Submission Guidelines for
“The Art Song Magazine”
We seek articles from advanced graduate students, established scholars, composers, and performers on the topic of Art Song, with a special interest in works that engage critically with contemporary repertoire and works of underrepresented peoples in the classical music discipline.
Academic papers are especially desired, but essays and op-eds may be accepted. We encourage prospective writers to review our latest ‘Call for Articles,’ as we often solicit articles on particular themes. Articles should be between 1500-3500 words in length, and otherwise, adhere to our submission guidelines, found below:
Submit articles as a .doc, .docx, or RTF file.
Academic articles should follow the Chicago Manual of Style, 18th Edition, and include footnotes/endnotes and a bibliography. Citations for online resources should include tinyurl links.
Please include a statement regarding the author’s use of AI in the writing and refinement of the article. Please see our AI Policy, below.
Personally identifying material should be removed from the article submission (author name, institutional affiliation). In some cases, this may not be appropriate. Please write the Managing Editor for guidance in these cases.
Copyright laws concerning the reproduction of poetry, scores, and images should be followed.
Authors are encouraged to make the best use of our online platform and include links to videos, sound files, and photography if applicable.
100-word bio and author photo should be submitted as email attachments, separate from the article.
If selected, we will provide editorial support prior to publication, including a review process by established scholars.
Kindly submit materials and inquiries to the Managing Editor, Jardena Gertler-Jaffe. Please ensure your submission follows the instructions above.
Please note that, from submission to publication, the process may take upwards of eight months.
AI Policy
Generally speaking, we discourage the use of AI in writing articles for The Art Song Magazine. These tools have a high environmental and cultural cost, and carry with them many risks regarding accuracy, bias, attribution, and intellectual property.
However, we understand these tools can be helpful in both the brainstorming and copyediting process of article writing. Within our publication, the only acceptable uses of Generative AI are within these above parameters. We do not accept written or audio-visual material produced by AI. Authors must include a statement that clearly acknowledges how Generative AI was used (if at all) in the writing process, as well as which tool was used.