Author Review & Submission Guidelines for the K-SJ

The Keats-Shelley Journal invites articles that contribute significantly to the scholarly understanding of “second–generation” Romantic–period writers and their circles, including canonical and non–canonical figures, influences and afterlives. We welcome all critical methodologies and approaches. 

Each submission is read by one or two reviewers, whose reports the Editor consults in making a final decision regarding publication. The journal aims to provide blind peer–reviewed decisions for authors within 8 to 12 weeks, and publication within six months to one year of acceptance. KSJ does not accept for review articles under consideration simultaneously at other journals, out of respect for the process of peer review in general and the time and labor of our reviewers in particular. Critical notes are typically 2,000 words or fewer and articles between 6,000 and 10,000 words.

Submissions should be emailed as an MS Word document (.doc or .docx) to Jonathan Mulrooney, Editor at ksjournal@holycross.edu. Manuscripts should be double–spaced, in Times New Roman 12–pt font, with footnotes, and should follow MLA style according to MLA Handbook, 9th Edition (complete with list of works cited). Please consult the KSJ house style guide for other matters. Please include an abstract of 100 words or fewer.

The journal considers for review editions of and books about Keats, Byron, Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, and their contemporaries (particularly those belonging to their circle), as well as general studies in English Romantic literature and culture relevant to the second-generation poets. Books for review should be sent to Prof. Lindsey Eckert, Department of English, FSU, 631 University Way, 405 Williams Building, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1580.  Inquiries can be made to either Review Editor, Lindsey Eckert (leckert@fsu.edu) or Leila Walker (leila.walker@qc.cuny.edu)