Article Submission Window for Volume 34 – 2023 now closed.
Submissions for Volume 35, to be published in 2024, will open in November/December.
Please visit again this fall for article submission dates. Please contact Book Review Editor-in-Chief Mailyn Abreu Toribio regarding book reviews and book review essay submissions.
Subject Matter
Like the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts from which it was generated, JFA welcomes papers on all aspects of the fantastic in world literatures and media, as well as interdisciplinary approaches including African/Diaspora Studies, anthropology, area studies, critical game studies, disability studies, future studies, gender studies, history, Indigenous studies, music, philosophy, political science, postcolonial studies, psychology, queer studies, religious studies, science and technology studies, and sociology. All papers are made available in English. Those interested in publishing in other languages in addition to English are asked to inquire with our Acquisitions Editor at jfa.editor@fantastic-arts.org with the subject line “Languages.”
Submissions should contain a more in-depth discussion than a conference-length paper and demonstrate a grasp of current scholarship on the subject. The length of articles generally varies from 3,500-9,000 words and ranges from 15-35 pages.
Submissions are peer-reviewed in accordance with our peer review statement and the BIPOC Anti-Racist Statement on Scholarly Reviewing Practices. If submissions are flagged at any point of the review process for the risk of promulgating potentially misrepresentative, stereotypical, ableist, or racist views, contributors will be asked to address these problems before the review process can continue.
JFA also publishes reviews of scholarly works addressing the fantastic, broadly construed. Reviews of fiction are limited to reissues of speculative works with new introductions and scholarly apparatuses, and speculative works with the potential to impact scholarship in the genre. Books and other media received are advertised on the IAFA discussion list (which can be subscribed to through the IAFA homepage at www.iafa.org), and IAFA members are encouraged to suggest titles for review. Questions and suggestions may be addressed to Book Review Editor-in-Chief Mailyn Abreu Toribio: e-mail jfa.editor@fantastic-arts.org with the subject line “Book Review.”
Formatting the Manuscript
Since the refereeing process is anonymous, the author’s name should not appear anywhere on the text file itself, including the notes. No title page is needed. However, an abstract of 100-150 words should be included with each submission.
Please ensure that all citations and the Works Cited entries are in MLA style, 9th Edition. Please enter end notes manually. For complete guidelines, please refer to the JFA Style Sheet for Articles.
Contributors are responsible for acquiring all permissions to quote and/or use illustrations that accompany their article, and for paying (or arranging to have their institutions pay) all usage fees, including copyright.
Subject Matter
Like the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, from which it was generated, JFA welcomes papers on all aspects of the fantastic in English, American, French, Spanish, German and other national literatures, as well as interdisciplinary approaches including music, philosophy, sociology, psychology, political science, and religion. All papers are in English.
Our readers expect a more in-depth discussion than a conference-length paper; they also look for a grasp of current scholarship on the subject. The length of articles generally varies from 3,500-9,000 words and ranges from 15-35 pages.
JFA also publishes reviews of scholarly monographs addressing the fantastic, broadly construed. Reviews of fiction are limited to reissues of classic works with new introductions and scholarly apparatuses. Books received are advertised on the IAFA discussion list (which can be subscribed to through the IAFA homepage at www.iafa.org), and IAFA members are encouraged to suggest titles for review.
Formatting the Manuscript
Since the refereeing process is anonymous, the author’s name should not appear anywhere on the text file itself, including the notes. No title page is needed. However, an abstract of 100-150 words should be included with each submission.
Please ensure that all citations and the Works Cited entries are in current MLA style. Please do not use automatically generated notes; end notes (only) must be entered manually. A paper that doesn’t meet our printing parameters can take many hours to adjust. To avoid needless changes and delays, it is best to use our guidelines from the start. For complete guidelines, please refer to the JFA Style Sheet for Articles.
Contributors are responsible for acquiring all permissions to quote and/or use illustrations that accompany their article, and for paying (or arranging to have their institutions pay) all usage fees, including copyright.
Submitting
Scholarly articles should be directed to the JFA‘s Acquisitions Editor-in-Chief, Novella Brooks de Vita at jfa.acquisitions@fantastic-arts.org. Book reviews are solicited, however the journal’s Book Reviews Editor-in-Chief Mailynn Abreu Toribio may be contacted for information on books available for review and to suggest books for review at jfa.bookreview@fantastic-arts.org.
PLEASE NOTE
If you have submitted an article or other correspondence to the JFA’s acquisitions email and have not yet heard back, please resend your query to both jfa.acquisitions@fantastic-arts (dot) org and journalfantasticarts@gmail (dot) com. Thank you for your interest.