Submission Guidelines

Call for Papers

Special Issue of American Literature: American Game Studies. Deadline for essay submissions is August 1, 2020. 
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Special Issue of American Literature: How Literature Understands Poverty. Deadline for essay submissions is October 1, 2020.
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American Literature has a blind submissions policy. Submit manuscripts online at www.editorialmanager.com/al. Double-space manuscripts throughout; the length of manuscripts should not exceed 11,000 words, including endnotes and reference list. We do not accept simultaneous submissions. For house style, consult The Chicago Manual of Style, seventeenth edition, or a current issue of the journal. Send correspondence about editorial matters to am-lit@duke.edu.

Forms for authors of accepted manuscripts:
• Style guide
• Publication agreement
• Art and permissions guide
• Reprint order form