The Wallace
Stevens Journal welcomes submissions on all aspects of Wallace Stevens’
poetry and life. Articles range from interpretive criticism of his poetry and
essays to comparisons with other writers, from biographical and contextual
studies to more theoretically informed reflections. Also welcome are previously
unpublished primary or archival material and photographs, proposals for
guest-edited special issues, as well as original Stevens-inspired artistic and
creative works.
Manuscripts should be prepared according to current MLA style (see
Seventh Edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 2009),
using Works Cited format and parenthetical citation. All lines should be
double-spaced (including lines in the notes). Automated endnotes in Word are
acceptable, but not automated footnotes. Block quotes should be tabbed once
when they are prose, twice when they are poetry. Please note that the journal housestyle
makes one important exception to the MLA guidelines about spelling: the
possessive form of family names with two or more syllables ending in a sibilant
is written with an apostrophe only and no extra s (i.e., Keats’s and James’s
books vs. Stevens’ and Williams’ poems). The standard sources for quotations
from Stevens’ works are Wallace Stevens: Collected Poetry and Prose
(Library of America, 1997) and Letters of Wallace Stevens (Knopf, 1966;
rpt. Berkeley, 1996). In parenthetical citations in the text, these two sources
are abbreviated as CPP and L, respectively.
Authors should consult recent articles to see typical content, standard
form, and usual length. Most manuscripts accepted for publication are twenty to
twenty-five double-spaced pages, but on occasion the journal publishes shorter
or longer pieces. There are no strict limits as to word count.
The journal also publishes poetry related to or inspired by Wallace
Stevens, as well as book reviews, news and comments, a current bibliography of
annual scholarship on Stevens, and reproductions of art work inspired by the
poet. For poetry submissions, contact the Poetry Editor below. For inquiries
and proposals with regard to book reviews, contact the Book Review Editor
below. If you are interested in proposing cover art, contact the Art Editor
below.
Manuscripts should be submitted electronically as attached documents,
and saved either in .doc or .rtf format, not in .docx. Please provide full
contact information on a separate title page: name, address, phone, and e-mail.
Do not include your name anywhere on the manuscript itself, and compose your
text in such a way that it does not compromise anonymity in the review process.
Except for quotations from the standard sources of Stevens, authors of
accepted articles are required to furnish photocopies of all quotations, with
the passages clearly marked, for systematic verification. Title, author,
copyright, and page number(s) should be clear.
Authors should not quote whole poems that
are still under copyright (1923 and after), and they should critically discuss
quoted passages, not merely use them as illustration.
Contact
Information:
Bart
Eeckhout, Editor
bart.eeckhout@ua.ac.be
The Wallace Stevens Journal
www.wallacestevens.com
University
of Antwerp
Prinsstraat 13
2000
Antwerp
Belgium
Poetry
Editor:
James
Finnegan
jforjames@aol.com
Book
Review Editor:
Bonnie
Costello
boncos@bu.edu
Art
Editor:
Alexis
Serio
aserio@uttyler.edu