GUIDELINES FOR CONTRIBUTORS

Conditions of acceptance for submissions to Point
All submissions will be refereed by a member of the Editorial Board, the Issue Editor and where appropriate by invited referees.
Submitted papers must not have been published elsewhere in the UK.
Submissions may be:
· accepted
· accepted subject to revisions by the author as requested by the Issue Editor/Editor-in-Chief
· rejected

Form
Submitted papers must be supplied as follows:
· a copy of the material submitted on a new disk in MS Word 6 or ASCII files. Please label the disk clearly with: Journal title; contributor's name; title of article and file names; software used (name and version); hardware used (IBM-compatible or Macintosh).
· a maximum of 5,000 words should be submitted together with an abstract of 100-150 words and a biographical note of 50 words. Please give the accurate wordcount of length of text
· in the first instance photocopies of photographs will be acceptable.
Disks will not normally be returned.
The disk must be accompanied by a hard copy showing, where appropriate, the relationship of the images (with captions) to relevant sections of text. The place at which an illustration is to be inserted in the printed text should be indicated clearly on the manuscript with a figure number and caption: eg. Insert figure 2 about here (add caption). A separate numbered caption sheet should contain artists name, title, print, process, date and owner. Illustrations should be on a separate sheet and not included in the text.

Illustrations
If the submitted paper is accepted, original photographs/slides must be provided of professional standard, carefully packed and labelled and accompanied by an appropriately stamped, self-addressed envelope for return. The author must confirm copyright clearance has been obtained in writing where the work is other than his or her own. Individual photographs/slides should be labelled with the author's name, and the reference number for the text. It should be borne in mind that the journal is printed predominantly in black and white, which may affect the quality of the reproduction of some colour images. It is suggested that a minimum of 5 images be submitted to allow the designer scope for selection of both to accompany the paper and possibly for use on the front cover.

It is the author's responsibility to ensure the references are accurate and that written permission has been obtained for any reproduction of material other than their own and that any such reproduction is fully credited.
The receipt of all contributions will be acknowledged but information on selection will only be sent when all submissions have been considered.
POINT reserves the right to reject images of an inappropriate standard.
The Editor-in-Chief and/or the Issue Editor have/has authority to edit and make reasonable alterations to the text following consultation with the author.
Home and work telephone numbers, fax and e-mail addresses should be included.

Notes and references
Footnotes should be used sparingly and must be numbered and located at the end of the essay. On final production the footnotes will be placed at the bottom of each relevant page. The footnotes should reference sources according to the following scheme.
Books
Kate Millett, Sexual Politics, London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1971, p. 28. Second and later citations: Millett, Sexual Politics, p. 32.
Chapters in Books
Jardine, Lisa. 1989. 'The Politics of Impenetrability'. In Teresa Brennan (ed), Between Feminism and Psychoanalysis. London and New York: Routledge, p. 63. Second and later citations: Jardine, 'Politics …', p. 64
Articles in Periodicals
Janet A. Kaplan, 'Century City: Conversations with the Curators', Art Journal 60 (3), Fall 2001, pp. 50-1. Second and later citations: Kaplan, 'Second City…', p. 52.
Notes:
i. Latin forms such as op. cit., ff., and so on are not used.
ii. Single inverted commas are used for essay and article titles and to indicate a quotation in the text. Double inverted commas are used for quotations within quotations.
iii. Commas and full-stops are placed outside inverted commas.
iv. Material quoted from foreign language sources should be translated into English.

Offprints
Authors will be sent five free copies of the issue of Point in which their contributions appear, within three weeks of publication. Additional copies may be purchased at a charge of £5 each.

Copyright
Unless otherwise stated, all contributions are the copyright of the authors and illustrators.

A comment on references and citations