Important dates:

As a biannual publication, the Journal accepts submissions by two deadlines:
  • 19th of June (11:59 p.m. GMT +00:00) for the Summer Issue published in July
  • Mid-November for the publication of the Winter Issue in December

The deadline for the Inaugural Issue is the 19th of June 2020 (11:59 p.m. GMT +00:00). Please submit your papers to: wonderer.journal@qmul.ac.uk
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  • Wonderer Journal will accept submissions on topics of general literary interest, literary theory, dramatic theory, comparative literature, interpretative readings of texts, philosophical approaches to literary works, research into the literary context of (a) particular work(s), intersections between art history and literature, and aesthetics, provided that they are based on at least one literary or non-literary work of any genre. Exceptions could be made in the case of papers on literary/dramatic theory, as long as they provide a comprehensive and original analysis of the concepts or movements in question. Although we recognise the value of literary craft, Wonderer Journal will not accept creative writing pieces.
  • The submission cap is a maximum of two essays per issue. 
Manuscript formatting:
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  • Academic papers should be between 3,000 and 8,000 words in length and comply with the guidelines detailed in the MHRA Style Guide. Please note that the word count does not include abstract, footnotes/endnotes, bibliography or any appendices other than the quotations embedded in the body of the essay. All papers should contain a bibliography, alongside footnotes, acknowledging any primary or secondary sources (if used), and be formatted for blind review (the text should be free of personal and institutional information). Authors are encouraged to consult the following academic writing guide upon submitting papers, especially if adapted from a university assignment. 
 
  • Articles proposed for the Journal should be formatted either as a Microsoft Word document (.DOC/.DOCX) or Rich Text Format file (RFT), with 12 pt. font size and double-spaced. When submitting any papers, please provide a two- or three-sentence biography in the submission email (which includes the year of study and the subject pursued at the institution of higher education) to appear in the "Notes on Contributors" section, and your contact information, including an email address. 
 
  • Wonderer Journal is committed to a pluralistic approach and, thus, intended for the international community at large. We will accept submissions from undergraduate students enrolled in any course of any institution of higher education. The Journal will continue to consider articles sent in within five months of graduation. The editorial team have set these dates based on the term organisation of the academic year. The dates aim at providing undergraduates with plenty of time to receive any coursework marks and edit them in due time for publication. It is important to note that submissions based on coursework or essays submitted as degree work may only be submitted once the assignment has been marked by the student’s institution.
 
  • The contributions have to be original and not published before. Wonderer Journal does not require exclusivity in submission of essays. Nonetheless, if you have submitted your manuscript to another journal, we kindly request that you inform us about that, and notify us without delay about other journals' decisions on your paper. Authors wishing to use text passages, figures, tables etc. that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s). Evidence that permissions have been granted are to be sent along with the manuscripts submitted for the blind review.
Peer-review process:

  • Papers considered for publication will undergo a process of double blind review. That is to say, articles will be anonymised and sent to two reviewers (a postgraduate or postdoctoral member paired up with an undergraduate member of the editorial team), who will then accept, decline or offer suggestions for revision that, if performed, may result in an acceptance.
                                                                                    
  • The editors reserve the right to decline papers that are evidently unsuitable for any reason and at their discretion. The editors will make all the possible efforts to provide feedback. Accepted papers will usually receive extensive feedback from our team of editors.
 
  • Any submissions made by undergraduate members involved in the production of the Journal will be anonymised, sent for review and assessed by the same criteria as all other submissions.
Copyrights:

Wonderer's content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. The papers published in this academic journal may be quoted, downloaded or printed freely for academic or non-profit-making purposes, provided that due acknowledgment is made to authors or copyright holders, and to Wonderer: The Queen Mary Literary Journal.  A full-text may be used and/or reproduced and given to third parties in any format or any medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or non-profit purposes provided that:
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The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.