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Special Issues are a collection of commissioned themed Journal content, published three times a year.

There are two types of darkmatter Journal Special Issues comprising of a:

(i) significant collection of ‘principal’ articles (usually at least six substantial pieces), or;

(ii) smaller collection of ‘dialogue’ articles (a minimum of four, which may be shorter in length too).

Special Issues can be formed of different kinds of content, such experimental works, imagery, audio, video, multimedia etc. We are always interested in innovative forms of communication and critique, in addition to academic essays.

We welcome Guest Editors for either kind of Special Issue. It is understood that your role will involve:

• Soliciting and vetting articles for consideration in the Special Issue.
• Undertaking the review process to meet the standards of the journal. Note: darkmatter editorial team does not carry out blind-peer review. However, we have a member of our team to act as a Liaison Editor, who may be involved in overseeing the review process alongside the Guest Editors.
• Undertaking the majority of contributor liaison, including advising authors of review outcomes and revisions to their work.
• Copy‐editing articles. On-line proofing will be undertaken by the darkmatter team.
• Providing an introduction/editorial for the Special Issue.

Please submit a proposal, using the on-line submission page. Click the ’submit a paper’ link, and when completing the on-line form, select the ‘Special Issue Proposal’. Upload a file, indicating details of your proposal (see below). If you have any queries or problems, email the General Editors directly editors@darkmatter101.org or use the Contact page

In your proposal file, please include the following:

• Proposed title of the Special Issue
• Indicate whether a ‘principal’ or ‘dialogues’ Issue
• Expected date of publication
• Editor(s) - provide brief notes for each of the guest editors, including position/affiliation, any previous editing projects/experience and key publications
• Description - a 300-500 word summary about your Special Issue, including what intervention is being made and why it’s relevant to darkmatter.
• Contents: if available, provide a provisional listing of your special issue, including author names, article titles, any abstracts. (Note: this is not required at proposal stage).