Notes for Contributors - Slovo

Slovo welcomes original contributions that match the aims and scope of the journal (as described on the inside front cover) on the understanding that their contents have not previously been published or are currently submitted for publication elsewhere. All submissions will be sent to independent referees. It is a condition of publication that papers become the copyright of the School of Slavonic & East European Studies, University College London. All editorial correspondence and manuscripts for consideration should be sent to the Executive Editor, Slovo, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU. Email: slovo@ssees.ac.uk 

Deadlines 
Deadlines are normally September for the spring issue and March for the autumn issue.

Presentation and Style 

Abstracts

Authors should supply an abstract with their article of between 150-200 words summarizing the contents of their paper. The abstract will be made available online, so it is important that it should be succinct but sufficiently comprehensive to 'stand alone' as a summary of the paper. 

Two complete copies should be submitted printed double-spaced with ample margins and not normally exceeding 6-8000 words. All pages should be numbered: the first page should state only the title of the paper, name(s) of the author(s) and, for each author, a short institutional affiliation, and an abbreviated title (for running headlines within the article). At the bottom of the page give the full name and address to which all correspondence, including proofs, should be sent. The second page should contain an abstract in English of not more than 200 words. 

Contributions should follow the MHRA Style Guide (2002) and the house-style of the journal. Words should not be hyphenated at the end of a line. Use single inverted commas for short quotations (double for quotations within quotations), but quotations over 50 words should be indented and single-spaced without inverted commas. Translations are not generally needed for quotations from the Slavonic languages, although it is left to the author's discretion if they wish to include the original. Where a passage presents particular difficulty, translation may be offered either in parentheses in the text, or in an endnotes. Transliterations should follow the Library of Congress system without diacritics, which must be used except where conventions for alternative transliterations exist. Quotations in languages other than Slavonic will require translation. Non-English words in the text, apart from names, should be italicized. 

Notes and References 
Contributors should adhere to MHRA and the journal's house-style in the presentation of numbered endnotes (not footnotes) and references. Any general note on the article (e.g. personal acknowledgements) should appear as a first un-numbered note. Within the text, references and notes should be indicated by a superscript Arabic numeral. Articles and publications cited in the text should then be listed in full in the Notes section at the end of the article as follows: 

for books: 
Bernard Comrie and Gerald Stone, The Russian Language since the Revolution (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978), p. 2. 
for articles in books: 
George Schöpflin, 'The Functions of Myth and a Taxonomy of Myth', in Myths and Nationhood, ed. by Geoffrey Hosking and George Schöpflin (London: C. Hurst & Company, 1997), pp. 31-33. 
for periodical articles: 
Lubomir Dolezel, 'Poststructuralism: A View from Charles Bridge', Poetics Today, 21 (2000), 640-41. 

For particular text(s) repeatedly cited, full bibliographical reference should be given in an initial endnote, with author/page references thereafter in parentheses in the text (Schöpflin, p. 31). Consistent abbreviations may be used in such references where appropriate. Authors are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of references. 

Tables and Illustrations 
These should be submitted on separate sheets, repeating on the back the title of the paper, and numbered sequentially using Arabic numerals for Figures (illustrations, i.e. photographs, diagrams, and graphs) and Tables. Each must have a caption, source, and where appropriate, a key. The position in the text must be clearly shown (e.g. Figure 1, Table 1). Black and white prints of photographs should be supplied, or TIFF or EPS files on disk (with a print-out supplied for reference). Captions should be submitted on a separate sheet. 

Submission on disk 
On notification by the Editors that a paper has been accepted, a final version of the article should be submitted on disk in Word. Submission on disk will improve typographical accuracy and accelerate publication. The filename and software must be indicated on the disk. In preparing the disk version, there is no need to format articles: please include italics or bold type where necessary, but not style or footnote codes. Footnotes should be typed at the end of the file as part of the text, or supplied in a separate document. In the main text, numbering of notes should be indicated by superscript numbers. References and captions should be placed at the end of the file, or in separate files. Please use hard returns only at the end of paragraphs; switch auto-hyphenation off; do not justify text; and do not use automatic numbering routines. Consistency in spacing, punctuation, and spelling will be of help. Tables should be submitted as separate files and keyed horizontally from left to right using a tab between columns, not the space bar (or keyed in Table mode in Word). 

Proofs
Proofs will be sent to the author nominated for correspondence, by airmail if outside the UK. Proofs are supplied for checking and making essential typographical corrections, not for general revision, alteration, or changes to illustrations, which will not be allowed. Proofs must be returned to the editor within 5 days of receipt. Complimentary copies Contributors will receive a free copy of the journal in which their article is featured. Authors can also access a PDF of their article for distribution, obtainable from the Executive Editor at slovo@ssees.ac.uk.