Please type your articles, using Microsoft Word. If you use WordPerfect save as an MS Word file.
Then submit the *.doc file as an e-mail attachment.
Required format:
Order: Header, Body text, Notes, Bibliography.
No separate sections, divisions or font changes -- simple format so that the article can be reliably converted to HTML.
Font for the entire article, header, body text, notes, bibliography: Times New Roman, 12 points.
Header:
Line 1: Title
Line 2: author
Line 3: university/college
Line 4: blank.
Body text:
All paragraphs single-spaced, no indent, blank line between paragraphs.
Long quotes or poems: indent each as a whole paragraph. When working with poems, please try inserting into a table.
Format numbers of notes as superscript.
Notes:
They must be in numerical order, to correspond with the footnote numbers in the text.
Number formatted in parentheses; each note should be considered a single paragraph, same font as above, follow MLA stylesheet rules re. quotation marks and italics.
Do not put blank lines between notes.
Bibliography:
All items must be in alphabetical order by author, or journal:
Follow MLA stylesheet rules re. quotation marks and italics, etc.
Each item should be considered a single paragraph, same font as above.
Put blank lines between items.
Photos and paintings: Photos must be in .jpg, .gif or .bmp format. Do not include them within the Word document.