Submit a Manuscript

At Feminist Formations, we continually work to live into our mission:

Feminist Formations (formerly the NWSA Journal [1988–2009]) cultivates a forum where feminists from around the world articulate research, theory, activism, teaching, and learning, thereby showcasing new feminist formations. An interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal, we publish innovative work by scholars, activists, and practitioners in feminist, gender, and sexuality studies. Our subject matter includes national, global, and transnational feminist thought and practice; the cultural and social politics of genders and sexualities; and historical and contemporary studies of gendered experience. The journal values established and emerging lines of inquiry and methods that engage the complexities of gender as implicated in forms of power such as race, ethnicity, class, nation, migration, ability, and religion.

We welcome scholarship that articulates this mission and invite submissions that embody these standards.

For a sample article, please see Vivyan Adair's The Missing Story of Ourselves.

For any questions about the journal in general or about submitting, please feel free to contact the editors, Adela C. Licona or Sandra K. Soto.

Please be aware that we will not consider materials that are sent simultaneously to other journals for their publication consideration. If you feel that Feminist Formations is the appropriate place for your manuscript, please refrain from submitting the article elsewhere until you have a response from us.

Submissions for regular issues should be prepared in the following manner:

• One electronic copy of your 20-30 page manuscript should be sent to Londie Martin at feministformations@email.arizona.edu.


• All identifying information should be removed, with the exception of the cover page, which should contain the author's institutional affiliation and contact information (including postal address, phone number, and e-mail address). Each cover page should contain the following acknowledgment: "This is a draft copy of a manuscript submitted to Feminist Formations. If it is accepted for publication, the copyright will be assigned to the publisher, Johns Hopkins University Press."


• Your copy should be submitted (to feministformations@email.arizona.edu) in three files as attachments: 1st file) Cover page; 2nd file) Abstract and keywords; and 3rd file) Complete manuscript. All files must be saved in Word (.doc) or Rich Text Format (.rtf).


• All manuscripts must follow the Chicago Manual of Style (CMS) author-date system with parenthetical citations and must be double-spaced.


• A maximum of ten endnotes should be observed.

The editorial staff will read each manuscript to determine whether it should be sent out for review. Manuscripts that do not conform to CMS, or are submitted with identifying information or without abstracts, will not be sent out for review.

* Please note: Do not use the endnote function in Word.