1. EDITORIAL POLICY.

FMLS welcomes contributions on all aspects of medieval and modern linguistic, literary and translation studies, and on the interface between these areas and film. Articles should normally be no longer than 5000 words. However, while concision improves chances of publication, serious consideration will be given to articles in which the nature and quality of the content justify greater length.

2. ONLINE SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

• Note: Before you begin, you should be sure you are using an up-to-date version of Netscape or Internet Explorer. If you have an earlier version, you can download a free upgrade using the icons found at the bottom of the 'Instructions and Forms' section of the online submission web site.
• First, you will need to log into the online submission site.
  • If you know your login details (i.e., you have submitted or reviewed a manuscript in this journal before), use your User ID and Password to log on. (Your user ID will usually be your email address.)
  • If you do not know your login details, check to see if you are already registered by clicking on the 'Forgot your password' button and following the on-screen instructions. If you are not already registered, you can register by clicking on the 'Create account' button on the login screen and following the on-screen instructions.
  • If you have trouble finding your manuscripts or have other problems with your account, do not create another account. Instead, please contact the journal's editorial office.
• To submit a new manuscript, go to the 'Author Centre', and click on “Click here to submit a new manuscript', and then follow the on-screen instructions. There are up to 7 steps for you to follow to submit your manuscript. You move from one step to the next by clicking on the 'Next' button on each screen or back to the previous screen by clicking on the 'Previous' button. Please note that if you click on the 'Back' or 'Forward' buttons on your browser, the information you have entered will not be saved. At any stage you can stop the submission process by clicking on the 'Main Menu' button. Everything you have typed into the system will be saved, and the partially completed submission will appear under 'unsubmitted manuscripts' in your 'Author Centre'. To return to the submission process you will need to click on the button 'Continue Submission' against the relevant manuscript title.
• When submitting your manuscript, please enter your manuscript data into the relevant fields, following the detailed instructions at the top of each page. You may like to have the original word-processing file available so you can copy and paste the title and abstract into the required fields. You will also be required to provide email addresses for your co-authors, so please have these to hand when you log onto the site.
• When you come to upload your manuscript files via the 'File Upload' screen:
  • Enter individual files using the 'Browse' buttons and select the appropriate 'File type’ from the pull-down menu. The choices may vary from journal to journal but will always include a 'Main Document' (your manuscript text).
  • Upload your files by clicking on the 'Upload files' button. This may take several minutes. Click on the SAVE button to confirm the upload. Repeat these steps until you have uploaded all your files.
  • If you have uploaded any figures or tables you will be prompted to provide figure/table captions and 'file tags' that will link figures to text in the HTML proof of your main document.
  • Once you have uploaded all your files, indicate the order in which they should appear in your paper. This will determine the order in which they appear in the consolidated PDF used for peer review.
  • After the successful upload of your text and images, you will need to view and proofread your manuscript. Please do this by clicking on the blue HTML button or a PDF button.
  • If the files have not been uploaded to your satisfaction, go back to the file upload screen where you can remove the files you do not want and repeat the process.
• When you are satisfied with the uploaded manuscript proof click on 'Next' which will take you to the 'Review & Submit' screen. The system will check that you have completed all the mandatory fields and that you have viewed your manuscript proof. It will also present you with a summary of all the information you have provided and give you a final chance to edit it. If there is a red cross next to any section this will indicate that not all the fields have been filled in correctly. You may either go back to the relevant page or click the nearest ‘edit’ button.
• When you have finished reviewing this information press 'Submit'.
• After the manuscript has been submitted you will see a confirmation screen and receive an email confirmation stating that your manuscript has been successfully submitted. This will also give the assigned manuscript number, which is used in all correspondence during peer review. If you do not receive this, your manuscript will not have been successfully submitted to the journal and the paper cannot progress to peer review. If this is the case your manuscript will still be sitting in the 'Unsubmitted Manuscripts' section of your 'Author Centre' awaiting your attention.
• If you return to your 'Author Centre' you will notice that your newly submitted manuscript can be found in the 'Submitted Manuscripts' area. The ‘Status' section provides information on the status of your manuscript as it moves through the review process.

Submitting a Revised Manuscript

• Log on to the online submission web site as before and, in the 'Author Centre', click on 'Manuscripts with Decisions'. At the bottom of the screen you will see those manuscripts that require a revision (or that have been revised). Create a revision of this manuscript by clicking on 'create a revision' under Actions. You will now be able to see the editor and reviewer comments and will be able to respond to these.
• You will need to upload the files that constitute your revised manuscript. To facilitate the production process, it is essential that you upload your revised manuscript as a .doc, .rtf, or .tex file, and not in .pdf format. If you wish to finish this another time, you will find the manuscript in your 'Revised manuscripts in draft' list.
• If you click on 'View comments/respond' you will see the editor's letter to you together with the referees' comments. You may cut and paste your responses into the text areas at the bottom of the screen.

IMPORTANT. Your images are required as high-resolution .tif files (1200 d.p.i. for line drawings and 300 d.p.i. for colour and half-tone artwork). For useful information on preparing your figures for publication, go to http://dx.sheridan.com/onl/. Please note that publication of your manuscript will not proceed until figures suitable for reproduction are received.

Getting help. If you experience any problems during the online submission process please consult the Author's User Guide which provides more detailed submission instructions and 'movie tutorials' explaining how to submit your paper. Alternatively, please contact the journal editorial officewho will be pleased to assist you.

3. FORMATTING.

Please type unjustified, without hyphenation (except for compound words). Type headings in FMLS style. Use the TAB key once for paragraph indents. Where possible, use Times for the text font and Symbol for Greek and special characters. Use the word-processing formatting features for bold, italic, superscript and subscript characters. Save any tables, diagrams etc. as separate files, not embedded in the text file. Insert figure captions at the end of the file. DO NOT use the return key (hard return) to obtain spacing between lines, paragraphs, stanzas, references etc.: indicate in pencil, in the margins of the printouts, where spaces should be inserted; the space required will be generated automatically by the typesetters. ALWAYS use single spaces after all punctuation marks - never double. DO NOT use the automatic page numbering, running head, endnote or footnote features of your word-processing programme. Type the notes together at the end of the article. Number the pages o

For references, quotations etc., please follow the conventions used in recent issues of FMLS. Full Notes on Style are available on request from the General Editors or can be downloaded from here. You are asked to obtain these and apply them before submitting your article: this will save a lot of time and greatly reduce the likelihood of mistakes. Note in particular that quotation marks should be double; single within double. Displayed quotations (longer than about three lines) will be separated from the context (and centred in the case of verse). DO NOT, however, on the disk, centre displayed quotations or insert a space before or after them, but mark them on the printouts with a vertical pencil line in the left-hand margin. material in Russian should adhere to Library of Congress transcription rules.

4. LICENCE TO PUBLISH

It is a condition of publication in FMLS that authors grant an exclusive licence to the Journal, which is operated on the Journal's behalf by the Publisher, by completing a Copyright Licence Form (or a Review Licence Form). This ensures that requests from third parties to reproduce articles are handled efficiently and consistently and will also allow the article to be as widely disseminated as possible. In granting an exclusive licence, Authors may use their own material in publications provided that the Journal is acknowledged as the original place of publication, and Oxford University Press is notified in writing and in advance. It is the author's responsibility to obtain permission to reproduce verbal or visual material from copyright sources.

5. OFFPRINTS AND FREE URL LINK

The corresponding author will be sent a free-access URL to the online article once it is published in Advance Access. In addition, the corresponding author also has the opportunity to order offprints or copies of the printed issue in which the article will appear. To do so, please complete the Offprint Order Form and return to Oxford University Press.

6. AUTHOR SELF-ARCHIVING/PUBLIC ACCESS POLICY

For information about this journal's policy, please visit our Author Self-Archiving policy page.