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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.
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word.
  • The submission is double-spaced and uses 12-point Times New Roman font, and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The submission conforms to MLA Handbook guidelines, including parenthetical citations.

Author Guidelines

Victorian Studies is eager to publish scholarship that represents the most advanced work of its particular discipline as well as intrinsically interdisciplinary scholarship designed to appeal to a diverse audience of historians, literary scholars, art historians, and others. We welcome essays that develop an argument of broad scope or bring attention to an understudied archive. We continually aim to publish essays which push the field in new directions through their interpretations of texts, cultures, arts, and historical moments.

A manuscript that has been published or that is currently under consideration for publication elsewhere in either article or book form should not be submitted to Victorian Studies. The editors will not consider submissions that duplicate other published works in either wording or substance.

All manuscripts should be double-spaced and should conform to MLA Handbook guidelines, with parenthetical documentation and a list of works cited. Manuscripts should be between 8,000 and 10,000 words, inclusive of endnotes and bibliography. Informational endnotes should be kept to a strict minimum. For blind reading purposes, the author’s name, affiliation, and contact information should not be included in the manuscript itself. We welcome all submissions via the online portal. Questions and other editorial correspondence may be addressed by email to victstu@iu.edu.

 

If you are submitting a previously solicited book review, please ensure it first meets our review guidelines.