Guidelines for Contributors

GUIDELINES FOR CONTRIBUTORS Meridians is a peer-reviewed journal that seeks to publish work that is grounded in the particularities ofhistory, economics, geography, class, and culture; that informs the contradictions and politics ofwomen's lives; illuminates the forms and meanings ofresistance, migration, exile, and artistic expressions; thatprovokes the critical interrogation ofthe terms used to shape activist agendas, theoretical paradigms, and political coalitions; and that is substantive and readable , as well as relevant and useful to researchers, educators, students, and practitioners. The editor of Meridians invites submissions of essays, interviews, poetry, fiction, theater, artwork, and photo-essays, as well as political manifestoes, position papers, and archival documents ofcontinuing interest. t? submit Please submit three copies ofthe manuscript and three copies of an abstract of not more than 150 words to: Meridians, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063. We cannot normally accept electronic submissions. Editorial Procedures Meridians accepts submissions on a rolling basis. Submissions are reviewed anonymously by members ofthe editorial board and by readers with competence in the appropriate fields. The review process usually takes about four to six months. preparation of essays All submissions should be typed, double-spaced, unstapled, and accompanied by a title page. The tide page should contain the author's name, postal address, and e-mail address. In order to facilitate the anonymous peer-reviewing process, the author's name should not appear on the manuscript, and all references in the text and footnotes that might identify the author should be removed and cited on a separate page. Essays should be no longer than 35 pages or 9000 words. An abstract must accompany the manuscript —manuscriptswithoutabstracts cannotbe considered until the abstract is received. preparation of creative manuscripts Please submit visual material and black and white prints rather than slides. Manuscripts of 3-5 poems should be typed double-spaced. Prose or fiction manuscripts should be typed double-spaced and be no longer than 25 pages, or 7,500 words. Excerpts from works offiction will be considered ifself-contained. Scholarly articles should follow the author-date system as outlined in the Chicago Manual qfSryle, 14th edition, 1993. In this system, references to works are included in chronological order in the text. The author's last name and the year ofpublication are enclosed in parentheses (Davis 1977) and correspond to the alphabetical list ofWorks Cited at the end ofthe essay. Page numbers follow the date, preceded by a comma (Garcia 1997, 57). When there are two authors (Chang and Williams 1985), three or more (Rashid et al. 1993). Examples of Works Cited Anzaldua, Gloria and Chérie Moraga, eds. 1981. This Bridge Called My Back. Watertown, MA: Persephone Press. Grewal, Shabnum, Jackie Kay, Liliane Landor, Gail Lewis, and Praktibhan Parmar, eds. 1988. Charring theJourney: Writings by Black and Third World Women. London: Sheba Feminist Publishers. Lorde, Audre. 1984. Age, Race, Class and Sex: Women Redefining Difference. In Sister Outsider, edited byAudre Lorde. Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press. Menchu, Rigoberta. 1984. 1, Rigoberto Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala. London and New York: Verso. Mohanty, Chandra Talpade. 1988. "Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses." Feminist Reuiew 30 (Autumn): 61-89. Wieringa, Saskia. 1995. Subuersiue Women: Women's Movements in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. London and New Jersey: Zed Books. Please refer to Chapter 16 in the Chicago Manual o/Sryle for further examples or the guidelines to contributors on the Meridians website luuJiu.smith.edu/meridians /submitguide.html Please do not submit manuscripts or materials that are under review elsewhere or that have been previously published. Meridians does not accept unsolicited book, film, or video reviews. Submissions cannot be returned. Please submit all manuscripts to: Editor, Meridians Wright Hall 102 Smith College Northampton, MA 01060 Tel: 413-585-3388 Fax: 413-585-3362 luiuuj.smith.edu/meridians email: meridians(ffismith.edu guidelines for contributors 213 ...