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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, DOIs for the references have been provided.
  • The author has taken care of copyright issues relating to illustrations and other elements in the article.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES
 
1) General recommendations
 
- The languages of publication are French and English. Please consult the co-editors if you wish to submit articles in other languages.
 
- Articles must be unpublished (not previously published or submitted to another journal)
 
- Articles should be between 4500 and 8000 words in length.
 
- They can be submitted online or by email in Word or rtf format to Sathya Rao (srao@ualberta) and/or C(h)ris Reyns-Chikuma (reynschi@ualberta.ca) along with the abstract in French and English (between 150-300 words), five keywords in French and a short bio/bibliographic note (no longer than 300 words) If you choose to submit online, please first go to the "Online Submission" section (under the "About" tab) on the journal site and request a username/password if you do not have one. You will then be able to submit your article online by clicking on "log in". Please fill in all the information requested.
 
- All articles are blind reviewed by two experts.
 
- The publication decision is communicated to the author by the editor within 4 to 5 weeks upon submitting the article.
 
2) Presentation of the article
 
- Articles should be written in Times New Roman font, 12 point, double spaced.
 
- The author will indicate at the beginning of the article: 1) the title of the article (in the center), 2) his or her first and last names and those of the co-authors (on the right below the title), 3) his or her affiliation and those of the co-authors (immediately below the first and last names).
 
- Authors may use numbered titles and subtitles.
 
- Quotations longer than 4 lines should be in a separate paragraph and should be indented from the left margin. They should be in 10-point font.
 
- The bibliography should be placed at the end of the article and should be preceded by the words "Bibliography".
 
- The conditions of use of the resources subject to reproduction rights (drawings, photos, etc.) must have been checked beforehand by the author.
 
3) Footnotes
 
- Footnotes should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals.
 
- They should not be used to quote bibliographical references, but to make substantial comments that may clarify a point or provide additional information.
 
4) Guidelines
 
- The author must use the MLA protocol (8th edition)
 
- Articles that do not meet this protocol will not be accepted.
 
5) Italics
 
- The author will use italics to quote words or phrases in languages other than French and English and provide the translation in parentheses in French or English depending on the language of the article immediately following.
 
BOOK AND FILM REVIEWS
 
- Reviews should not exceed 2000 words.
 
- The protocol for writing reviews is the same as for articles.
 
- Authors or publishers may send books for review to the following address
 
Sathya Rao (Alternative Francophone)
 
University of Alberta Department of Languages and Cultural Studies
 
Arts-217 B Edmonton
 
Alberta Canada T6G 2E6
 
Please note that these works will not be returned.

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