Deadline
The Mid-Atlantic Almanack issues an open call for submissions.
What The Mid-Atlantic Almanack publishes
A key consideration for publication is whether the author’s work is of potential interest to MAPACA’s multi-disciplinary membership. If it is only appropriate for a journal in the scholar’s own academic specialty, the editor will make that suggestion. Articles published in the Mid-Atlantic Almanack typically move beyond synoptic readings of a single motion picture, TV show episode, book or poem. Film, TV, literary, and other print and online disciplinary journals provide an adequate forum for publishing these kinds of studies. Also, criticism that puts popular cultural phenomena in some social context typically requires more than one instance before it can be dubbed “popular.” Media hype creates passing fads, but popular acceptance of additional imitations and variations on the original premise create genres. The Mid-Atlantic Almanack may explore the cultural impact of individual works by linking them to other works or putting them into historical and cultural contexts. The Mid-Atlantic Almanack also attempts to provide as much diversity in subject matter and critical/historical approaches as submissions permit. Editorial preference will be given to articles that communicate their ideas clearly to diverse academic audiences, avoiding undefined or unnecessary disciplinary jargon. The Mid-Atlantic Almanack will also attempt to provide as much diversity in subject matter and critical/historical approaches as submissions permit.
How to submit
We suggest an initial query e-mail, including “Almanack” in the subject line. If you mail your submission, please enclose three double-spaced copies. Please also include a short (one paragraph) “About the Author” biography and a 200-word (one paragraph) manuscript abstract.
Scholarly articles that show promise will be sent blind to associate editors for peer review. For an article to appear, two of three readers must recommend publication (with or without revisions). Securing revisions is the editor’s responsibility. Review articles—reviews of books and films, comparative reviews of two or more works, and summary introductions to popular culture milestones or trends—are selected by the editor.
So more articles can be published in each annual edition, try to hold your manuscript length to 20 pages, including notes and bibliography. Documentation may be in the form appropriate for the discipline of the writer. Otherwise, MLA or APA style is preferred.
All submissions must be in a single Word file (2003 or later, with “Track Changes” turned off). The title should be in bold, the abstract in italics, and all notes and citations at the end of the article, followed by a brief author bio. Filenames should consist of three words: the author’s last name and a two-word title abbreviation. The filename for “Coding the TV Hero,” for example, might be Smith TV Hero.
Photos or illustrations are encouraged and should be embedded in the article where the author would like them to appear. Since the Mid-Atlantic Almanack will be published both in print and online, authors are responsible for obtaining written reproduction permission from copyright holders for any illustrations that may fall outside the parameters of “fair use.” Send pictures or artwork via e-mail as separate files in one of these formats: .tiff, .jpeg or .eps. For good reproduction in the Mid-Atlantic Almanack, these files should be at least 300 DPI in resolution. If you cannot send large picture files via e-mail, copy them to CD or DVD and mail them to the address below. When using Microsoft Word, do not embed notes. Certain versions of Word do not typeset properly, even after notes are removed. Also, the Mid-Atlantic Almanack does not use page-by-page footnotes. All notes and citations should be at the end.