Submit Your Creative Work to Stethos

Stethos, the medical humanities journal of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, offers a wonderful forum to showcase the incredible diversity and creativity of our students, faculty and colleagues. Submissions are now open for the 12th issue of Stethos.

The journal editors are seeking submissions of short fiction, reflective writing, poetry, personal narrative, essays, artwork and photography. Submissions may be about any medicine-related topic or reflection. For the upcoming issue, the editors are also seeking pieces for a feature that speaks to the idea of enduring. They welcome submissions that reflect on the kinds of principles and values that have endured over time and periods of change, given that Cleveland Clinic is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year and we are nearing the two-year mark of a global pandemic that has upended all our lives.

If you have a question about a specific topic, please contact the editors at cclcmhumanities@gmail.com.

The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2022. View previous issues of Stethos to see examples of pieces that were published in the past.

Submission Guidelines
Please send submissions using our online form.

• Up to four submissions per author; please send each submission on a separate form
• Prose should be less than 2000 words, submitted in Microsoft Word
• Poems should be less than 75 lines, submitted in Microsoft Word
• Submit all photographs and artwork as a jpeg file (we will contact you later for high-quality file format)
• All photographs and artwork must include a caption
• Please save the submission/illustration as the title (or abbreviated title) followed by the author’s last name. For example, for the article “Generic” by Dr. Jones, save as follows: Generic_Jones.doc

Review process
All submissions will be peer reviewed by a student-run editorial board consisting of co-editors and two editors-in-chief. The editorial board will review contributions for originality, style and content.

Patient consent/confidentiality
Our confidentiality policy is based on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). Please refer to this document for questions about patient confidentiality. As a rule, authors/artists should protect the confidentiality of all individuals whose personal details may be revealed without their consent.

Stethos Editorial Team
Maleeha Ahmad (Co-editor-in-chief)
Maeve Pascoe (Co-editor-in-chief)
Madeleine Blazel
Ellen Brinza
Ava (Cong) Fan
R’ay Fodor
Lauren Heusinkveld
Nandan Kodur
Matthew Nagy
Anthony Onuzuruike
Chineme Onwubueke
Deborah Park
Beti Sharew
Abhilash Suresh
Mihika Thapliyal
Sarita Walvekar
Angela Wei
Sasha White