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1— Formatting Guidelines: The Agonist follows MLA style; see the link at www.mla.org. Please submit your essay as an MS Word file, Times New Roman, font 12, with 1" margin on all sides, double space throughout. Essays should be between 3,000 and 5,000 words and accompanied by an abstract between 200-300 words.

2The Agonist is concerned with works on Nietzsche, questions of aesthetics, with the value of art and the ways in which art and philosophy can be transformed and renewed. We are looking for applied criticism—philosophical essays that are evaluative of specific artists and specific works of art.

3The Agonist is devoted to philosophical criticism of all the arts: visual art, literature, music, theatre, dance, cinema, or any other form of art that contributors wish to argue possesses aesthetic legitimacy. Essays on work in any of these fields are welcomed.

4— Essays submitted to The Agonist must not be currently in print. Previously published essays that are of significant value and that are no longer in print or are now difficult to locate (such as those in limited print runs or collector’s editions) will also be considered for publication.

5— Essays submitted to The Agonist must be the original work of the contributor. Papers presented as original works at the events of the Circle can be submitted.

6— Since The Agonist is a web journal and can be read throughout the world simultaneously, there is no geographical specificity—the papers can be published, recorded and sold, performed, or up for viewing anywhere.

7— Contributors who are interested in writing for The Agonist should send a proposal to the editors. The proposal can be informal in tone and structure.

8— If the proposal is accepted, the contributor will be given a deadline for the final draft that will be approximately two weeks prior to publication date. The completed essay must be submitted by e-mail as a Word file. In the case of essays on visual art, images and captions should be embedded in the text. (See note 8 below.) Images and caption texts should also be submitted separately and at the same time as the Word file. The Agonist staff will insert the images, if necessary, and generate the pdf file that will be available for downloading from the web site.

9— Contributors should manage all typographical issues, such as italicizing the titles of works of art, in the Word file. The web text and the downloadable pdf file will duplicate what is submitted in the finalized Word file.

10— In the case of essays on visual art, it is necessary for the contributor to obtain images and caption texts. Generally, these are available from galleries and museum press or public relations offices, along with the needed permissions. Images must be at least 300 dpi, at a print scale sufficient to fit properly in a normal-sized pdf file. (8 1/2 by 11 inches—please see current The Agonist pdf files for examples of the scale.)

Submitted texts will be read and evaluated for their appropriateness to the editorial mission of The Agonist and will be proofed for typos. If there are issues regarding the appropriateness of the text, those matters will be discussed with the contributor. If there are proofing issues, the contributor will be notified to make the corrections. Submitted texts will not be altered by us.

11— At the time of submission of the finalized Word file, contributors will send biographical information in a separate file. Please use biographical listings of current contributors as models.

12— If the proposal is accepted, the contributor will be given a deadline for the final draft that will be approximately two weeks prior to publication date. The completed essay must be submitted by e-mail as a Word file. In the case of essays on visual art, images and captions should be embedded in the text. (See note 11 below.) Images and caption texts should also be submitted separately and at the same time as the Word file. The Agonist staff will insert the images, if necessary, and generate the pdf file that will be available for downloading from the web site.

13— CCopyright for all published texts will be held jointly by the contributor and The Agonist.

14— In the case of essays on visual art, it is necessary for the contributor to obtain images and caption texts. Generally, these are available from galleries and museum press or public relations offices, along with the needed permissions. Images must be at least 300 dpi, at a print scale sufficient to fit properly in a normal-sized pdf file. (8 1/2 by 11 inches—please see current The Agonist pdf files for examples of the scale.)

15The Agonist cannot offer compensation to contributors, at this time

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