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Author Guidelines
Before submitting, all authors must download and read the Dancecult Style Guide (aka "the DSG").
The flow of a typical peer-reviewed piece, from initial submission to publication:
1. An author submits an article to the journal, or is contacted by an editor to write an article.
2. The article is forwarded by email to the editor(s).
3. The editor(s) initiate the peer review process.
4. Comments on the article are submitted to the editor(s), who then assign one of four evaluations to the article:
A Accept for publication as submitted
B Accept with minor revisions
C Revise and resubmit (no need for re-review)
D Revise and resubmit (must be re-reviewed)
E Reject for publication
5. Following outcome A or B the submisson is accepted with / without the requirement for revisions. Following outcome C the author must resubmit for review. Following outcome D, the author must resubmit for re-review. And following outcome E the paper is rejected for publication.
6. The article is copyedited for formatting, style, spelling and grammar. Where possible, a proof copy is provided to the author.
7. The article is published in the designated issue of Dancecult.
Please note: the editor(s) check submissions against basic protocols for section requirements and scholarly work (e.g. word length, the inclusion of references, and basic grammar) and assess the relevance of the subject area to Dancecult. The editor's hold the right to reject submissions that do not conform to basic protocols and requirements, including the Dancecult Style Guide (DSG). Indeed, submissions that do not conform to the DSG will be returned to the author. It is therefore imperative that authors read the DSG carefully prior to submitting.
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.
1. If the submission is a Feature Article is must not have been previously published, nor should it be before another journal or book for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor). Online or printed publication of conference proceedings is considered prior publication.2. The article conforms to the latest version of the Dancecult Style Guide (aka "the DSG"). If the submission fails to meet this requirement, submissions WILL BE RETURNED IMMEDIATELY.
3. I have read the Author Guidelines, which specify the typical flow of an article submitted to Dancecult.
4. My article is in either the Microsoft Word (.doc) or the .RTF document file format, with single-spaced, 12-point text. See the Dancecult Style Guide for further requirements.
5. Where available, URLs for the references (including audio recording links to discogs.com and film links to imdb.org) have been provided.
6. The word-length and content adheres to the journal's section guidelines (e.g. feature articles must be between 6000-9000 words, and must include a 150 word abstract, and From the Floor articles must be between 750-2500 words in length).
7. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
8. If including images or figures, please submit them in a separate .ZIP archive. Please see the Dancecult Style Guide for image requirements.
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