It might help you to cross post this to www.irishgaming.com/forum as well! Aidan
On 3/2/07, Brian David Phillips, PhD, CH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > JOURNAL OF INTERACTIVE DRAMA > > A Multi-Discipline Peer-Reviewed Journal of > Scenario-Based Theatre-Style Interactive Drama Freeform Live Action > Roleplaying Games > > CALL FOR PAPERS > > ________________________________________ > > Currently seeking submissions for the next issue the JOURNAL OF > INTERACTIVE DRAMA to be published in April 2007. Accepting ongoing > submissions throughout the year. > > The JOURNAL OF INTERACTIVE DRAMA is an online peer-reviewed journal > on scenario-based interactive drama freeform live action roleplaying > games which provides a forum for serious discussion of live > roleplaying game theory, design, and practice > (http://www.rpg.net/larp/journal). The journal is normally published > quarterly with issues in January, April, July, and October. > > The journal provides a forum for the discussion of any of the various > scenario-based theatre-style live action roleplaying games, > freeforms, and interactive dramas and invites contributions in all > areas of literature, theory, design, and practice for educational, > entertainment, and recreational roleplay. Formal and informal essays, > articles, papers, and critical reviews are also welcome. > > This is a peer-reviewed journal that may include formal papers and > informal essays for and by the roleplaying community from a wide > variety of disciplines. The focus is general enough so that authors > should feel comfortable submitting material of either a formal or > informal nature, albeit all submissions are peer-reviewed and should > be appropriate to a serious and thoughtful discussion of that type -- > we encourage articles, essays, and formal papers on all manner of > live roleplaying, freeform, and interactive drama-related topics. > Discussions of related ludology, techniques, and good solid critical > book and roleplay scenario or event reviews are quite welcome as well. > > As this is a multi-disciplinary journal, material related to a wide > range of scenario-based learning, social psychology, critical theory, > performance studies, popular culture, design, and more as they > intersect with the interactive drama are also welcome. Pure design > pieces related to scenario construction and review are also > encouraged. > > In addition to scholarly papers and essays, each issue will showcase > one to three longform or four to six shortform interactive drama > freeform live action roleplaying scenarios; creative scenario > submissions of this type are very sought after. Scenarios for > submission should normally include a section of self-reflective > critical thought and formal designer's notes that discuss issues > related to the creation of the piece as well as a formal section > which reviews the author's performance experiences with the scenario. > > As an international journal, the language of publication is English. > Submissions are accepted throughout the year. > > ________________________________________ > > JOURNAL OF INTERACTIVE DRAMA > > A Multi-Discipline Peer-Reviewed Journal of > Scenario-Based Theatre-Style Interactive Drama Freeform Live Action > Roleplaying Games > > NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS > > The JOURNAL OF INTERACTIVE DRAMA is a peer-reviewed journal which > publishes one volume per year normally on a quarterly basis in > January, April, July, and October. Both Microsoft Word (6.0 or > above) and txt files are acceptable. Once received, manuscripts will > be sent to reviewers immediately. > > 1. Manuscripts submitted to JOURNAL OF INTERACTIVE DRAMA should > follow the style sheet of the current MLA Handbook as appropriate. > Scenario submissions may use informal formatting conventions as long > as they stay within the guidelines here. > > 2. If your submission has notes, please use footnotes, not > endnotes. > > 3. The font used is Times New Roman (12pt) creative pieces, > such as scenarios, may use other font sizes but should stay within > the same font type. If you use a special font that is non-system, you > must include a copy of the font file with your submission. Please do > not use columns in your piece. > > 4. Use a separate sheet to include your name, title, affiliated > institution, and contact information (email) as well as a brief > author's biography of 150-250 words to be included in the > contributor's notes. > > 5. Include a brief summary or abstract of the submission. > > 6. If you use illustrations or photographs, you must include all > pertinent information as well as statements of permissions and > copyrights to demonstrate you have the rights to include the images > and that they may be published within the Journal of Interactive > Drama under the same online and print rights as the accompanying > paper. In the event of rights disputes, the author is responsible and > liable for any material included in that author's submission. > > Publishers wishing their books, products, or other materials reviewed > may send hard or soft review copies to the editor's address above and > a reviewer will be assigned. > > The journal is simultaneously published online at > http://www.rpg.net/larp/journal and in special print edition by > Technomancer Press. > > Submissions may be sent to Brian David Phillips, Editor, JOURNAL OF > INTERACTIVE DRAMA, via email at [EMAIL PROTECTED]<phillips%40nccu.edu.tw>or > by regular > mail to: > > Brian David Phillips, PhD, CH > Editor, Journal of Interactive Drama > Department of English > National Chengchi University > 64 Chinan Road, Section 2 > Mucha > Taipei 116 > Taiwan > > Please include hardcopy and disk for regular mail submissions. > > Visit http://www.rpg.net/larp/journal for more information. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! 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