Open Calls and Submission Guidelines
Open Call
Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Images invites articles, editorials, and book reviews from film, media, communication, cultural and gender studies scholars; historians, political scientists, and sociologists; critics and curators; and policymakers and public intellectuals that engage with the affect (emotional engagement) and effect (social impact) of audiovisual storytelling. We cover a range of storytelling modes, genres, platforms, and industries — from narrative films to documentaries; TV dramas to vlogging; the multiplex to Netflix; social media influencing to esports casting; and Hong Kong to Hollywood, Bollywood, and Nollywood — with the aim of bridging the gap between academia and the wider world and deepening our understanding of how storytelling shapes our identities and perceptions.
- Submit essay manuscripts by following the submission guidelines.
- To pitch an editorial or review, contact the editors at gstjournal@hkbu.edu.hk.
Submission Guidelines
- Submissions must be delivered by email to the editors of Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Images at: gstjournal@hkbu.edu.hk.
- Global Storytelling will only consider essays between 6,000-10,000 words long, including notes and captions.
- To facilitate the double-blind peer review process, the essay manuscript must be sent by email attachment as a Microsoft Word .doc/.docx file with all author information removed.
- Submissions must include a separate title page with author name(s), affiliation(s), abstract of approximately 250 words, 6 keywords or terms, word count, acknowledgements, biography of less than 80 words, and email address for correspondence.
- Submissions should follow the latest notes and bibliography guidelines of The Chicago Manual of Style. All bibliographic information should be in endnotes, and submissions should not include an additional bibliography. For further information, see: https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html
- Authors are encouraged to provide figures or other illustrative materials but are responsible for obtaining permission to publish materials in cases where Fair Use does not apply. Please do not insert these images into the word document. Instead, we ask that you send them as separate files (at least 300 DPI with clear labels) and note in the manuscript roughly where you would like the images to be placed. (e.g. “[place image #1 here]”).
- Submissions that meet requirements will be sent to at least two separate experts for double-blind peer review.
- If accepted, manuscripts will be returned to the author for any necessary revisions and scheduled for publication according to the date when it was submitted. When the scheduled date approaches, members of the editorial team edit the article, send it back to the author for final revisions, review the final revisions, and send it to the press for typesetting.
- Global Storytelling publishes bi-annually.
- Global Storytelling only accepts electronic submissions. If for some reason you cannot submit electronically, please contact the editors at gstjournal@hkbu.edu.hk.
- To be considered, manuscripts must be written in English. Authors will be responsible for any necessary translation work.
- Global Storytelling does not accept simultaneous submissions.
- For questions regarding submitted manuscripts, please inquire with the editors at gstjournal@hkbu.edu.hk.
Special Issue Proposals
Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Images welcomes proposals for guest edited special issues. The proposed theme of the special issue must represent a research topic highly relevant to the scope of Global Storytelling and of significant interest to its readers and editorial board. Special issue themes need not focus on research topics covered in previous issues of the journal. The editorial board encourages proposals with contributions from scholars and researchers representing a range of geographical regions.
- Special issue proposals should include: title, guest editor(s) and affiliation(s), rationale of at least 500 words explaining the scope and significance of the proposed theme, proposed timeline, and a list of potential contributors, affiliations, article titles, and abstracts. The entire proposal should be no longer than 10,000 words.
- Please send proposals to the editors of Global Storytelling at gstjournal@hkbu.edu.hk.
- For questions regarding proposals, please consult the editors at gstjournal@hkbu.edu.hk.