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We've all been there.

We've all picked up the latest issue of a journal and folded back its cover with anticipation.

 

We've skimmed its table of contents, looking for familiar names or intriguing titles.

 

Those of us who've been at this awhile also scan the list with a secret dread, fearing that one day we'll see that title we fear more than any other: "THE KEY ARGUMENT IN YOUR DISSERTATION, MADE FAR MORE COGENTLY: YOU'VE JUST WASTED THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF YOUR LIFE."

 

We've flipped to an article on a topic we're familiar with, sped through the introduction, and experienced a growing sense of exasperation, thinking "Angels and ministers of grace - how did such a specimen of cankerous frippery find its way into print?" Or, for the less Shakespearean among us, "Are you s#&*ing me? I've read Dadaist poetry that made a more coherent argument!"
 

​Yes.​ At one time or another, we've all thought, with utter conviction: I can do better than this.

 

Well, this guide is here to ensure that you can!

 

Based on advice from Heather Nathans (editor of the Studies in Theatre History and Culture Series from the University of Iowa Press and guest editor of issues of the Journal of American Drama and Theatre and New England Theatre Journal) and Esther Kim Lee (past editor of Theatre Survey), these suggestions will assure publication in the prestigious journal of your choice!*

 

*Said assurance is in no way a guarantee, and the author makes no claims, express or otherwise, as to the likely or even possible outcome of following these guidelines!

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