The Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University
The editors of Jonathan Edwards Studies (JES), an online publication of the Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University (JEC), invite submissions of articles, documents, and reviews pertaining to Jonathan Edwards (1703-58), his background, life, thought, and legacy. Contributions be grounded in original research, written so as to be accessible to specialists and general readers alike, and defend a clear thesis. The editors prefer manuscripts running 6,000-11,000 words (or approximately 20-35 pages), not including endnotes. The editors will occasionally consider longer pieces as "extended articles." Persons wishing to submit such manuscripts should query before sending them.
A book review should be between 350 and 1,500 words. If someone wishes to submit an unsolicited review, he or she should contact the editor prior to submission.
If manuscripts submitted to JES are published, authors will be asked to assign the copyright of your work to the JEC. In return, the JEC will grant authors nonexclusive rights to create derivative works from your article and to reprint it in works of which you are author or editor.
JES cannot consider a manuscript if it (a) has been published elsewhere (in any language), (b) is currently under consideration by another journal, (c) has circulated in a public electronic forum such as a webpage or listserv, or (d) will be published as part of a book prior to publication in JES. If any of these conditions applies to your article, the editors reserve the right to rescind their acceptance.
Illustrations, maps, tables, and other visual and audio resources are encouraged. You may include photocopies of any illustrations when you first submit your article for consideration. If the editors accept your manuscript for publication, they will ask you to provide camera-ready materials when you send the revised version of your essay. You must provide the editors with copies of letters of permission from copyright holders or from the individual or institutional owners of uncopyrighted illustrations.
Additional permissions may be required for the use of archival, interview, and privately held materials, as well as lengthy quotations from sources still in copyright. For further information on permissions, see the Chicago Manual of Style, 14th edition, paragraphs 4.42-4.58.
JES is a peer-reviewed journal. Submissions will be sent for review to scholars or specialists who are generalists in the field of Edwards Studies or who have written on the topic under review.
If your manuscript is accepted for publication, the editorial staff will edit it to conform to JES's house style, which generally follows the Works of Jonathan Edwards (New Haven, 1957-2008). Submissions should be fully and correctly annotated. The first citation of a work should include city and state of publication, short form of publisher's name, and date. Include English translations of quotations in other languages.
Please send your manuscript to the contact form (http://edwards.yale.edu/publication/online-journal ) or the address at the bottom of this page. All submissions must be printed double-spaced in 11- or 12-point font; endnotes must be printed double-spaced on separate pages following the text. All references of the author should be removed from the text and footnote of an essay submission. A separate page should be included with the author’s name, academic title or position, institutional affiliation, and location. The editors request that the manuscript and a 200-word abstract be submitted by email attachment in Word, WordPerfect, or Rich Text. Submissions may also be submitted on CD and mailed to the following address:
Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University
Yale Divinity School
409 Prospect St.
New Haven, CT 06511
United States of America
