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1. All documents should be submitted in Arial or Times New Roman 12 pt. font, in Microsoft Word (preferably the most recent version available). Electronic submissions are preferred, and may be sent directly to the appropriate editor.
2. All submissions should be double-spaced and use 1 inch margins on all sides.
3. The Author's name and contact information should be included on a cover page (which should not be numbered-a section break may be used for this purpose), but should not appear in the header or footer of any page following. A short abbreviation of the title may appear with the page numbers for collation. The author should include a short bio (4-5 lines), and university affiliation (if applicable). The cover page should also include the following paragraph:
"The author attests that this submission represents an original work, and that this work is not currently under consideration with any other publication at this time. All sources representative of another's intellectual and/or creative property have been properly cited, and the author of this submission has acquired all necessary permissions for any images, archival material, or other restricted sources."
4. Book reviews should list the title, author/editors’ names, publishing company, place, and date, isbn number, and page count for format (hardback or paperback) read. Titles should be listed in italics. Performance reviews should list the title, director, playwright (or composer), theatre name and city location, and date seen. Titles should also be listed in italics, even for performances using an unpublished manuscript. (NOTE: This is only for reviews).
5. Direct quotations and other source references should be cited parenthetically, using MLA standards.
Long direct quotations should be avoided, if possible. If they are necessary, quotations four lines in length or longer should be indented to .5” on both sides in block quote format. For short quotations, take care to use open and close quote marks; block quotations should not use these marks.
For long quotations, please shift to single spacing, and end the quotation with the appropriate punctuation mark or ellipses before including parenthetical citations. For shorter quotations, "place the punctuation outside the quote marks, after the citation" (like so). The parenthetical citation for a long quote will not require a hard return before inserting. (Though it may end up on the next line.)
6. Endnotes, rather than Footnotes, should be used and should occur only when the author wishes to include additional information or commentary. Please be sure that these match the font style of the body text. These should be marked with standard numbers (1, 2, 3) in superscript font. Please use the Word Endnote Insert function rather than manually inserting notes.
7. A Works Consulted page should list all sources utilized for the submission, and should follow MLA guidelines. The title Works Consulted should appear in bold and centered at the top of the page, as in:
Works Consulted
8. Titles of plays, books, journals, and other publications should be listed in italics, both in the body and the Works Consulted list.
9. Single spaces should be used between sentences.
10. Section breaks should be excised from submissions. Where breaks are necessary, they should be indicated by section head titles in bold. If no title is necessary, a series of four asterisks (* * * *), centered, may indicate a break.
11. For consistency, the word “theatre” should be spelled with the “re” ending, as it is in the journal’s. Name for direct quotations or titles of other sources, use the original spelling of the source.
12. Spellings, except in direct quotations, should comply with standard U.S. usage, as indicated by the Oxford English Dictionary or the Merriam Webster Dictionary.
13. Be consistent in the use of numbering or lettering systems. If bullets are necessary, use plain dot bullets (such as those used in this document).
14. Page numbering should be used, and located on the bottom center of every page, including the first page.
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