ISSN 1546-9212
Slayage Book Reviewers' Instructions
Slayage reviewers should be familiar with the journal’s history and statement of editorial purpose. As reviews are a new feature of the journal, we don’t have any sample reviews to look at yet, so bear with us as we develop our house style.
If we provided it to you, the book you review is yours to keep if you wish. You may find that a book you have agreed to review is not, in your opinion, worth reviewing in full; in this case, please contact the Book Review Editor and we will decide if it should go on to another reviewer, become a “briefly noted” review, or simply not be reviewed at all.
FORMATTING
We publish long reviews and “briefly noted” reviews. Long reviews should generally be over 1000 words but less than 5000. “Briefly noted” reviews should be in the 250-500 word range and are generally about items that are of peripheral interest to our readers but do not warrant a full review in Slayage. From time to time we publish “review essays” of over 5000 words on important works or groups of works; please contact the book review editor if you feel you are reviewing something that warrants this treatment or want to propose a review essay.
Reviewers should keep in mind one central question: Why is this of interest or importance to readers and scholars of the fuzzy set with Buffy the Vampire Slayer at its center? Usually it’s quite clear, but from time to time a book may include only a few chapters or essays that intersect with our particular interests. In these cases, it is acceptable to review only those portions of the work.
At the beginning of your review, include information about the book in the following format. Make sure to include all the required elements in this order:
Buffy and the Heroine’s Journey: Vampire Slayer as Feminine Chosen One. Valerie Estelle Frankel. Jefferson NC: McFarland, 2012. 226 p. ISBN 9780786467921. $35.00.
If you include quotes in your review, please use MLA style with parenthetical page citations. If you quote from sources other than the book under review, include a bibliography at the end in MLA style. (For more details, see the Slayage House Style Sheet.)
Please also include an up-to-date “about the reviewer” paragraph of 100 words or fewer at the end, with your name in the format you would like to see in print.
AGREEMENTS AND COPYRIGHT
If your review is accepted for publication in Slayage, the Author’s Rights statement will apply.
DEADLINES
While a completed review may be submitted at any time, reviews for the spring issue must be received before May 1 and for the fall issue before November 1. A proof of your review will be sent to you by the last week of May or November and should be reviewed in a timely fashion as the journal goes to press June 1 and December 1.
SUBMITTING THE FINISHED REVIEW
Please send your completed review to the Book Review Editor, Janet Brennan Croft, at [email protected]
If we provided it to you, the book you review is yours to keep if you wish. You may find that a book you have agreed to review is not, in your opinion, worth reviewing in full; in this case, please contact the Book Review Editor and we will decide if it should go on to another reviewer, become a “briefly noted” review, or simply not be reviewed at all.
FORMATTING
We publish long reviews and “briefly noted” reviews. Long reviews should generally be over 1000 words but less than 5000. “Briefly noted” reviews should be in the 250-500 word range and are generally about items that are of peripheral interest to our readers but do not warrant a full review in Slayage. From time to time we publish “review essays” of over 5000 words on important works or groups of works; please contact the book review editor if you feel you are reviewing something that warrants this treatment or want to propose a review essay.
Reviewers should keep in mind one central question: Why is this of interest or importance to readers and scholars of the fuzzy set with Buffy the Vampire Slayer at its center? Usually it’s quite clear, but from time to time a book may include only a few chapters or essays that intersect with our particular interests. In these cases, it is acceptable to review only those portions of the work.
At the beginning of your review, include information about the book in the following format. Make sure to include all the required elements in this order:
Buffy and the Heroine’s Journey: Vampire Slayer as Feminine Chosen One. Valerie Estelle Frankel. Jefferson NC: McFarland, 2012. 226 p. ISBN 9780786467921. $35.00.
If you include quotes in your review, please use MLA style with parenthetical page citations. If you quote from sources other than the book under review, include a bibliography at the end in MLA style. (For more details, see the Slayage House Style Sheet.)
Please also include an up-to-date “about the reviewer” paragraph of 100 words or fewer at the end, with your name in the format you would like to see in print.
AGREEMENTS AND COPYRIGHT
If your review is accepted for publication in Slayage, the Author’s Rights statement will apply.
DEADLINES
While a completed review may be submitted at any time, reviews for the spring issue must be received before May 1 and for the fall issue before November 1. A proof of your review will be sent to you by the last week of May or November and should be reviewed in a timely fashion as the journal goes to press June 1 and December 1.
SUBMITTING THE FINISHED REVIEW
Please send your completed review to the Book Review Editor, Janet Brennan Croft, at [email protected]
Slayage (ISSN 1546-9212) is an open-access, anonymized peer-reviewed, MLA-indexed publication and a member of the Directory of Open Access Journals. All content is available at no cost, in downloadable, full-text PDFs. There is no submission or publication fee for authors.