Popular Culture Review Vol. 12, No. 2, August 2001 | Page 143

CALL for PAPERS
The Mid-Atlantic Almanack, the annual refereed journal of the
Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture/American Culture Association,
seeks papers on all topics
Topics may be on any area of popular culture and/or American culture. Two kinds of
articles are especially welcome:
(1) new historical research on cultural events or practices;
or,
(2) original connections between separate theoretical perspectives on
contemporary topics.
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Because the Almanack has an interdisciplinary readership, please avoid narrowly
focused close readings of single works (whether books, films, or TV shows) and
excessive use of jargon (more than five or six terms not yet to be found in a college
dictionary).
Articles must pass a review by the Editor or Senior Editor, followed by blind-review
by two readers with expertise in the article’s topic.

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Submit three clear copies. Manuscripts should be double-spaced throughout, ineluding indented quotations, notes, and bibliography. Use an intertextual (paren
thetical) format for citations; MLA style is preferred. The text of articles should not
exceed 20 pages (or approximately 5,000 words). The author’s name, affiliation,
and address should appear only on a detachable title page of the master copy. A
cover letter should include full contact information, assurance that the manuscript
is not under consideration or published elsewhere, and a 75-word bio. Include a
self-addressed, stamped postcard for acknowledgment. Manuscripts will not be
returned unless return postage is included.
The Almanack welcomes illustrations, but the author must obtain permissions for
publication of any copyrighted images. Authors should have secured, or should be
actively seeking, permissions before the blind-review process. Please do not send
originals of illustrations until the article has been formally accepted.

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Authors are expected to become members of the Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture/
American Culture Association in the year that their article is published ($65/regular;
$45/student/unemployed/retired). Authors will receive two copies of the volume.
Authors are free to query the editor about whether a topic or approach is likely to
fail under the auspices of the journal’s mandate. (Phone [phone], or write to
the address below.)
Send 3 copies of articles to:
Ted Bain, Ph.D.
Editor, The Mid-Atlantic Almanack
P.O. Box 203
Penn Yan, NY 14527