Submission
Guidelines

• Works must be original, not previously published in whole or in part, and not in any version under consideration for publication elsewhere.
• Author bio and contact information, including the author(s) name, address, email address, and telephone number should be included in your editorial manager profile. Please do not submit a cover sheet. Any comments to the editors can be added under Author Comments in Editorial Manager.
• Do NOT include any personally identifying information in your filename, headers/footers, or within your manuscript, including your name/initials, affiliated organizations/programs/residencies, and awards/nominations.
• Submissions are judged by appropriate members of the Editorial Staff and outside readers, a process that may take up to six months or longer. If a work is accepted for publication, we reserve the right to edit, in consultation with the author, in accordance with our space limitations and editorial guidelines.
• All permissions to use lengthy quotations or images that are not original with the author are the responsibility of the author. For information regarding permissions, see UNP Permissions Worksheet.
• Contributors will receive a complementary copy of the issue in which their work appears.

Copyright for published material belongs to Frontiers, Inc. Permission to republish material printed in Frontiers must be obtained from the press. Please visit the permission to reprint page on the University of Nebraska Press website for more information.

• Articles and literary works must be double-spaced and submitted in a Microsoft Word file.
• When uploaded to Editorial Manager, please ensure that your bio and/or contact info are not within the manuscript. Add author(s) bio and the name of author(s), title of manuscript, and contact information to Editorial Manager.
• The manuscript should follow the Chicago Manual of Style, 18th edition, with “humanities style” endnotes. See UNP House Style Sheet. For a few examples showing frequently used reference formats, please download the Frontiers Examples of Footnote Formats.
• Manuscripts, including endnotes, should not exceed 12,000 words. This includes title, abstract, keywords, and sources.
• An abstract must be included of no more than 250 words and 4 – 10 keywords.
• The current editors are requiring a minimum of 5 suggested peer reviewers when submitting your manuscript. Editorial Manager will give authors the option to add the peer reviewers.
• One set of visual materials is sufficient for submissions of illustrations. We have a limited amount of illustrations per issue. Illustrations should not be submitted as embedded digital images within the manuscript. For further information regarding the submission of images, see UNP image requirements for publication guide.

If your manuscript is accepted for publication, a detailed checklist will be provided to guide you through the formatting stage.

Frontiers welcomes artwork submissions for both cover art and art galleries published within issues. We wish to feature emerging artists who may benefit from the interdisciplinary scholarly context. We are interested in different forms of art and visual culture, including but not limited to painting, graphic design, printmaking, sculpture, craft, installation, new media, and photography.

• Works must be original, not previously published in whole or in part, and not in any version under consideration for publication elsewhere.
• Submission of artwork should include title, medium, and number.
• Images, whether original art or illustrations, must be submitted in one of the following ways:
  • as TIFF files, scanned at least as 300 dpi (dots per inch) and at least 4,000 x 6,000 pixels (or 4 by 6 inches).
    • High Resolution [Send in Zip File]. We will accept medium resolution, once accepted, we will need high resolution.
• Include a brief artist statement, double-spaced and following the journal’s citation style.
• For more information, see the image requirements for publication provided by the publisher. Images can be published in color or in black and white.

For inquiries email our Art Editor, Silvia Solis, at silviaatfrontiers@gmail.com.

Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies is actively seeking engaged feminist and gender studies scholars and practitioners interested in writing book reviews for its online blog, Frontiers Augmented.

To express your interest, please submit a letter of interest, a brief bio, and your areas of specialty to FrontiersJournal@utah.edu. If accepted, Frontiers’ editorial collective will work with you to find a recent feminist and gender studies publication of mutual interest.

We encourage scholars, activists, and community leaders to submit a proposal for a special issue of Frontiers. Any topic of interest can be discussed with the editors who can assist in guiding your proposal. If your topic fits Frontiers’ vision and is viable for a special issue, the editors will request a formal proposal.

Please use the Special Issue Request form template below and submit to Editorial Manager  under the category “Special Issue Proposal Only.”

Frontiers Special Issue Request Form

Name(s) of guest editor(s):

Briefly describe the expertise/knowledge of the guest editor(s) on the topic of the proposed special issue:

Proposed title or theme for special issue:

Description of special issue (150-200 words):

Does this special issue originate from a conference, symposium or special academic event? If so, please describe:

Provide names of potential contributors to the special issue (if any have been identified):

Please provide approximate dates for completion of the following tasks (month and year):

1. Completion and dissemination of call for papers:
2. Deadline for contributing authors to submit their manuscripts:
3. Date range for revise-and-resubmit period (ex. January – July 2013):
4. Finalization of manuscripts to be sent to press:

Note from the editors: If your proposed special issue is of interest to Frontiers, we will request a meeting with the guest editor(s) over Zoom to further discuss journal guidelines, working methods, and best practices. We will make a final decision about your proposal after this meeting.  Please note that the current Frontiers editors do not permit guest editors to submit manuscripts to the special issue they are editing.