Label Me Latina/o Submission Guidelines
Label Me Latina/o is an online, refereed international e-journal founded in 2011 by Kathryn Quinn-Sanchez and Michele Shaul that focuses on Latina/o/x/e Literary Production in the 20th and 21st centuries. The journal is co-directed by Melissa Birkhofer of Appalachian State University and Lorna Perez of Buffalo State University.
The journal publishes new issues each Fall and Spring, with special themed issues in the Summer. We invite rolling submissions of work on Latina/o/x/e literatures and literary production, with a focus on the 20th and 21st centuries. Label Me Latina/o also publishes creative literary pieces by authors who self-define as Latina, Latino, Latinx, or Latine regardless of thematic content. Interviews of Latina, Latino, Latinx, or Latine authors will also be considered. The Co-Directors will publish creative works and scholarly essays in English or Spanish.
Preparation of Scholarly Submissions:
Scholarly submissions should not exceed 10,000 words, including the works cited. Manuscripts should be prepared in Microsoft Word in the following manner:
- uses MLA Style citation (MLA 9)
- double-spaced (no extra space between paragraphs)
- standard 12-point, Times New Roman font
- paginated top right
- footnotes rather than endnotes
- If using a citation manager or template document, please make sure field codes are removed before submission.
When preparing your manuscript, please pay particular attention to the following:
- The document correctly uses MLA formatting with parenthetical citation
- The Works Cited page lists only those sources directly referenced in the manuscript, and is prepared in correct MLA style (including spacing).
- Direct quotation is in line with fair use standards. It is the author’s responsibility to secure copyright permission for quotations that go beyond fair-use standards (particularly important for quotations of poetry)
- The manuscript is not under consideration elsewhere
Preparation of Creative Works:
Manuscripts should be prepared in Microsoft Word, and submissions of poetry, essays, and short fiction should not exceed 7,000 words.
- The formatting standards should conform to the same standards as scholarly work: 12-point font; Times New Roman; double-spaced; paginated top right; no field codes.
- Please keep the use of illustrations or other kinds of images to a minimum. It is the author’s responsibility to secure copyright permission for image use.
- We will accept simultaneous submissions of creative works, though if the work is accepted elsewhere, it is the author’s responsibility to contact other journals and withdraw the work in a timely manner.
Work that does not conform to the guidelines above will be returned to the author for revision before it is sent out for review.
Original, unpublished submissions in Microsoft Word should be sent electronically to Melissa Birkhofer and Lorna Perez at labelmelatinejournal@gmail.
- Full name
- Institutional Affiliation
- Telephone number
- Email address
- Regular mail address
- Title of the submission
- A brief biography
Please add labelmelatinejournal@gmail.com
Label Me Latina/o is an academic journal and, as such, follows the parameters of definitions set by the academic community. In that community, when we refer to Latina/o/x/e Literatures, we are referring to writers of Latin American heritage who live and write in the United States. Some of these writers write in Spanish, others write in Spanglish like the Nuyorican Poets, and many of them write in English with a little Spanish thrown in (or not). Scholarly essays should address the work of these writers. The authors of these scholarly essays may be of any ethnicity or nationality. Creative works should be authored by writers who self-identify as Latina/o/x/e and reside in the United States.
Label Me Latina/o is indexed by the MLA International Bibliography, is listed in the MLA Directory of Periodicals, and is a member of Latinoamericana: Asociación de revistas académicas en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales. Our articles are discoverable on EBSCOhost and Gale Research databases. ISSN 2333-4584.
