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NEQ is an open forum. The editors expect
essays to approach their topics historically, but subjects can
range broadly from literature, to politics, to art, to economics,
etc. There is no restriction on time period covered, nor must
you possess any qualifications beyond the ability to present
and document your argument in the tradition of the best scholarship
in your field.
Our editors give equal consideration to the works of students,
freelance writers, and professors from the world's finest
research institutions.
In addition to essays, we also accept
submissions for both our Reconsiderations and our Memoranda
and Documents features.
Submitting Your Work to Us:
All essays submitted for consideration should be mailed to our
Business Office at Northeastern University, Meserve Hall, 2nd
floor, Boston, MA 02115.
Our Evaluation Process:
The evaluation process generally takes from two to four months.
At its conclusion, we will inform you by e-mail or letter of
our decision. If your manuscript is accepted for publication,
we will request that you send us an electronic version of the
document formatted according to our stylistic requirements.
Book Reviews:
All book reviews and essay reviews are commissioned by the editors,
but we gratefully accept recommendations for both books to review
and reviewers to write about them.
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Essay Specifications:
1. Please submit two printed copies of the manuscript.
We advise you to retain a copy for reference. If you wish us
to return any submitted materials, include return postage.
2. NEQ requests blind submissions. Your name
should appear only on a separate title page.
3. Manuscripts should be prepared with generous margins.
All elements, including notes and extracts, should be double-spaced.
4. Although notes will be placed at the bottom of the
page in the Quarterly, in the manuscript they should be double-spaced
on separate pages following the last page of the text. Notes
should be numbered consecutively and should be linked to numbers
in the text.
5. The Quarterly's style for citations is a slight modification
of that found in the Chicago Manual of Style. Please note that
ibid. is not used. Any reference to a work previously cited
should list the author's last name, a short version of the title,
and page number(s). Some examples:
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William
Raymond Smith, History
as Argument: Three Patriot Historians of the American
Revolution (The
Hague and Paris: Mouton & Co., 1966), pp. 73-119. |
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Smith,
History as Argument,
p. 27. |
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David Levin,
"Salem Witchcraft in Recent Fiction and Drama,"
New England Quarterly
28 (December 1955): 540. |
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Steven W. Haycox,
"Jeremy Belknap and Early American Nationalism: A
Study in the Political and Theological Foundations of
American Liberty" (Ph.D. diss., University of Oregon,
1971). |
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Henry Adams to
Brooks Adams, 18 February 1909, Houghton Library, Harvard
University, Cambridge, Mass. |
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Larzer Ziff,
"The Literary Consequences of Puritanism," in
The American
Puritan Imagination: Essays in Revaluation, ed.
Sacvan Bercovitch (New York: Cambridge University Press,
1974), p. 39. |
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Please note some important
points in the preceding examples:
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Information about a book
should always include the name of the publisher. |
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Information about an article
in a journal should always include the volume number,
month (or season) and year of publication, and relevant
page number(s) in the form illustrated above. |
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A location—city and
state as well as institution—should be provided for
an unpublished work. |
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of the author.
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1200 dpi (maximum). For halftones, grayscale images should be
between 260 (minimum) and 300 dpi (maximum).
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