Submissions

Author Guidelines

The Journal of Teaching and Research in English Literature invites original and previously unpublished articles for its forthcoming issues. The journal accepts full-length research papers on literary and cultural studies, Book reviews, Author interviews, Poems, and Short Stories. Articles can be submitted only in English throughout the year. However, articles received before the following dates will be considered for the corresponding issues:

• 30 July for the following January issue
• 30 October for the following April issue
• 30 January for the following July issue
• 30 April for the following October issue

How to Submit

The editorial board of the Journal of Teaching and Research in English Literature is constantly trying to raise the standards of our publications. We expect the same kind of commitment from authors to conform to the ethical norms by following our guidelines.

Authors should read the “Guidelines for Submission” on the journal’s page before making submissions. The manuscript should be prepared according to the style and specifications that are given in the editorial policy and guidelines for authors.

JTREL uses double-blind review, which means the identities of the authors are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa. More information is available in the Peer Review Process section. To facilitate the double-blind review, authors must send the blinded manuscript along with the plagiarism report.

In the submission form, please carefully fill in the following details such as the title of the manuscript, authors' names, affiliations, acknowledgement and declaration by all authors.

1. Authors listed on the submission form should have met the requirements for authorship specified in the editorial policy. The contact information of all authors – names, affiliations, emails, and phone numbers – should be stated. Any change of address before the publication of the paper should be notified immediately to the Editor-in-Chief of JTREL.
2. A brief description of each author in about 100 words indicating their name, position, institutional affiliation, research interests and key achievements must be furnished.
3. One author must be designated as the corresponding author with contact details.
4. All authors should approve the final version of the manuscript before submission. Once a manuscript is submitted, it is therefore assumed that all authors have read and given their approval for the submission of the manuscript.
5. Authors must ensure that the manuscript has not been submitted or will be submitted to other journals while the review process is going on.
6. Authors must ensure that they have a proper understanding of the plagiarism issues and that nothing has been copied in any form without proper acknowledgement or legal permission in any way that may violate other’s rights.

In the Blinded manuscript (no author details), the main body of the paper should not include any identifying information, such as the author's names or affiliations.

1. Include the title, abstract, keywords, references, figures, and tables (if any).
2. Do not include any of the authors’ names and their affiliations in the blinded manuscript.
3. Do not include the acknowledgement in the blinded manuscript. It must be furnished in the submission form.
4. The title of the paper must be the file name of the blinded manuscript.
5. The authors must use bias-free language in the manuscript while expressing their views on issues about gender, race, ethnicity, language and culture.

Further considerations:

The authors must further ensure that

• they have prepared the manuscript in A4 size with a 1-inch margin on all four sides.
• they have used the font ‘Cambria’, 12 points and 1.5 lines of space throughout the paper.
• their manuscript does not exceed the specified word limit for the type of submission.
• they have spell-checked and grammar-checked the manuscript.
• all references mentioned in the list of Works Cited are cited in the text, and vice versa
• they have read and understood the journal policies detailed on the website.

The blinded manuscript should be submitted only as email attachments to editor.jtrel@gmail.com with a copy to editor.jtrel@eltai.in, mentioning ‘JTREL Submission’ in the subject line.

Every submission will be acknowledged within 96 hours. In the unlikely case of an acknowledgement not being received within four days, authors are requested to resend the mail.

Upon submission of an article, the review process will be initiated by the Editor-in-Chief. Please read more about the review process in the Peer Review Process section. The review process usually takes a maximum of 45 days. Hence, authors must submit their articles well in advance and must be patient.

Guidelines for Preparation of Manuscripts

Articles submitted to JTREL undergo a three-stage review process – editorial office, external review and editors’ decision. Authors can speed up the review process by submitting their works in accordance with the following guidelines:

• Prepare your manuscript in A4 size with a 1-inch margin on all four sides.
• Use the font ‘Cambria’, 12 points and 1.5 lines of
• The title of the manuscript should not exceed 10 words.
• Please follow MLA format (either 7th or 8th edition) for documenting sources.
• The submission must be only in English. Quotes of other language texts must be accompanied by an appropriate English translation.
• Authors are requested to carefully proofread the articles for grammatical and typing errors before submitting.

Author Fees

JTERL is completely free to read and download. Its publication is financially supported by the English Language Teachers’ Association of India, Chennai. Hence, there is no publication or processing fee for authors. However, papers from ELTAI short-term and donor members will be given preference. Authors are expected to mention their ELTAI membership number at the time of submission and their membership must be active. Authors of accepted papers will be asked to obtain either short-term or donor membership if they are not members of ELTAI. Visit https://eltai.in/ for more details about the membership benefits and rates.