Submission Policy
The editors invite submission of manuscripts appropriate to the aims of Critical Inquiry. Manuscripts should not exceed 7,500 words. The journal does not pay contributors. Authors will receive a complimentary one-year subscription to the journal and either twenty-five offprints of their articles or ten copies of the issue in which their articles appear. This policy supercedes the University of Chicago Press guidlines for manuscript preparation
Preparation of Copy:
1. Type all copy--including footnotes--double-spaced on standard bond paper, allowing two-inch margins at top and bottom of page and generous margins on the sides. Please be sure to number your pages.
2. Footnotes should be numbered consecutively throughout the manuscript.
3. A glossy print or clear photo-copy of each illustration should accompany the manuscript.
4. All quotations, titles, names, and dates should be double-checked for accuracy.
5. Please submit two hard copies and a disk version (any format) of your manuscript with a standard, self-addressed stamped envelope. We cannot be responsible for returning manuscripts without return postage. Address correspondence to:
The Editor, Critical Inquiry
Wieboldt Hall 202
University of Chicago
1050 East 59th Street
Chicago, Illinois
60637
6. We cannot accept manuscript submissions via email unless you are submitting from outside the country.
7. Please include an email address on your cover letter.
8. Do not embed images in your document.
Format of Footnotes:
All footnotes should be double-spaced on a separate page (or pages) following the last page of text. They should be numbered consecutively and should correspond with the numbers in the text. Footnote style follows The Chicago Manual of Style, 14th ed. Second and later references to a previously cited work should be referred to by the author's last name and the title of the work. Do not use op. cit.
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