Americana: The Journal of American Popular Culture (1900-present) only accepts submissions from members of the Institute. (Scroll down for information about submitting to Review Americana.)

If you would like to submit to Americana: The Journal of American Popular Culture, become a member of the Institute, then send an explanatory email that includes your institutional affiliation to editor@americanpopularculture.com and attach the essay you would like to be considered to that email. Please make sure your article conforms to the following restrictions:

1) Articles must follow MLA guidelines. (Please use MLA style parenthetical references, a works cited page, no footnotes, and keep endnotes to a minimum. One space after periods.)
2) Articles must be analytical and focus on some element of American popular culture (1900-present).
3) Articles must be 3000-5000 words in length.
4) Because the Advisory Board of Americana practices double blind review, articles must not contain the name of the author or any reference to the author.
5) Authors are responsible for reprint permissions of any images. Please do not send accompanying images if you do not own the copyright or have reprint permission in hand.

The deadline for the spring 2008 edition of the journal is 15 May 2008.

If you would like to submit to Review Americana: A Literary Journal, send an explanatory email that includes your name, contact information, and pertinent biographical details to editor@americanpopularculture.com. Attach your submission to that email.

Please conform to the following guidelines:

1) We consider poems, short stories, short screenplays, short plays, creative nonfiction, essays about creative writing, and essays about the teaching of creative writing.
2) We do not consider simultaneous submissions. If your work is under consideration elsewhere, please do not submit it to us.
3) We do not consider multiple submissions. Please wait until you have heard from us regarding your previous submission before you submit again. Poets may submit up to four poems. Other authors should submit only one work. (We will publish up to four works from a single author per edition.)
4 ) We only consider previously unpublished work
5) We do not publish profanity, gratuitously violent, or erotic work. We are looking for creative writing that could be considered an American classic.

The deadline for the spring 2008 edition of the journal is 1 May 2008. Early submission is encouraged.

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