American Periodicals is an annual publication devoted exclusively to scholarship and criticism relating to American magazines and newspapers of all periods,  including reviews of books in the subject area. 

American Periodicals has a new publisher (Ohio State University Press) and a new editorial team (Susan Williams, Steve Fink, and Jared Gardner, all associate professors of English at Ohio State). The editors are very excited about the opportunity to build on founding editor James Tanner's work in making the journal an important venue for scholarship on all aspects of American periodicals.

Since its inception in 1991 through 2003, American Periodicals was published on an annual basis. Starting in 2004, however, American Periodicals became a semi-annual, publishing fall and spring, with a new look and size.

 

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• $35 RSAP Member  U.S.  (includes membership in the RSAP) (Canada, $47.45; rest of world, $45) 
  
• $55 Non-Member Individual (U.S.) (Canada, $68.85; rest of world $65.00)
  
• $75 Library/Institution, U.S. (Canada $90.25; rest of world, $85.00)
  

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Journals Manager, American Periodicals
Ohio State University Press
180 Pressey Hall,
1070 Carmack Road
Columbus, OH 43210-1002
journals@osu.edu
 

Note to Contributors

American Periodicals invites submissions of scholarly essays on any aspect of American periodicals (magazines, newspapers, and other periodical publications), from the beginning of American culture to the present. Submissions that treat such topics as the editorial policy, financing, production, readership, design, illustration, and circulation of one or more periodicals are welcome, as are those that explore the position of American periodicals within the broader culture. In particular, we wlecome articles that, like the periodicals themselves, cross the boundaries of several disciplines and explore the complex ways that periodicals have shaped, and have been shaped by, American culture. Book reviews, bibliographies, and notes of professional interest will be included.

American Periodicals is a peer reviewed journal. Manuscripts should conform to the 15th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style, be compuscript, double-spaced (including quotations and notes), and be roughly limited to 12,000 words. Submissions are accepted electronically as email attachments (Microsoft Word only) at amper@osu.edu. If hard copy submission is preferred, please send two hard copies of the manuscript, along with a self-adressed return envelope and postage (unattached) for return of the manuscript and report. Only mailed manuscripts that are accompanied by correct postage will be returned. Electronic submissions will receive electronic reports. Also, with all submissions, please include a brief biographical statement specifying academic affiliation and scholarly activities in the field of periodical studies.

Book reviews must contain the author's complete name and full publication information for the book being reviewed (including full title, place of publication, publisher, date of publication, ISBN, and price of clothbound and paperback, where relevant).

All manuscripts and correspondence should be addressed to the
Department of English
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio 43210 
USA

Email: amper@osu.edu.