Departament de Filologia Anglesa i Alemanya Australian Studies Centre

SUBMISSIONS

ARTICLES
 

All submissions should follow the following format
 

File format for submission of papers is Microsoft Word and must be submitted electronically to Sue Ballyn at susand@arrakis.es and sueballyn@ub.edu. You should send the article as one document with no indication of name or anything which may identify you as author. In a separate document you should submit your name, institutional afiliation if appropriate, e.mail address and a brief personal biography to be used if the article is accepted. The biography should be single spaced and in Times New Roman 12 point.

1. Page Settings

1.1 Article Length Paper Format
The full paper must be formatted for A4 paper using Microsoft Word (.doc file) and should be between 8.500-10.000 words in length (excluding Title, Abstract, Tables and References).
1.2 Paper size, Margins, Alignment
A4 page. Top and bottom margins, 2 cm. Left and right margins, 3 cm
Spacing
All text single-spaced, fully aligned

2. Title, Abstract
2.1 Paper Title
14pt, italics, centred, sentence case. Name 12pt bold Place two lines after title and centered
2.2 Abstract
The word ‘Abstract’ should be first in bold, 12 pt, followed by a colon (Abstract:) and then the text of the Abstract
2.2.1 Keywords
Three words or phrases should be provided to facilitate indexing and refereeing. Leave two blank lines after the Keywords and begin Main text
2.2.2 Main text
Font style Times or Times New Roman, 12pt, single-spaced, fully aligned. Place one line space between paragraphs. DO NOT INDENT the first line of each paragraph
2.3 Headers, Footers, and Page Numbers.
Please do not use headers, foooters, or page numbers.
2.4 Headings and subheadings
Any headings should be separated by a double space above and below. They should be boldfaced. The main headings should be typed in 14-point font; second level titles in 12-point. Please avoid third level headings, however, if there are other sub-levels, they should be typed in 11-point font
2.5  Long Quotes (roughly, quotes of 30 words or more)
12pt, indented 1 cm left and right
2.6 Footnotes
Please avoid using footnotes. If unavoidable, make endnotes at the end of the article

3. Appendixes and References
3.1 Appendices
They should follow the same guidelines as the Main Text
3.1.1 Tables and Figures
Tables and figures should be placed, when possible, in the body of the text. Captions in 12pt, bold, sentence case, left aligned
3.1.2 Diagrams
Diagrams, illustrations, graphs etc. must be ibe directly inserted into the word format text.
The Author must have copyright for all images used.
3.2 References
This journal is unusual in that articles may use any of the main reference formats such as MLA or Harvard etc. The only factor which is of great importance is that the references be consistent within the reference section of the article and the main body of the text.
3.2.1 Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements can be made after the References. Use Body Text style.
3.2.2. Biographical Data on Authors
This should go at the end of the article in Alphabetical order of Family name
Use Body Text Style. Please remember that biographiocal data should be sent in a sperarte file. See the first paragraph above.
 

BOOK REVIEWS are welcome and should follow the format above. The Review should have the title of the book reviewed, the date ofd publication, place, publisher, ISBN number in Times New Roman 14 point italics. The reviewers name should be separated by two spaces after the title in Times New Roman Bold.
Reviews should have a minimum of 1.000 words.