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PUBLICATION

Update June 2005

The peer review process for IASIL 2004 is now drawing to a close. A full report on publication will be delivered at the meeting of the IASIL Executive in Prague. Everyone who submitted a paper for consideration should therefore hear back from us during June and early July.

Three volumes of proceedings are scheduled for publication. Volume 1 will be exclusively devoted to Irish theatre, Volume 2 to Irish Women's Writing, and Volume 3 to new critical approaches to Irish writing and culture.

A full list of contributors and publication details will be made available online after all contributors have been notified of the status of their papers.

Original Notice

Stylesheet

It is hoped that, as in previous years, a selection of papers will be published after the conference, though this has yet to be confirmed.

Any publication(s) that emerge(s) from the conference will be subject to independent peer review. Acceptance of a paper for delivery at the IASIL 2004 Conference does not automatically guarantee publication.

The publication deadline is likely to fall soon after the conference - probably in September 2004 (though this is subject to confirmation).

Further information about publication will be available on this page in due course.

Queries may be addressed to conference@iasil.org

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Update - July 2004

A message was sent by email to all speakers at IASIL 2004 at the end of July 2004, in which information about publication was included. Below is an edited version of the email.

Now that this year's conference has concluded, we are moving forward to the process of publishing selected papers from the conference. We intend to publish a volume or volumes of selected papers, which will address some of the themes that arose during the conference.

If you wish to be included in the conference proceedings, the first step is to write to us BEFORE 21 August 2004, to indicate your interest in being published. You need only include your paper title at that time. We will send a stylesheet and further information to all interested speakers after 31 August .

The second step is to submit your complete paper to us on or before 31 October 2004. All papers must be 5,000 - 6,000 words in length, and should follow the guidelines that we will send to you.

After we receive your paper, it will be sent to a panel of independent academic assessors. Your paper will then undergo peer review, and a recommendation with regard to publication will be made or withheld. We will contact you about the status of your paper by 4 January 2005, requesting amendments where necessary.

Revised papers will be required by 12 February 2005. These will then enter the copyediting and design phase. It is proposed that any/all publications will issue before IASIL 2005, which takes place in Prague in July 2005.

If you feel that you would be in a position to deliver a paper under the conditions described above, then we would very much like to hear from you. Expressions of interest should be sent to the conference organisers BEFORE 21 August 2004.

Please note that the publication process will operate within a very tight limitations with regard to deadlines, funding and other issues. This has a number of consequences:
- All papers will be subjected to independent peer review.
- As explained in the pre-conference literature, it will not be possible for
us to publish all papers received; delivery of a paper at IASIL 2004 does
not guarantee acceptance of your paper for publication.
- Any papers which miss the abovementioned deadlines - at any stage in the
process - will be excluded from the publication process. Similarly, any
papers that do not do not follow the stylesheet that we will issue to you
after 21 August will also be excluded from the process.

It was a great privilege for us to host so many excellent papers during
IASIL 2004 - many of which are, we feel, breaking important new ground in
the field of Irish Studies. We feel that it is important to build on the
momentum generated by the conference, and to bring the many excellent papers
delivered during the week to a wider audience. We hope therefore that you
will consider participating in this project.

Please note that only people who spoke at IASIL 2004 may participate in this project.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,

The IASIL 2004 Conference Organising Committee.

IASIL 2004 Proceedings – Guidelines for Preparations of Papers

WORD LIMIT
All essays should be 5,000 -6,000 words in length.

This word limit applies to your submission in its entirety, including notes, citations, and lists of texts cited.

Essays that exceed 6,000 words will not be accepted.

SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION
Spelling – present all spellings in standard Irish/British spellings.
- Use “—ise” endings rather than “—ize”: “realise” not “realize”.
- Use “—re” spellings rather than “—er” :”theatre” not “theatre”.
- Use “our” spellings not “or” – “colour” not “color”.

Do not use points between initials in acronyms.
- Use USA, UK, EU, not U.S.A, U.K, E.U.

NUMBERS, DATES, ETC

Numbers – spell out all numbers up to 100.

Dates – use the format “day month year” thus: 22 February 1983.

Spell out numerical terms – percent rather than %.

Use 1990s, not 1990’s.

CITATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
Do not use footnotes or endnotes for citations, but instead include a citation in parenthesis in the text, of the form (Author, Year of Publication: page number). Eg (McGuinness, 1991: 3).

Include a list of texts cited at the end of your article.
- Author Surname, Author Forename (Year of Publication). Title of Book Italicised. Place of Publication: Publisher. – McGuinness, Frank (1991). Plays 1. London: Faber.

List authors alphabetically by surname in list of texts cited.

Include all citations in calculation of your word count.

Only include texts cited in the essay in your list of texts cited. Exclude books consulted in your research which have not been referred to directly in your essay.

FORMATTING
Where possible, avoid use of special formatting such as tables, use of tabs, bold, italics, underline, superscript, etc.

Text should be in Times New Roman, 14 point, double spaced.

Quotations of less than 50 words should remain within the text.

Quotations of more than 50 words should be set apart form the main paragraph, indented by five centimetres, set in 12 point font, and spaced at 1.5.

Notes should be in 10 point font, single spaced.

Use endnotes rather than footnotes. Use of endnotes is discouraged; if they are necessary, keep notes to a minimum. Number endnotes sequentially.

Italicise titles of books, plays, films.

Put titles of poems and articles in inverted commas.

Do not use italics, bold or underline to emphasise.

ILLUSTRATIONS
You are welcome to include illustrations with your essays. The editors and publisher(s) reserve the right not to include these however.

PREVIOUS PUBLICATION
All essays should be unpublished.

OTHER ISSUES
Use the MLA Handbook sixth edition for any issues not discussed above.

SUBMISSION
All essays must be submitted electronically. Save essays in Microsoft Word 6.0/95 format or in rich text format.

You may submit completed essays by email. Contact webmaster@iasil.org for the appropriate address.

Or you may post 2 printed copies AND one copy of the essay in electronic format, stored on a 3.5 inch floppy disc to:
Riana O’Dwyer
English Department
National University of Ireland, Galway
Ireland.

Submission deadline is 29 October 2004. Essays that miss this deadline for any reason, including problems with email or post, will not be accepted.

As explained in the pre-conference literature, it will not be possible for us to publish all papers received; delivery of a paper at IASIL 2004 does not guarantee acceptance of your paper for publication.

Any papers which miss the deadlines described herein will be excluded from the publication process.

Any papers that substantially deviate from these guidelines will be excluded from the process.

TIMETABLE
20 August 2004 – Deadline for sending paper title to conference organisers.

29 October 2004 – deadline for receipt of completed papers. All papers must be 5,000 - 6,000 words in length, and should follow the guidelines above.

November 2004 - June 2005 – peer review by panel of independent academic assessors. Your paper will then undergo peer review,

10 July 2005 – You will be notified of the outcome of your submission by this date. Most contributors should hear back from us during June 2005.

1 September 2005 – Deadline for receipt of revised papers.

1 December 2005 - Submission of MSS to publisher.

IASIL 2004 is hosted by The National University of Ireland, Galway