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mission statement
instructions for authors
editors
editorial board
submission and circulation information

Submissions to Liminalities undergo blind, peer review. The specificity and challenges of review will depend in large part on the medium of the submission:

1. Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the most recent editions of the MLA or Chicago style guides. Manuscripts can be submitted electronically in MS Word or plain text formats. If wishing to submit hard-copies, please mail four copies of the manuscript to the approipriate editor in addition to an electronic copy. All forms of submission must be accompanied by a note to the editor that includes the title of the work, the author's name(s), positions, institutional affiliations, acknowledgements, and any relevant history or context of the project. The work should not not be under consideration, or in print, elsewhere. If your manuscript is accepted for publication, it will appear in formats both for reading online and for downloading for individual printing.

2. Audio projects can be submitted on CD or placed on a server for download. Contact the editor first if attempting to submit audio files over email. Audio projects will often include a framing essay, comments, and/or images. When submitting audio projects, include a note to the editors that specifies the title of the work, the author's name(s), positions, institutional affiliations, acknowledgements, and any relevant history or context of the project. The work should not not be under consideration, or publicly available, elsewhere. If your audio project is accepted for publication, it will be made available for both web streaming and individual download. Please note that it is the reponsibility of the author to secure any necessary permissions for using copyright-protected materials in media projects.

3. Video projects can be submitted on CD or placed on a server for download. Video projects should be sent in Quicktime (.mov or .mp4) or Flash formats that can be viewed via web streaming. At the current time, we prefer videos sized at 320 x 240 pixel dimensions, but will consider other variations in consultation with the author. Authors may also include an additional version formatted for viewing on video iPods or other hand-held devices. Video projects will often include a framing essay or other comments that will accompany the embedded video file. In other cases, video files themselves may accompany longer manuscripts. When submitting projects that include video, provide a note to the editors that describes the project, including the title of the work, the author's name(s), positions, institutional affiliations, acknowledgements, and any relevant history or context of the project. The work should not not be under consideration, or publicly available, elsewhere. If your video project is accepted for publication, it will be made available for web streaming and individual download. Please note that it is the reponsibility of the author to secure any necessary permissions for using copyright-protected materials in media projects.

4. HTML and Flash projects can be submitted on CD, DVD, or placed on a server for initial review. The nature of such projects will vary greatly, and the specifics of reviewing and publishing such projects will be determined on a case-by-case basis. Such projects need not be contained by the formats, margins, and styles of html essays in Liminalities. When submitting interactive web projects, include a note to the editors that describes the project, including the title of the work, the author's name(s), positions, institutional affiliations, acknowledgements, and any relevant history or context of the project. The work should not be under consideration, or publicly available, elsewhere. If your project is accepted for publication, it will be migrated to our servers. Please note that it is the reponsibility of the author to secure any necessary permissions for using copyright-protected materials in media projects.

5. Performance and Pedagogy Section. This section of Liminalities publishes scholarship that explicitly (or implicitly) examines pedagogical contexts and subject matter. The focus on pedagogy is widely conceived and we are open to a variety of methods and formats. We welcome the submission of manuscripts, videos, and other pieces addressing performance, the performative, and performativity; performance scripts and aesthetic texts for performance; reviews and criticism of pedagogy related performance work; reflections on pedagogy and performance; and book reviews of pedagogy related texts. We will consider any form of performance work, and encourage both traditional work and that which challenges the boundaries of performance and/or pedagogy. We welcome a wide range of performance perspectives, practices, methodologies, contexts, and sites. Any of the Liminalities submissions formats (see above) will be considered for the Performance and Pedagogy section; authors should follow the directions outlined above.

» Inquires and materials regarding Pedagogy and Performance should be directed to: John T. Warren, Liminalities Performance and Pedagogy Editor, Department of Speech Communication, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Mailcode 6605, Carbondale IL 62901-6605. The performance and pedagogy sections will be published in all issues (if accepted work is available) as a regular section of Liminalities.

6. Book Reviews: We will publish reviews of any books relevant to performance studies, broadly construed. Authors wishing to review books should send an inquiry to one of the editors. Publishers should contact editor@liminalities.net or send materials to Marcyrose Chvasta, Editor, Liminalities, Department of Communication, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, CIS 1040, Tampa, FL 33620-7800.

Note on the review process: As indicated above, blind peer review will be employed whenever possible. Reviewing works in audio and video formats, however, often makes the anonymity of submitting authors impossible. In cases where anonymity is not possible, peer review will still be employed in a way that maintains the anonymity of the reviewers. Liminalities recognizes the heightened ethical implications of such an assymetrical situation. Reviewers may forego anonymity, regardless of a project's submission format, whenver he or she wishes.

Authors and artists retain copyright of their work (see copyright statement below). Email inquiries and submissions to editor@liminalities.net. Regular mail submissions should be addressed to Marcyrose Chvasta, Editor, Liminalities, Department of Communication, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, CIS 1040, Tampa, FL 33620-7800.

Copyright statement: Liminalities supports the Creative Commons project of alternative copyright, which allows authors to keep copyright while inviting certain uses of their work. Artists and authors are asked to consider the flexible range of freedoms and protections offered for audio, video, images, texts, and educational items by Creative Commons licensing. Authors can choose the levels of protection and licensing that they prefer, including full copyright or public domain status. Authors and artists maintain ownership of their work and agree to allow Liminalities to publish it in various digital formats. We ask that authors agree to reference Liminalities in the event of any future publication of the same work. Unless stated otherwise on an individual work, everything on Liminalities is licensed by the designation below:

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Marcyrose Chvasta, founding editor (University of South Florida)
Michael LeVan, co-founding and technical editor (University of South Florida)
John T. Warren, performance and pedagogy editor (Southern Illinois University)

Bryant Keith Alexander, California State University, Los Angeles
Bernardo Alexander Attias, California State University, Northridge
Jay Baglia, San Jose State University
Elizabeth Bell, University of South Florida
Keith Berry, University of Wisconsin-Superior
Jessica Berson, University of Exeter
Jnan Ananda Blau, Michigan Tech
Michael Bowman, Louisiana State University
Melissa Bradshaw, DePaul University
Garnet Butchart, Trent University
M. Heather Carver, University of Missouri
Leda Cooks, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Frederick Corey, Arizona State University
Janine DeBaise, SUNY-ESF
Deanna Fassett, San Jose State Univerity
Mindy Fenske, University of South Carolina
Radhika Gajjala, Bowling Green State University
Terry Galloway, independent artist, Tallahassee, FL
Stephen Olbrys Gencarella, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Lance Gharavi, Arizona State University
Craig Gingrich-Philbrook, Southern Illinois University
Amanda Grove, independent artist, Philadelphia, PA
Joshua Gunn, University of Texas, Austin
Scott Gust, Bowling Green State University
Jason Hedrick, Sauk Valley CC
Stacy Holman Jones, University of South Florida
Jaime Hovey, independent scholar, Chicago, IL
Kathy Hytten, Southern Illinois University
Sarah Kanouse, Southern Illinois University
Amy Kilgard, San Francisco State University
Lesa Lockford, Bowling Green State University
Christie Logan, California State University, Northridge
Karen Lovaas, San Francisco State University
D. Soyini Madison, Northwestern University
Daniel Makagon, DePaul University
Denise Menchaca, The Catalina Center
Tim Miller, independent artist, Los Angeles, CA
Keith Nainby, California State University, Stanislaus
Donna Marie Nudd, Florida State University
Ronald J. Pelias, Southern Illinois University
Elyse Pineau, Southern Illinois University
Della Pollock, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Keith C. Pounds, University of Tampa
Kirsten Pullen, University of Calgary
Theresa Senft, University of the Virgin Islands
Benjamin Shepard, CUNY—City Tech
Tracy Stephenson Shaffer, Louisiana State University
Jennifer Simpson, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne
Patricia Suchy, Louisiana State University
Kristen Treinen, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Justin Trudeau, University of North Texas
Jennifer L. Tuder, St. Cloud State University
Margaret Werry, University of Minnesota
Elizabeth Whitney, Emerson College