Call for submissions for Dreadlocks Vol. 5, 2008

Monday, July 07, 2008

Dreadlocks 2008
The Literary Journal of School of Language, Arts and Media
The University of the South Pacific

Call for submissions for Dreadlocks Vol. 5, 2008

Dreadlocks is the annual literary publication of the School of Language, Arts and Media at the University of the South Pacific. Dreadlocks is published as an internationally refereed journal. Electronic submissions only are solicited and should follow the journal guidelines and be in the MS-Word format. Email submissions to (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Final date of submissions is Friday August 15, 2008.

Normally short poems, short stories and one act plays are encouraged to enable multiple author publishing. Extracts from longer works may be considered if accompanied with suitable explanatory author notes. Reviews of published work relevant to the Pacific should follow normal guidelines for literary journal publication and be restricted to less than 1,000 words.  Notes for Contributors

Length: Normally a maximum of 5,000 words for journal articles, shorter or longer submissions considered on their merits. Endnotes are encouraged, with their use minimized by inclusion in text. Use superscript to indicate endnotes.

Normally short poems, short stories and one act plays are encouraged to enable multiple author publishing. Extracts from longer works may be considered if accompanied with suitable explanatory author notes. Reviews of published work relevant to the Pacific should follow normal guidelines for literary journal publication and be restricted to less than 1,000 words. 

Abstracts: 100-200 words to accompany each journal article.

Author Bio: Brief 75-100 page bio to be attached to submissions

Titles: Brevity and accuracy to be aimed for.

Referencing: Harvard System of Referencing (*Please note change from earlier calls for submission)

Author Copies/Offprints: Each author receives 2 copies of the journal and no Off-prints of articles are given.

Correspondence: The Editor,
Dreadlocks,
School of Language, Arts and Media,
University of the South Pacific,
Suva,  Fiji.
Email: (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Ph: 3232411. Fax: 3231500

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