Articles submitted for Refractory: a Journal of Entertainment Media

Articles dealing generally with areas outlined in the home page may be submitted electronically as a rich text format document to angelan@unimelb.edu.au unless CALL FOR PAPERS for special themed issues state otherwise. Word length should be between 3,000-7,000 words. All views expressed by the contributors to the website are those of the authors and not the Refractory (unless otherwise indicated).

NB. Although most contributions follow a standard publication format at this time, we also encourage contributors to make full and creative use of the hypertextual nature of the web. The form such contributions may take can be discussed with the editors.

Copyright

The individual authors hold copyright. If material is re-published elsewhere it must include a statement that it was originally published by Refractory. The editors reserve the right to maintain permanent archival copies of all submissions.

Images

Please include any images or other visual material with your submission. Note: In most circumstances, images cannot be included unless permission has been obtained from the copyright owner to reproduce them electronically. It is the obligation of the author to negotiate with the Refractory and obtain permission.

Style Guidelines

Articles for Refractory should range from 3,000 to 7,000 words. These will be refereed - submission is no guarantee of acceptance.

Articles for State of Play between 1,000 to 3,000 words. Reviews should range from 300-500 words.

Film and game titles are to be italicized. Films followed by the name of the director and year of the first screening in brackets after the first appearance of the title. Example: Minority Report (Steven Spielberg, 2002). Computer games followed by the name of the production company and year of release. Example: Phantasmagoria (Sierra On-Line, Inc., 1995)

Referencing

Articles should be referenced with footnotes: footnote markers are superscripted numerals, following punctuation. All sources must be cited in a consistent manner according to Chicago style criteria (in text version) and included in a bibliography. Citing Electronic Sources: Include Surname, First Name, “Title&”, original date and place of publication (if applicable), the url (for example, http://www.utopia.com), date accessed. Essay not submitted in this style will be returned.

For further information on referencing electronic sources see: http://www.libs.uga.edu/ref/chicago.html - the AUTHOR-DATE system