S/HE: An International Journal of Goddess Studies welcomes submissions on an on-going basis for a semi-annual online publication. Papers relating to Goddesses and the Female Divine from all disciplines, religions, and cultures past and present are welcomed. The submissions are double blind peer reviewed.
S/HE will consider research articles and book reviews.
All authors including book reviewers will be asked to submit a short biography (about 100 words) upon formal acceptance.
If you prefer using Mago Books’ editorial service for the Chicago Manual of styles, please request it upon submission of your paper. The fee we offer is $40-45 per hour.
Contact Helen Hye-Sook Hwang, Ph.D. (mago9books@gmail.com) and Mary Ann Beavis, Ph.D. (mbeavis@stmcollege.ca) for inquiries.
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Criteria for submission for Papers
- All papers are to be submitted in English. Non-native speakers of English should have their papers proofed for correct scholarly English grammar and syntax prior to submission.
- Submission must be original works and not published or under consideration for publication in another venue.
- Submissions should demonstrate sufficient evidence of research.
- Submissions should use the latest edition of the Chicago Formatting Style for citations and references/bibliography as well as footnotes. Footnotes (not endnotes or author-date) are required, and should be created using the “Insert Footnote” function.
- Submissions may be between 5,000-20,000 words for papers saved as an editable version of PDF. Upon being preliminarily accepted, authors must provide the Word version of their papers saved as .doc or .docx (Times New Roman 12 font, 1 line space, single space between sentences, 0.5 indentation for a new paragraph, justified alignment for the body, left-aligned for footnotes and references/bibliography, footnote in size 10 with numbers starting as 1, references/bibliography, block quotes with indentation of 05 inches on the left side, and curved quotation marks, etc.).
- Images (size between 100-700 KB in good quality) should be placed within the paper. All images must have a copyright permission. Figures and Tables may be treated as images. All captions for images, figures, and/or tables must be appropriately placed.
- Submissions should have a cover page with the author’s name, institutional affiliation, and the title of the paper. The paper itself should not have any personal identifying information.
- An abstract less than 300 words should be included in the paper along with keywords.
Submissions are accepted on an ongoing basis.
Authors of accepted papers will be asked to provide a brief biographical statement of ca. 100 words for publication in the journal.
Editable PDF versions of the papers should be submitted to the co-editor, Helen Hye-Sook Hwang, Ph.D. (mago9books@gmail.com).
* The following may be adapted by the Mago Books copy-editor for a fee of US$40-45 per hour. Papers submitted (1) using another citation format, e.g. APA or MLA, (2) having citations, footnotes, and references/bibliography issues, (3) when images and texts/captions are ungrouped (please see Tips for frequently mistaken practices in D: Preparing for Your Manuscript), (4) including too big or too little images, figures and/or tables in size or format, and (5) in such other multiple errors as improper alignment, line spacing, footnote numbers, curved quotation marks, and references/bibliography.
* Papers that are not aligned with these guidelines will be returned for revision.
If you prefer using Mago Books’ editorial service for the Chicago Formatting Style, please request it upon submission of your paper.
Go to Process of Preparation and Publication for Authors.
Contact Helen Hye-Sook Hwang, Ph.D. (mago9books@gmail.com) Helen Benigni, Ph.D. (benignih@dewv.edu).
Submission for Book Reviews
Reviews should be between 700 and 2,500 words in length, using the latest version of the Chicago Formatting Style for citations and references/bibliography. Book reviews should not use footnotes; references should be cited in full in parentheses. The reviews should be original and not previously published. The reviews should include the following points:
- Author, Title, Place of Publication, Publisher, Date, Number of Pages, Cost, Currency, Format. E.g., Mary Ann Beavis and Helen Hwang, eds. Goddesses in Myth, History and Culture (Lytle Creek, CA: Mago Books, 2018). Pp. 478 + x. $29.99 US (PDF format).
- The purpose of the book
- The author’s qualifications regarding the topic of the book
- The appropriateness of the author’s resources
- A summary of the key themes/points
- An assessment of the book within the field of Goddess Studies
- Did the reviewer learn something from the book?
- The importance of the book to Goddess Studies
- Mention whether the book has visual materials that complement the text (Note: for edited works, the authors and titles of each contribution should be included)
- The reviewer’s name and affiliation. Mention whether the reviewer is an acquaintance or colleague of the author (i.e., reveal any potential conflicts of interest). The editors have the final say as to whether a review will be published.
- Book reviews stand independently. If authors or publishers intend to influence the review, the review proposal of the book may be refused or cancelled.
Contact Helen Hye-Sook Hwang, Ph.D. (mago9books@gmail.com) and Helen Benigni, Ph.D. (benignih@dewv.edu).
Go to Process of Preparation and Publication for Authors.
Sample articles for the use of citations and bibliography in the Chicago Style Formatting and the placement of images:
Sacred Music by F Tronetti https://sheijgs.space/?page_id=723
Goddesses in Every Girl? by MA Beavis https://sheijgs.space/?page_id=767
Preparing for the faultless manuscript accordant with the required formats and styles is the author’s duty not that of co-editors. Authors who do not comply with the standard formatting style (especially citations in footnotes and bibliography) will be issued an invoice based on the rate of $45 per hour.