Articles submitted for publication should correspond to the general requirements of research papers and cover the following points: the research question/problem and aim, review of previous research on the subject, methodology/theoretical framework, analysis, conclusions and references. Papers that do not conform to the requirements will be returned to the authors for revision before further processing.

Papers submitted for publication should not have been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. They are reviewed by at least two anonymous referees. The journal uses single blind peer review policy.

All articles in an electronic version should be sent to Editor of the issue. Article should be prepared Microsoft Office (*.doc, *.rtf, *.xls). Use Times New Roman or Palemonas, 12 pt.

Recommended paper length is between 10 000 and 40 000 characters (with spaces) in some cases, longer papers can also be considered (no longer than 21 p.).

Article should be prepared according to the requirements set out below. It is the authors’ responsibility to ensure that the final version of their paper fully conforms to this style sheet.

PUBLICATION STRUCTURE

1) title of the paper (bold, title case);

2) authors’ full name(s), institutional affiliation if any, institutional or home address, and email address;

3) keywords (up to 6);

4) paper abstract up to 1200 characters (with spaces);

5) main text;

6) the date of the article’s submission for publication;

7) list of references;

8) list of illustrations and/or tables;

9) summary, including the title (bold, title case), the authors’ first and last names below, keywords, and the word Summary (12 pt) in the next line; the summary of the paper (at least 1600 characters (with spaces));

10) short bio(s) of the author(s), up to 1200 characters (with spaces).

Main text of article can be divided into sections and subsections.

Style Sheet. All reference matter should be provided in footnotes. English translation of titles of books and articles (but not periodicals or series) published in other than Latin, English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian languages should be provided in parenthesis after the title in original. References to manuscript and archival sources should be given in language of the depository, but folios (fol./fols) and pages (p./pp/) in English. All matter appearing in languages that do not use Latin alphabet should be transliterated.

Quotations. Short quoted sections in the running text should be enclosed in double quotation marks “like this” (the original citation is given in round brackets). Use single quotes for special forms, for quotations within quotations, and for paraphrases of (foreign) words. Quotations longer than three lines (ca. 40 words) should be given in a separate indented paragraph (10 pt).

NOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY (Chicago-Style Citation)

The notes and bibliographysystem is preferred by many working in the humanities—including literature, history, and the arts. In this system, sources are cited in numbered footnotes or endnotes. Each note corresponds to a raised (superscript) number in the text. Sources are also usually listed in a separate bibliography.

The author(s) warrant(s) that their paper is original and no property rights (including copyright or other intellectual property rights) of any third parties have been violated. A copy of “Authors’ guarantee” signed by all authors is to be submitted along with the paper.

Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts Press
Dominikonų 15, LT-01131 Vilnius, Lithuania,
e-mail: leidykla@vda.lt, ausra.trakselyte@vda.lt