2021 Call for Contributions

Editors in Chief Noelle Baker and Kathryn Tomasek invite submissions for the 2021 publication of Scholarly Editing, Issue 39. We welcome essays on the theory, practice, and pedagogy of scholarly editing, reviews of print and digital editions, and small-scale editions of understudied authors and texts that reflect our diverse and multifaceted cultural heritage.

The journal intends to represent contributions from all countries and cultures and across disciplines, including but not restricted to educators, researchers, scholars, historians, archivists, curators, editors, information professionals, students, and digital humanists. We particularly welcome submissions from and about the Global South, Black people, Indigenous people, People of Color, women, and other marginalized and underrepresented groups within the field of scholarly editing.

Direct all questions about submission and peer review to Managing Editor Robert Riter at rbriter@ua.edu. For further information about technical specifications, content, and house style, see the “Contributing” page on our website.

In light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the editors have decided to extend the contribution deadline for Issue 39 to April 30, 2021.

Essays

For Issue 39 the editors solicit essays that engage with conversations on theory and practice outlined in Digital Scholarly Editing: Theories and Practices, edited by James Driscoll and Elena Pierazzo (OpenBook Publishers, 2016), among other recent conversations on scholarly editing in all its diverse forms.

Review Essays

The editors welcome book reviews that reflect the diverse communities of practitioners producing digital and print recovery work.

Pedagogical Essays

The editors welcome essays in which contributors reflect on their training of the next generation of scholarly editors as well as outline the ways in which pedagogues use scholarly editing in a variety of educational contexts.

Micro-Editions

The editors seek for Scholarly Editing to be a home to small-scale editions of interesting and understudied texts. Such editions may range from a single document to 130 short documents or to two variants of a single text.