-spaced) pertaining to current events in international affairs. These pieces can be analytical, research-based, opinion, or based on personal experience. We also accept reviews of books or other media relevant to international affairs. We accept pieces on a rolling basis. Top entries will be selected and published on this website. Access the submissions form here!
Who can submit? Any undergraduate student from across the world!
Publishing Guides
We highly recommend you read our full publishing guide before submitting a piece. The Internal Publishing Guide is for Yale Students and the External Publishing Guide is for Non-Yale Students.
YRIS Internal Publishing Guide
YRIS External Publishing Guide
Issue-specific Information
Global Issue
Official solicitation for our Global Issue takes place between October and November. Only submissions from undergraduate students at universities outside of the United States will be considered for publication in the global issue.
Winter Issue
Official solicitation for our Winter Issue takes place between December and February. Submissions from undergraduate students from anywhere in the world will be considered for publication in the Winter Issue.
Spring Issue
Official solicitation for our Spring Issue takes place between January and March. Submissions from undergraduate students from anywhere in the world will be considered for publication in the Spring Issue.
Acheson Prize Issue
Official solicitation for our Acheson Prize Issue takes place between March and June. The Acheson Prize Issue is open to submissions from Yale undergraduates only.