Submission


1) Submit work

2) Book Reviews

3) Editorial Review Procedure

4) Copyright

5) Style Guide


1) Submit Work
To submit to darkmatter, please go to the on-line submission page, and click the ’submit a paper’ link. You will be asked you fill out an on-line form and upload your article. Submissions can be uploaded in a variety of formats (e.g. doc, rtf, html, odt). If you have any queries or problems, email the General Editors directly editors@darkmatter101.org or use the Contact page.

darkmatter consists of two main sections: Journal and the Commons.
The Journal comprises of content organised as: (i) Special Issues; (ii) Files (articles, essays, multi-media); Interviews; Reviews (books, films, events).

All Journal content undergoes an Editorial Review Procedure.

(i) Special Issues: see the current Call for Papers
The Special Issues are a collection of commissioned themed Journal articles, published three times a year. A Special Issue comprises of a collection of ‘principal’ articles, and/or ‘dialogue’ pieces.

We welcome Guest Editors for Special Issues, please see the Issue Proposal page.

(ii) Files, Interviews & Reviews
These Journal sections are published on a continuous ‘rolling’ basis - no deadlines for submissions.

  • Files - 1500-6000 words (if submitting a written piece)
  • Interviews - 1500-4000 words
  • Reviews (Books, Films, Events) - 1000-3000 words

The Commons section consists of more topical posts and social commentary, outside of the normal editorial review process; length: 300-2000 words. [↑]

2) Book Reviews

If you would like to propose a book to review, please email: reviews@darkmatter101.org

Publishers can send books to:
Ben Pitcher
Book Reviews Editor
darkmatter Journal
School of Social Sciences
Media and Cultural Studies
University of East London
4-6 University Way
London, E16 2RD UK [↑]

3) Editorial Review Procedure
darkmatter is run by the General Editors/Management Team. Each submission is read and internally reviewed by members of the darkmatter editorial team. A team member is appointed as an article editor, and takes responsibility for communication with the contributor. (In the case of a Special Issue with a Guest Editor, see the Issue proposal page). For Journal content, the review procedure usually takes six to eight weeks for a submission. For publishing in the Commons section (which falls outside of a formal review), the process is within two weeks. [↑]

4) Copyright
All darkmatter content is published under a Creative Commons (CC) license. Unlike many journals which retain copyright over your work, darkmatter operates on the principle of open access, encouraging the free distribution of culture and knowledge. Any work (including your own) may be republished with attribution for non-commercial purposes following these CC guidelines. Note: the ‘No derivative works’ of the CC license allows fair educational use attributed quoting of an article. Please cite the url/link back to the content on darkmatter to indicate attribution. [↑]


5) Style Guide: References/Endnotes
(i) Endnotes: for citing bibliographic sources or endnotes, darkmatter uses an endnoting method. When writing an reference or endnote, include the whole endnote text in the body of your article. (Endnotes will be automatically converted when uploaded on darkmatter, listed as numbered links at the end of the article). For a reference or endnote, wrap the text around with ((...)) double-brackets within the body of your article.

  • Example 1: This is a sentence in my article, and an endnote is inserted after the full-stop. ((Here is the endnote text.)) This is the next sentence in my article.
  • Example 2: This is another sentence ((Endnote text is in the middle.)) rest of sentence.
  • Example 3: Stuart Hall ((Stuart Hall, “Cultural Identity and Cinematic Representation,” in Exiles: Essays on Caribbean Cinema, ed. Mbye Cham (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1992), 220-236.)) has argued that in order to grasp the …

Note the following:

  • Leave a space between the article text and first (( and put the second )) after the full-stop of the endnote.
  • Do not number endnotes in your text; numbering will be automatically generated when uploaded onto darkmatter
  • Do not use automatic endnoting or footnoting in Microsoft Word or any other word processor

(ii) Referencing Style (based on Chicago style)

  • Book: Frantz Fanon, Black Skins, White Masks, (New York: Grove Press, 1967), 43.
  • Subsequent mention of reference: Fanon, 100.
  • Edited book: Mbye Cham, ed. Exiles: Essays on Caribbean Cinema, (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1992).
  • Chapter in book: Stuart Hall, “Cultural Identity and Cinematic Representation,” in Exiles: Essays on Caribbean Cinema, ed. Mbye Cham (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1992), 220-236.
  • Journal article: Robert Stam and Louise Spence, “Colonialism, Racism and Representation,” Screen 24.2 (1983): 2-20.
  • Web page: Jim Zwick, Anti-Imperialism in the United States, http://www.rochester.ican.net/~fjzwick/ail98-35.html (May 1997).
  • Film: Lee Tamahori, Director, Once Were Warriors, 1995.

For further info, see Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide [↑]