The Utah English Journal (UEJ) is the annual publication of the Utah Council of Teachers of English (UCTE), an affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). As a practitioner journal, The UEJ features articles pertaining to issues of interest for English Language Arts (ELA) educators at all levels of instruction. This peer-reviewed journal accepts manuscripts of several categories including: research-based articles, teaching commentary columns, short pedagogy practice-based pieces, and creative works including poetry. The Journal was awarded the 2024 Journal of Excellence by NCTE.
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Current Volume: Volume 54 (2026)
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Articles
To Become More Fully Human
Mandy Luszeck and Rachel Knecht
Engagement Is Not a Checklist
Michael S. Bowden
Four Feedback Tips for a Fifth Year
Annika Nielson
Teachers Teaching Teachers: Sharing the Genius Already in Our Classrooms
Joseph Wierderhold and Whitney Lindsey Sorensen
Teaching Matters: What Students Value in Writing Classrooms
Kristen W. Burningham and Amy Williams
Teaching Students to Write for the Future by Writing for the Present
Amber Jensen and Meridith Reed
The Future of the English Class Essay: Reimagining Multimodal Composition in the ChatGPT Era
Taylor Rose-Dougherty and Christy Goldsmith
Beyond the Book Report: Finding Student Voice Through Podcasting
Gaby Dawson and Johnny Allred
Building Classroom Community With Picturebooks
Deborah Dean
Challenging the Stereotypical Latina in Elizabeth Acevedo's Clap When You Land and The Poet X
Victoria Olsen Yates
We Need New Books
Liz Thackeray Nelson and Mandy Luszeck
Book Reviews
Book Review: From the Editor
Jace Brown
Book Review: A Most Perilous World: The True Story of the Young Abolitionists and their Crusade Against Slavery
Mercedes Allen
Book Review: All the Noise at Once
Shalece Garff
Book Review: When We Ride
Madalynn Belliston
Book Review: The Ballerina of Auschwitz
Kourtney Amodio
Book Review: The Other Side of Tomorrow
Adam Hellewell
Book Review: Under the Same Stars
Sara Tesch
Book Review: J Vs. K
Miranda Folau
Book Review: The Bletchley Riddle
Tiffany Bills
Poetry
The State of the State: Teacher Edition
Rena Lesué
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