Submission Guidelines

General Submission Guidelines – mandatory for the Author(s)/Contributor(s) to follow:
  • The manuscript must follow UK English with regard to spellings and punctuation.
  • General Articles should be within 4500 – 6000 words.
  • Review Articles should be within 2000 words.
  • Submissions should strictly follow the MLA (Modern Language Association) 9th edition stylesheet and guidelines.
  • Spellings should be consistent throughout the article.
  • All submissions should be in A4 size with 1.5 cm margin on all sides.
  • Font: Times New Roman, Font Size: 12, Line Spacing: 1.5
  • Headings and sub-headings should be left-aligned and in boldface. The authors should use endnotes instead of footnotes.
  • Authors must use double-inverted commas for ‘short quotations’, and single-inverted commas for quotations within a quotation.
  • Photo Courtesy is mandatory in case of pictures.
  • The authors must submit two copies of an article or review in MS Word format, one of which should be anonymous, while the other one should carry the name of the author along with a short bio-note not exceeding 100 words. Both the copies should also contain an abstract within 200 words.
  • The submitted files should be named by including the first three/four words of the title followed by Anon. or, Author Details.

Example: Article title: Voices in the Compound: Celebration of Female Identity in Buchi Emecheta’s London based Novels

File 1: Voices in the Compound, Anon.

File 2: Voices in the Compound, Author Details.

  • File 1 should comprise Title, Abstract and five keywords, Endnotes, Works Cited: File 2 in the same format along with the bio-note and Author details (consult relevant MLA guidelines).
  • Author(s)/Reviewer(s) are requested to submit the manuscripts only via email to bescinterlocutor@thebges.edu.in. Please note that only email correspondence with full credentials will be considered and contributors should not solicit telephonic correspondence pertaining to the journal.

Note for contributors:

Submitted manuscript must be original and plagiarism free. Previously published articles or simultaneously submitted manuscripts in other journals, will not be considered for publication in this journal. A cover letter declaring the same should be submitted along with the manuscript.

Author(s)/Reviewer(s) will be liable for obtaining permission to reproduce any material (photographs, illustrations, and so on) for which they do not hold the copyright to.

All the papers will be sent for anonymous peer review. Acceptance will be communicated after the review report is received. The decision of the Board of Editors will be final. The Board of Editors reserve the discretion to reject articles that they find unfit for the journal or that fail to conform to the submission guidelines. The Board of Editors may not intimate the Author(s)/Reviewer(s) on the reason(s) for rejection. Please note that Review reports are confidential and the discretion to share the same rests with the Board of Editors.