ADSA

Submitting articles

ADS is published twice annually: in April and October. April issues are general and unthemed; October issues are guest edited and focused on a specific theme or topic. Contrubutions for April issues should be directed to the general Editor (Yoni Prior) while those for October should be directed to the Guest Editor[s].

Instructions for all authors:

  1. In the first instance, send a proposal or a full draft (that includes a 100-150-word abstract) to the relevant Editor. Please send as a separate digital attachment (not in the body of an email). NOTE: A full draft or substantial example of academic writing is preferred from emerging or previously unpublished researchers.
  1. If proposals/drafts are accepted, authors will be invited to submit a full draft of the article for peer review.
  2. The artcle will be sent for blind peer review by two reviewers - the author[s] name must not appear on the copy submitted.
  3. After peer review, the editors will contact the author[s] with any suggested amendments and comments. This process can take up to 2 months, after which the author will revise and resubmit the manuscript (if accepted).
  4. When resubmitting the manuscript after peer review, author[s] must supply a table or list of peer reviewer comments and brief repsonses outlining how they have addressed these in the revised manuscript.

Formatting and style guidelines:

Accepted manuscripts must conform to the following formatting and style guidelines, otherwise authors will be asked to revise and resubmit.

    From a Book

    From an Article

    From a Chapter in a Book

    From a Newspaper Article

        (N.B. this style is preferred even if the original headline is 'Lost in the clouds')

    From a Website

    Reviews should not normally exceed 1,200 words and should not include Endnote references.

Additional Information

Australasian Drama Studies is indexed in AUSTLIT, the Australian literary database; in APAIS (Australian Public Affairs Information Service); the MLA Bibliography; Australian Literary Studies; Modern Drama; and the International Bibliography of Theatre.

Online retrieval of articles available from APAFT (Australian Public Affairs Full Text Service) and from Informit (RMIT Publishing). Acceptance for publication implies assigning rights to ADS to publish material in any format. Copyright and moral rights remain with authors.

The editors welcome relevant visual images, video clips or sound files to accompany written texts. Please submit images as separate, high resolution JPEG files. Please ensure that the videographer/photographer/designer is duly acknowledged and that they understand the copyright arrangements (including the image's online availability through APAIS). The photographer's name as well as any persons appearing in the image should be clearly marked on the back of the photograph or in an email in the case of jpeg attachment.

Please email your submission or any other enquiry to ADS Editor, Nicola Hyland: . For submissions for publication in special focus issues, please send directly to the guest editor[s] using the guesteditor.ads@adsa.edu.au.