Current Special Issue CFP
“Areas of Effect (AOEs): MMORPGs and the Act of Being In Community”
Video games (specifically MMORPGs) can offer a connection to a global community that couldn’t be more important during our current global pandemic. For many of us, our gaming practices helped us safely play together in uncertain times. Our pandemic gaming practices have redefined where and how we come together to game, grieve, and grow. This CFP asks for gamers, scholars, teachers, and creatives to share their experiences of gaming in community.
NYMG is creating a feminist space in games studies. Our mission is to explore games, culture, and community from feminist perspectives and to offer scholars and critics an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed forum for ideas, theories, and engagements utilizing feminist methods.
NYMG is a cross-disciplinary middle-state journal publishing articles and multimedia presentations in regular issues, alongside the award-winning site’s long-running podcast and regular editorial content.
We welcome article, book review, and multimedia submissions for the peer-reviewed NYMG journal, and experiential essay content under our #YesIPlay series. Information on specific forms may be found below.
Journal submissions are reviewed using a two-stage system:
- Initial Review: Editors will vet submissions for suitability (length, format, general quality, relevance).
- Open Peer Review: Upon completion of the initial review, contributions are posted to NYMG’s open review site, where they are peer reviewed by members of the editorialboard and invited reviewers. Upon completion of the open peer review, contributors will be allowed an agreed-upon period of time for revision, based on the format of the submission.
NYMG uses APA style. All submissions (except for #YesIPlay submissions; see below) should be accompanied by the following information:
- Name(s), Institutional affiliation(s), email(s) addresses
- Title of 140 characters or fewer
- An abstract of no more than 200 words
- A list of 5-7 keywords
- A short bio for all authors
Journal Submissions (Peer-Reviewed)
Text submissions
Text-based (alpha-numeric) articles and game/book reviews should be e-mailed as .RTF files (any accompanying images/video clips should be attached singly or compressed into a single archive file, with indicators within the article about their placement). Strip all identifying information unless necessary for context. Text-based submissions should be 5000-8000words.
Webtext Submissions
If you’re submitting a webtext, send the link to the site hosting your piece (or provide all associated files in an archive). Password protection is required if a live site, as we do not accept previously published material, and please make sure all webtexts are responsive.
Videos
Videos can be shared with nymgeditorial@gmail.com as unlisted YouTube or Vimeo links, password-protected Vimeo links, or via cloud services. If you’re using video as part of a longer piece, add the links to a word document or embed them into a webtext. Please ensure the soundtrack doesn’t interfere with dialogue or narration. Please also submit a transcript with the entire narration and/or dialogue and the production credits, including videos and works cited.
Games
NYMG will accept submissions of games angled toward critical engagement. Submissions of games should be accompanied by a textual or multimedia piece exploring engagement, theoretical, or design.
NYMG will happily consider submissions that fall across, between, and around these categories. Please direct any questions about submissions types or potential content to the editors at nymgeditorial@gmail.com.