Submissions

Author Guidelines

Do you also want to publish a paper in the Netherlands American Studies Review? That is great
news! We are always looking for contributions! Below you can find our submission guidelines.
Selection procedures usually take place in March for issue 1 and September for issue 2—we will
post specific calls for papers with deadlines to be considered in those selections, so do keep that
in mind when submitting your work. We are open to submissions, however, year-round.

Submission Guidelines
We welcome papers written by bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD students from Dutch universities.
Students do not have to be enrolled in an American Studies program, but submissions must be
relevant to at least one of the journal’s (sub)fields. Recent graduates can send in work written in
the last two years. We welcome book reviews (500-700 words) or papers (2000-5000 words, not
including footnotes). Papers may be based on a thesis, as long as they meet the word limit.
All submissions must meet the following requirements:
• Submissions must include the author’s name, university, the title of the course and
program it was written for (specifying BA/MA/PhD), and the semester it was written in.
• All papers submitted must include an abstract. This abstract must be on a separate page
from the body of the article and may not be longer than 250 words.
• Texts must meet the word count mentioned above, references do not count towards the
wordcount.
• All authors must use Chicago Style with footnotes for citations. If you are unfamiliar
with this style, please consult www.chicagomanualofstyle.org before submitting.
• Documents must be submitted in Word format (.doc or .docx).
• Texts must be written in American English. Please check your text for spelling and
grammar before submitting.
Submissions can be sent to NLAmericanStudiesReview@gmail.com. We make a selection of
papers several months before the publication of each issue and will get in touch with you in
due course. If we accept your paper, we will start the editorial process. During this process, you
are expected to improve and adjust your paper in consultation with several of our editors.