Submission Guidelines___________________
Please
ensure
that
the
following
criteria
are
met
before
submission.
Non-compliance
to
them
would
result
in rejection of the submission.
Manuscript Requirements:
The
word
count
should
be
within
5000-8000
words
for
research
papers
and
1500-2000
words
for
book reviews. (The word count does not include abstract, bio-note, works cited, and keywords.)
Please
make
sure
that
all
in-text
quotes
are
within
double
inverted
commas
(“
”)
to
ensure
that
the
Plagiarism
software
does
not
mark
quotations
as
plagiarism.
All
quotes
longer
than
4
lines
should
be
made
into a separate paragraph and left indented by 0.5 inch.
The
submission
file
should
contain
the
following:
Paper
Title,
Abstract,
Keywords,
Main
Text,
Works
Cited list. (There should be no mention of the author(s) name in either the main body or header/footer.)
All
native
language
words
should
be
followed
by
a
footnote
elucidating
upon
their
translation/definition and usage, as the journal has a global readership.
Bio-note:
Please
do
not
include
your
previous
publications
in
the
bio-note.
You
can
view
sample
bio-
notes
here
.
MLA
8th
edition
style
guide
to
be
followed
in
the
papers.
References
(footnotes
and
citations)
should
also be in
MLA style
. Please refer to the
MLA Checklist
for elaboration.
For the format of Book Reviews, please refer to the
Book Review Guidelines.
Language Requirements:
Essence
&
Critique:
Journal
of
Literature
and
Drama
Studies
requires
submissions
to
be
free
of
language
errors
so
that
they
may
be
fairly
evaluated
by
editors
and
reviewers.
If
you
require
help
with
editing,
proofreading,
or
formatting
your
paper
(as
per
MLA
guidelines),
we
recommend
using
the
services
provided by the non-profit organizations.
Please
note:
Procuring
editing
services
in
no
way
guarantees
selection
for
publication
or
influence
our selection process.
Author Responsibility:
Essence
&
Critique:
Journal
of
Literature
and
Drama
Studies
does
not
accept
any
work
that
has
been
uploaded
online
for
any
purpose
including
but
not
exclusive
to
institutional
archiving,
pre-publication
archiving, or self archiving.
Only
unpublished
works
to
be
submitted.
As
per
our
policy
we
do
not
accept
simultaneous
submissions. Any negligence on the part of the author to abide by this will have serious consequences.
Essence
&
Critique:
Journal
of
Literature
and
Drama
Studies
has
a
zero
plagiarism
policy.
If
found
to
be plagiarized, the publication of the work will be cancelled.
Please
submit
a
single
paper/book
review
submission
for
an
issue.
Authors
may
make
submissions
for
different issues at the same time.
In
case
a
submission
has
multiple
authors,
please
submit
the
contact
email
IDs
as
well
as
bio-notes
of
all the authors.
Please submit your work via the form link given in the particular Call for Papers.
The
editorial
process
consists
of
multiple
rounds
of
editing
and
reviews
which
take
a
considerable
amount
of
time.
So,
though
we
are
happy
to
receive
submissions
till
the
deadline,
we
appreciate
authors
sending us early submissions.
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