Submissions
Unless solicited, all submissions should be original and previously unpublished in English. Please include a coversheet with your name, title of article, keywords, and a brief biographical description. All publication decisions will be made by blind review - make sure your name does not appear on any page other than the coversheet. Please send an e-mail attachment (.doc or .rtf) to the editors in either Microsoft Word or Rich Text File.
Articles should be emailed to: editors@afro-beatjournal.org
Cheryl Sterling
New York University
General Studies Program
726 Broadway, rm. 634
New York, New York 10003
Ifeona Fulani
New York University
General Studies Program
726 Broadway, rm. 617
New York, New York 10003
Publishers may send books for review to Book Review Editor at:
reviews@afro-beatjournal.org
Upon acceptance, the author must prepare a bibliography/works cited and take
note of our copyright policy.
Recommended Style Guide for Submission
Afro-Beat Journal welcomes submissions. We especially prize work that is critical and creative in its approach. We invite you to break as many intellectual barriers as possible! Submissions should be original, previously unpublished material. This material may consist of articles and essays, reviews of cutting-edge or historic books, music film and multi-media, as well as artistic texts traditionally categorized as poetry, fiction, etc…
It is the author's responsibility to prepare his or her document for conversion by adhering to the following Word document style formatting:
Written submission should conform to the Modern Language Association (MLA)
Use heading level one (H1) for titles, abstract, endnotes, and references/works cited/bibliography.
Use heading level two (H2) for the first level of heading used in the text. Use levels 3 through 6 for subsequent levels.
Use paragraph tabs for basic paragraph text.
Use indent tab for all quotes and indented text.
Please send questions or comments to: editors@afro-beatjournal.org