All submissions are blind peer-reviewed by experts in the field. This means that articles are published on the quality of the research rather than on the reputation of the author. We therefore welcome excellent articles from contributors at all stages of their career, from graduate student to emeritus professor. We also welcome proposals for edited special editions of the journal.

All submissions and proposals should be addressed to the Editor, Susan Fischer, using the following email address: journal@literarylondon.org

Submissions should normally be between 5000 and 8000 words in length. Essays should be sent as an attachment in a commonly available editable format such as RTF or Microsoft Word. PDF submissions are not accepted. Please format your script in accordance with the following guidelines:

• The style guide is the Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA) style guide. This is available for free download at http://www.mhra.org.uk/Publications/Books/StyleGuide/index.html.

• Do, however, use in-text author-short title-page citation rather than footnotes for citations and then provide a full bibliograpy of all texts cited. For example, in-text citations should follow the format (Dickens: Bleak House, 273) or (Ackroyd: London, 72). These citations should be placed at the end of sentences, never in the middle. The bibliography should follow MHRA conventions (which are similar to Chicago style).

• Use British spelling and punctuation conventions throughout.

• Please avoid long or discursive footnotes. These add complexity to webpages. Follow the rule that if a comment is important to the argument, it belongs in the main text. If it is not important to the argument, it should be omitted entirely.

• If you are including images, use low-resolution images or embedded images in your submission file at first. We will ask for high-resolution files once we prepare the final copy. Please ensure you have obtained the appropriate permissions for any images you use.

When you submit your article to the editor, you will receive an acknowledgement, normally within two weeks. The editor will read your article to see if the subject is suitable for the Literary London Journal. If the topic is not one the journal covers, it will be returned to you at this point, regardless of quality. If your essay is on an appropriate topic, it will be sent out to two readers for peer review. This can take two to three months, so please bear with us at this point. Once the editor has received both reviewers' reports, she will make a decision on your article. The article may be immediately accepted or rejected, or you may be asked to make specific changes. Whatever the outcome, you will receive some feedback at this point.

If you have any queries or require any clarification on the above, please contact the Editor, Susan Fischer, using the following email address: journal@literarylondon.org