A Note for Contributors

The Shandean is peer-reviewed; its contents are protected in accordance with European copy-right law. All submitted articles are judged by two readers who report back and advise either to reject, accept with changes, or acccept as it is. Contributors are asked to observe the following house-style conventions when submitting material to The Shandean:

• your title in italics, your name at the end in small caps, followed by your affiliation in italics;
• please use British English spelling and style (e.g. "humour" rather than "humor", and punctuation outside of quotes);
• single quotation marks should be used throughout, with double ones for quotations within quotations;
• dates are given by Day followed by Month followed by Year (e.g. 7 February 1752);
• notes are endnotes and must be entered as plain text and not be electronically generated. 
• See also this exemplary stylesheet.

Copy deadline: 15 August of the running year. Please submit also an abstract of not more than two paragraphs and send to peterdevoogd[@]fastmail.fm

All references to Sterne's works and Cash's biography should be cited parenthetically, using the following abbreviations: 

• TS for The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. The Florida Edition of the Works of Laurence Sterne. Vols. 1 & 2, The Text, ed. Melvyn New and Joan New. Vol. 3, The Notes, by Melvyn New, Richard A. Davies and W.G. Day (Gainesville: University Presses of Florida, 1978, 1984).
• References to the text of Tristram Shandy are to original volume and chapter, followed by page number in the Florida Edition; thus 'TS, 2.2.98' means: volume 2, chapter 2, Florida Edition p. 98. 
• Sermons for The Sermons of Laurence Sterne. The Florida Edition of the Works of Laurence Sterne. Vol. 4, The Sermons, ed. Melvyn New. Vol. 5, Notes to the Sermons, ed. Melvyn New (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1996).  
• ASJ or BJ for A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy and Continuation of the Bramine’s Journal. The Text and Notes. The Florida Edition of the Works of Laurence Sterne. Vol. 6. Eds. Melvyn New and W.G. Day (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2002). 
• Letters for The Letters, Part 1: 1739-1764; Part 2: 1765-1768 . The Florida Edition of the Works of Laurence Sterne. Vols. 7 and 8. Eds. Melvyn New and Peter de Voogd ( Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2009).  
• EMY for Arthur H. Cash, Laurence Sterne: The Early and Middle Years (London: Methuen, 1975). 
• MW Miscellaneous Writings.The Florida Edition of the Works of Laurence Sterne. Vol. 9. Eds. Melvyn New and W. B. Gerard (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2014).
• LY for Arthur H. Cash, Laurence Sterne: The Later Years (London: Methuen, 1986).