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- Book Reviews are an excellent place to begin publishing.
- Check out the list of Periodicals available:Dance
Periodicals or
- Theater
Periodicals
- Drama
Periodicals
- Check their table of contents for the book review
- Contact the editor and let them know your areas of interest
- send your resume
- In most cases you get to keep the book you review
- Reviews in scholarly journals are longer than reviews
in library-related journals
- Let the editor know you are interested in reviewing
other books as well as sending out some of your articles
- Many theatre and dance journals also have performance
reviews; you can contact them as well
- Use Book Review Index
or Book Review Digest
to compare different styles of review writing
- Look at some reviews in Choice
| notice their reviews are very brief and may be written by
librarians rather than someone with background on the subject
- Scholarly Journals |
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- Editors for scholarly journals usually ask for a resume
- Many of these editors know the book review editors
- If you are unsure of your writing style, get a copy editor
to check your grammar, spelling, etc.
- Establish a reputation of meeting deadlines
- Let the editor know you will be sending future articles
- You usually receive either multiple copies of the journal
issue or you get multiple copies of your published article
- For a list of dance journals
- Encyclopedia | (Back
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- Most reference books have a series or project editor
- Announcements for contributors are usually sent out in newsletters,
listserves, mailings to association members, or by word-of-mouth
- You are sent guidelines which set specific criteria for
margins, writing style, what the entry should cover, etc.
- Make sure you return their request for bio information.
The contributors are listed and most articles have your name
at the end of any article you wrote
- You receive a copy of the book
- Check out the entries in International
Dictionary of Modern Dance or
International Encyclopedia of Dance
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