Single Paper Submissions

All single manuscripts must be submitted via ScholarOne for publication consideration.

All manuscripts should be in 12-point font, double-spaced, including quotations and endnotes, and anonymized throughout. Submissions should not exceed 9,000 words/60,000 characters with spaces (CWS), including references and endnotes in the count. They should be prepared according to the journal’s style guide. You must also submit an abstract and keywords at the time of initial submission.

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For style and reference information, please refer to the positions style guide and art guidelines.

Thematic Issue Submissions 

Please send a detailed proposal of the thematic issue to positions: asia critique, including the following:

– title
– abstract for the project; introduction and/or outline
– table of contents
– list of contributors
– abstracts for each essay