This document provides details on typesetting and layout requirements pertaining to final manuscript submission to Digital Defoe: Studies in Defoe and His Contemporaries.

Formatting Requirements

• Do not include a title page or abstract. (Begin the document with the title and the name of the author, and an ORCID ID, if available. A title page will be added to your paper by the editors.)
• Do not include page numbers, headers, or footers. These will be added by the editors.
• Write your article in English (unless the journal expressly permits non-English submissions).
• Submit your manuscript, including tables, figures, appendices, etc., as a single file (Word or RTF)
• Page size should be 8.5 x 11-inches.
• Single space your text.
• Use a single column layout with both left and right margins justified.
• Font:
  1. Main Body—12 pt. Times or the closest comparable font available
  2. Footnotes—10 pt. Times or the closest comparable font available
• Copyedit your manuscript.
• When possible, there should be no pages where more than a quarter of the page is empty space.

Additional Recommendations

Indenting, Line Spacing, and Justification

Indent all paragraphs except those following a section heading. An indent should be at least 2 em-spaces.

Do not insert extra space between paragraphs of text with the exception of long quotations, theorems, propositions, special remarks, etc. These should be set off from the surrounding text by additional space above and below.

Don't "widow" or "orphan" text (i.e., ending a page with the first line of a paragraph or beginning a page with the last line of a paragraph).

Language & Grammar

All submissions must be in English. Except for common foreign words and phrases, the use of foreign words and phrases should be avoided.

Authors should use proper, standard English grammar. The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. and E. B. White (now in its fourth edition) is the "standard" guide, but other excellent guides (e.g., The Chicago Manual of Style, University of Chicago Press) exist as well.

Article Length

Digital Defoe: Studies in Defoe & His Contemporaries is committed to publishing a diverse range of academic articles, notes, reviews, pedagogical materials and multimedia material. Academic articles should be between 4000 and 7000 words in length. Academic notes should be between 1500 and 3500 words in length. Book reviews should be between 1500 and 2000 words in length. For information on the acceptable length of (or required memory for) pedagogical materials or multimedia material, please contact the journal’s co-editors.

Endnotes

Endnotes should be used. Endnotes should be in 10 pt. Times or closest comparable font available, they should be single spaced, and there should be a footnote separator rule (line). Word will handle this automatically. All footnotes should be left and right-justified (i.e., flush with the right margin), unless this creates awkward spacing.

Tables and Figures

To the extent possible, tables and figures should appear in the document near where they are referenced in the text. Large tables or figures should be put on pages by themselves. Avoid the use of overly small type in tables. In no case should tables or figures be in a separate document or file. All tables and figures must fit within 1.5" margins on all sides (top, bottom, left and right) in both portrait and landscape view.

References

It is the author's obligation to provide complete references in a Works Cited section. Please follow the most recent MLA style guide. Where possible, include a hyperlink to the reference.