Authors should submit three printed and one electronic file copy (sent on disk or via email, with the subject line ‘Women's Writing', to the appropriate Editor) of their paper with a maximum length of 4,000-7,000 words, including references. It needs to be accompanied by an abstract of the paper of no more than 200 words and a list of up to 6 key words, suitable for indexing and abstracting servicing. Full details should be supplied on a separate page stating the author's affiliation, postal and email addresses as well as telephone and fax numbers.

Authors in Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia should send their paper to
Dr Marie Mulvey-Roberts,
Women's Writing,
Reader in Literary Studies,
School of English and Drama,
University of the West of England,
St Matthias Campus,
Fishponds,
Bristol, UK,
BS16 2JP
Email: marie.mulvey-roberts@blueyonder.co.uk.

Authors in North America, Latin America and the Caribbean should send their paper to
Professor Lisa Vargo,
Department of English,
University of Saskatchewan,
9 Campus Drive, Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan,
Canada, S7N 5A5
Email: lisa.vargo@usask.ca

Review authors should sent their submissions to
Dr Jennie Batchelor,
School of English,
Rutherford College,
University of Kent,
Canterbury, Kent,
UK, CT2 7NX

Email: J.E.Batchelor@kent.ac.uk

Spelling and punctuation. Submissions should be in English using consistent American or British spelling and British punctuation. Please note that sixteenth, seventeenth, eigtheenth century should be used rather than 16th, 17th 18th century.

Quotations. Quoted material over 40 words should be set out from the text and have extra line space before and after. The exact original spelling and notation must be used. Double quotation marks should be used throughout. Single quotation marks should be used for a quotation within a quotation.

References. Manuscripts must conform to the Modern Language Association Handbook for Writers of Research Papers endnote reference style (www.mla.org). The MLA endnote style
uses superscript numbers as a key to the full bibliographic details which are set out at the end of the paper as endnotes.

Journal Articles
Victoria E. Burke, ‘‘Contexts for Women's Manuscript Miscellanies:The Case of Elizabeth Lyttleton and Sir Thomas Browne,'' Yearbook of English Studies 33 (2003): 316-78.

Books
Marina Warner, Monuments and Maidens: The Allegory of the Female Form (London: Picador, 1985) 32.

Anonymous books
Anon., The Ladies Calling. In Two Parts , new ed. (London: J. Johnson, 1787) 15-/16.

Chapter in a book
John Fielding, “Arminianism in the Localities: Peterborough Diocese, 1603–1642,” The Early Stuart Church, ed. Kenneth Fincham (London: Macmillan, 1993) 93–113 (105).

Repeated references can be contracted:
Fielding, 94

Folio and Manuscripts:
Stowe MS 150, fol. 140.

If an author has two or more references, an abbreviated title should be used to distinguish between the two. Ibid. and Op cit. are not recommended.

Tables, figures, illustrations and photographs. Should be supplied with appropriate caption. These should be electronically supplied in a separate file with the paper, with a resolution of no less than 200 dpi. They can be submitted in hardcopy, clearly labelled; photographs should be high contrast black and white glossy prints. Permission to use illustrations must be sought from the copyright holder prior to submission of the paper. Permission must be granted in writing and accompany the illustration supplied by the author. Acknowledgement of source and copyright should be given in the caption. The desired position and size of the illustration should be indicated within the manuscript e.g. <insert figure 1, size: half page, caption>

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