Call For Papers

The Journal for the Academic Study of Magic (JSM), a multidisciplinary,
peer-reviewed print publication, is seeking submissions for its second
annual edition, to be published in Spring 2004. Scholarly articles of up to
8000 words, written in English, plus shorter book reviews (up to 800 words)
and the like are welcomed. We aim to cover all areas of magic, witchcraft,
paganism etc; all geographical regions and all historical periods, and we
encourage articles from postgraduates, tenured academics and freelance
writers alike, using an academic style.

Submissions should be prepared according to the MHRA style guide (5th
edition). Please see their printed style guide (available in libraries and
bookshops) or their website http://www.mhra.org.uk/index.html, plus our own
guideline pages at http://www.sasm.co.uk/journal.html and
http://www.sasm.co.uk/chklist.html for style and content details. In light
of the breadth of submissions we received for Issue 1, we welcome early and
brief correspondence with authors to discuss intended articles and their
potential suitability for our journal- the above links also give guidelines
for subject areas, including some areas that we do not cover, so please
consult these first.



Submissions should be sent electronically to Dave Evans at
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including your name and brief title in the file name (for example
"JSmithModernFrenchWitchcraft.rtf") . If you are unable to send by email
please use regular mail to: Dave Evans, Department of Historical Studies,
University of Bristol, 13 Woodland Road, Clifton,  Bristol, UK BS8 1AD.
Please enclose an SAE or IRC if you require postal acknowledgement of
receipt, and if sending by regular mail please include one copy of your
article on disk (PC formatted only, and virus-checked please!) and one print
copy, with a covering letter.


Deadline: October 31st, 2003



Issue 1 of the journal, published by Mandrake of Oxford can be ordered from
the website http://www.sasm.co.uk/journal2.html via a secure credit card
server, or from any good bookshop quoting the references ISBN 1869928 679
and  ISSN 1479-0750. Academic Institutions and Libraries can send an
official purchase order to Mandrake (whose regular mail address is to be
found on the above link) to be invoiced on delivery.



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Thanks

Dave Evans and Alison Butler

General Editors, JSM