Submission of manuscripts (mss): SQS Journal accepts email submissions only. Manuscripts should be submitted via the following email addresses: sanna.karkulehto[at]oulu.fi and jenny.kangasvuo[at]oulu.fi. For the purposes of blind refereeing, full name of each author with current affiliation and full address/phone/fax/email details plus short biographical note should be entered in a separate email and not included in the manuscript itself. Please include a statement confirming that all authors have agreed to the submission and that the article is not currently being considered for publication by any other print or electronic journal.
Format of mss: Each manuscript should contain:
(1) title page with full title and subtitle (if any). For the purposes of blind refereeing, full name of each author with current affiliation and full address/phone/fax/email details plus short biographical note should be supplied on a separate sheet.
(2) main text and character count, not exceeding 40 000 characters. Text to be clearly organized, with a logical hierarchy of headings and subheadings
(3) references should follow APA style whereby they are cited in the text by author and year with a full alphabetical listing (examples below) at the end of the article:
Examples:
Reference to a journal publication:
Mizielinska, Joanna 2006: Queering Moominland: The Problems of Translating Queer Theory Into a Non-American Context. SQS: Journal of Queer Studies in Finland 1/2006, 87—104. Http:// http://www.helsinki.fi/jarj/sqs/SQSMizielinska.pdf [27.2.2007].
Reference to a book:
Anzaldúa, Gloria 1999/1987: Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza. San Francisco: Spinsters/Aunt Lute.
Butler, Judith 1990: Gender Trouble. Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. New York: Routledge.
Reference to an article in an edited book:
Rubin, Gayle S. 1993/1984: Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality. In Henry Abelove, Michéle Aina Barale & David M. Halperin (eds): The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader. New York and London: Routledge, 3–44.
Detailed APA guidelines can be found from either Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition, (copies may be ordered from http://www.apa.org/books/4200061.html) or http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
Authors are responsible for obtaining permissions from copyright holders for reproducing through any medium of communication any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere.
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