Manuscript Submission Guidlelines

Review

KJSNA papers presented at the annual meetings of the American Philosophical Association, and at other international meetings of Jaspers societies, are automatically considered for publication in Existenz. All other articles and essays, sent to us directly, are reviewed by various members of our editorial board. Submitted papers are not returned to authors.

Format

Confine the length of your manuscript to approximately 6000 words or less. 3000 word essays are especially encouraged. All elements of the manuscript must be double-spaced. This includes the abstract, text, notes, references, block quotations, figure legends, tables, and displays. Be sure to use a 12-point type size, preferably Times New Roman. All pages should have margins of 1.25 inches on all sides. Do not justify the margins; paragraphs should be flush left, ragged right. Do not attempt to design your manuscript; keep the formatting as simple as possible and avoid using multiple fonts, multiple type sizes, or boldface, using italics only when absolutely necessary for emphasis or foreign terms. Do not use l (ell) for 1 (one) or O (oh) for 0 (zero). Use only one space after periods and colons. Always use a tab, not the spacebar, for paragraph indents. Use the indent function, not tabs, for setting off block quotations. Do not indent the first line of the paragraph under a subheading, but all other paragraphs should have their first line indented. All type should be in upper and lower case (with the exception of acronyms, do not use all capital letters, even for headings). Be consistent in your treatment of any particular design element. Always allow the word-wrap function to operate; do not place hard returns at the end of a line of text. Use hard returns only to end paragraphs, headings, or items in a list. Do not create running heads. Number the manuscript consecutively, beginning with the first page of the text proper, using arabic numerals. Number the frontmatter separately, using lowercase roman numerals. Place all page numbers in the Header and on the right margin.

Abstract

Give a 150-200 words statement that summaraizes your key points and states the significandce of the essay. Avoid repeating sentences from the body.

Headings

Try to use no more than three levels of subhead. Type each heading using upper- and lowercase letters. Differentiate each level of head in the manuscript (e.g., center level 1 heads, flush left level 2 heads, run in level 3 heads). Do not place note superscript numbers in headings.

Quotations

Use block quotations for any quoted material exceeding 10 lines or any quotations containing multiple paragraphs. Double-space all block quotations, leaving an extra line of space above and below the quoted matter. Do not place quotation marks around the extract. Use three ellipsis points to indicate deletions from within a sentence, four to indicate a deletion from the end of a sentence (the first ellipsis point represents a period and should be typed tight against the last word).

Notes and References

Notes should be footnotes at the bottom of each page. Number notes consecutively using superscripts for in-text references and on-line numbers (not superscripts) for the notes. Style them consistently and according to the most recent online issue of Existenz. Be sure the notes are in 12-point font and double-spaced. Place references directly into the the corresponding footnote.

Contact

Please send the complete manuscripts in electronic format, preferably in Microsoft Word, to the editors:

Alan M. Olson       Helmut Wautischer