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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).

    The submission file is in Word format or RTF.

    Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.

  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.

    The text follows MLA style. Left justification; no hyphens. Footnotes rather than end notes. Use Works Cited page for references.  Single space between paragraphs. Indicate new paragraphs by indentations (tab), not by adding extra spaces (space bar).

     

  • Preferred length for scholarship and criticism is 4,500 to 10,000 words. Include a brief (250-word) abstract. 

    Expected length for biography, book reviews, performance reviews, interviews, conference papers, and notes is 1,500 to 4,000 words.

    Note: Since most productions of Wilson plays will end before performance reviews will be published, such reviews must focus on the unique contributions the performances make toward the staging of Wilson’s plays rather than as traditional guides to theater-attendance decisions.

    Guide for handling dramatic dialogue:

    Once a second person speaks, block the text.  In other words, while it is acceptable to write "Troy says, 'Come here, Rose'," once a second character speaks, the text must be formatted thus:

           ROSE: You gonna drink yourself to death. 
           TROY: Death ain't nothing. I done seen him.

    Character's name in full caps.  Followed by colon.  Same font size as text.  Tabbed once.  In extended quotes, all lines after first are hanging.

  • Multimedia submissions are encouraged.  Primarily, this means audio and video, although other ideas may be considered and approved by the editors.  Copyright issues are the responsibility of the author.

     

  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.

    If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

Author Guidelines

            The August Wilson Journal is a peer-reviewed, open-access, online scholarly journal, promoting the study, teaching, and performance of Mr. Wilson’s work.

             The journal invites scholarship on August Wilson, including literary analyses, biographical research, performance studies, historical research, interviews, bibliography, notes, and book/ performance reviews. All critical approaches are welcome.  Submissions will be judged by acknowledged experts.

             Literary analyses, biographical research, performance studies, and historical research must be submitted directly via the journal website.  Inquire of the editors regarding interview ideas, bibliography/note contributions, and book/performance reviews. 

             Audio and video submissions are encouraged and will be considered.  Works of verse, drama, or fiction will not be published.

The journal does not have submission charges or article processing charges (APCs).

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. The Author retains copyright in the Work, where the term “Work” shall include all digital objects that may result in subsequent electronic publication or distribution.
  2. Upon acceptance of the Work, the author shall grant to the Publisher the right of first publication of the Work.
  3. The Author shall grant to the Publisher and its agents the nonexclusive perpetual right and license to publish, archive, and make accessible the Work in whole or in part in all forms of media now or hereafter known under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License or its equivalent, which, for the avoidance of doubt, allows others to copy, distribute, and transmit the Work under the following conditions:
    1. Attribution—other users must attribute the Work in the manner specified by the author as indicated on the journal Web site;
    with the understanding that the above condition can be waived with permission from the Author and that where the Work or any of its elements is in the public domain under applicable law, that status is in no way affected by the license.
  4. The Author is able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the nonexclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the Work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), as long as there is provided in the document an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  5. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post online a prepublication manuscript (but not the Publisher’s final formatted PDF version of the Work) in institutional repositories or on their Websites prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work. Any such posting made before acceptance and publication of the Work shall be updated upon publication to include a reference to the Publisher-assigned DOI (Digital Object Identifier) and a link to the online abstract for the final published Work in the Journal.
  6. Upon Publisher’s request, the Author agrees to furnish promptly to Publisher, at the Author’s own expense, written evidence of the permissions, licenses, and consents for use of third-party material included within the Work, except as determined by Publisher to be covered by the principles of Fair Use.
  7. The Author represents and warrants that:
    1. the Work is the Author’s original work;
    2. the Author has not transferred, and will not transfer, exclusive rights in the Work to any third party;
    3. the Work is not pending review or under consideration by another publisher;
    4. the Work has not previously been published;
    5. the Work contains no misrepresentation or infringement of the Work or property of other authors or third parties; and
    6. the Work contains no libel, invasion of privacy, or other unlawful matter.
  8. The Author agrees to indemnify and hold Publisher harmless from Author’s breach of the representations and warranties contained in Paragraph 6 above, as well as any claim or proceeding relating to Publisher’s use and publication of any content contained in the Work, including third-party content.

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