MLQ stylesheet

Final texts should be prepared in accordance with The Chicago Manual of Style, fifteenth edition, and journal style. In addition to the citation requirements of the Chicago style guide, the editing staff has made stylistic choices for consistency within the journal.

Use unobtrusive parenthetical documentation for works that have previously been cited. Use a title word in preference to an unfamiliar acronym. If an original reference is hard to locate, insert a reminder of the note number.

After acceptance, you will resubmit your work on disk with the endnotes as a separate file from the rest of the text. This requires disembedding what is usually an automatic word-processing function. It greatly reduces the tasks of copyediting and production when submissions conform to the format agreed upon by the editors and press. We truly appreciate your involvement at this level; it keeps our costs down.

For convenience, this style guide is included here as a pdf. You will need Adobe Acrobat reader in order to access the style guide.

MLQ Style Guide

Contributors also find it helpful to read the Editor's stance on copyediting.