Submissions

Author Guidelines

General aspects

Ephemera Journal aims to contribute to the dissemination and free circulation of artistic and scientific knowledge in the field of Theatre and Performance Studies, deepening it in its dialogue with different artistic languages, multiple approaches and, above all, in their interdisciplinary approach to Humanities. For this purpose, it publishes essays and articles resulting from bibliographic reviews, reports of investigations and experiments, academic research and creative reflections on contemporary processes of creation and important historical landmarks in the performing arts, accepting contributions from national and international authors.

The journal publishes only unpublished materials whose themes are related to the performing arts (check Focus and scope at https://periodicos.ufop.br/ephemera/about) and they can be written in Portuguese, English or Spanish. Ephemera Journal receives articles all year long and publics them without any kind of APC.

All authors must hold a master’s degree. 

In all multi-author manuscripts, i. e. papers with more than one author, the authors must send, as a supplementary document at the submission, an indication of how and in which stages each of the authors participated, using our CRediT model: https://periodicos.ufop.br/ephemera/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/39 . For more information, check in English: http://casrai.org/credit/ - for a translated version, see: http://www.abralin.org/circulares/rabralin/CRediT.pdf . This information will appear at the end of the published paper.

Ephemera indicates that only (co)authors should be included as researchers who have played a significant role in: (a) elaboration of the research; (b) writing; (c) final revision of the text and that (d) assume full responsibility for the published content. Acting as advisor, by itself, does not characterize authorship in the derived text (in this case, the submitted manuscript). Collaborations that do not imply these four levels should be inserted as acknowledgments at the end of the text.

Peer review

• Ephemera uses double-blind and single-blind peer review. The process of review is available at: https://periodicos.ufop.br/ephemera/about ;
• The manuscript must be submitted to the appropriate section: artigos (papers), dossiê (current opened special issue) and acontece (interviews, photography essays, translations and reviews about books, shows, festivals, among others).

Information

At the moment of submission, all authors must enter these information:

• Name and Last Name;
• E-mail;
• Orcid;
• Bio in the following format: Current academic role at (or Last degree at): University, Institute/Department, City, State, Country. Examples: 1) Master’s degree at Programa de Pós-graduação in Estudos da Linguagem at Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil; 2) Independent Researcher. 

Note: All these information must be entered into the OJS system, never in the paper. In case any of it has not been entered, the paper will only be sent to the peer reviewers after the authors answer Ephemera’s request.

Anonymity

• The manuscript must be anonymous for which one should follow these steps:

• In the tabs at the top of the document window ("Home", "Insert", etc.), click Review -> Protect -> Protect Document. Check the box for: "Remove personal information from this file on save". Save the document.

• If citing a work of yours is necessary, remember to cite it as XXX. Do not mention it in the references. Once the paper is approved, you will have the opportunity to make the modifications.

Text formatting

Every manuscript submitted must use ABNT. Our template is available at: https://periodicos.ufop.br/ephemera/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/47

• The manuscript only in .doc or .docx;
• Margins of the document: superior and inferior: 2,5cm; right and left: 3,0cm;
• Size: A4; 1.5 line spacing; justified margins; font: 12-point Garamond;
• Paragraphs with a 1.25 cm from the left margin and no space between paragraphs;
• Use italics for: plays and Latin words such as status quo;
• Capitalize the first letter of every word for names such as Theater Groups, except for prepositions;
• Use double quotation marks for Titles of books, such as “Palestine” by Joe Sacco;
• Papers must revolve around 10 and 18 pages, references included;
• Every epigraph is a quotation and must be referenced and added to the References section at the end.

Acontece Section

The works submitted to the Acontece Section must follow ABNT like the other ones.

• They must include tittle, subtitle, abstract and keywords both in Portuguese and English to be sent in a document in the .doc or .docx format.
• In the abstract, the authors must indicate the genre of the work, as in: our purpose with this interview/translation etc.
• Translations and interviews must revolve around 10 and 18 pages, references included;
• Reviews must revolve around 4 (without the references) and 18 pages, references included;
• Photographic essays: they must belong to the authors. All photos must be numbered, have a title above, and a source with a date below, following ABNT standards. Also, they must be sent in the submission, not only inside the document.

Quotes: We use the following system (Author, year, page) as in: (Féral, 2001, p. 10);

• Direct quote with more than 3 lines: 4cm from the right margin, 1.0 line spacing, font: 10-point Garamond, without quotation marks, one space between the quote and the paragraphs around it;
• Direct quote with less than 3 lines: quotation marks and no need for space;
• Indirect reference: Ex.: Segundo Féral (2001);
• We do not accept: Ibidem or Idem.
• Footnotes: Should be avoided and only used if really necessary.

Layout of the first page for every manuscript submitted:

• Titles and subtitles: low case and boldfaced
• Abstract (boldface, Garamond, 12, low case): Text written in: 12-point Garamond, full justification, line spacing of 1,5. According to ABNT NBR 6028 (2021), the abstract should inform: the objectives, the methodology, the results, and the conclusions of the paper. It should be written in a concise way in one paragraph, without topics and, preferably, in the third person. It should contain between 100 and 250 words. It should avoid symbols and contractions that are not common. The keywords should come right after the abstract, announced by the expression Keywords, followed by semi-colons; and ended with a full stop. They should be written in low case, except when it comes to proper nouns or abbreviations. Add the maximum of five keywords.
• Keywords: separated; by; semi; colons; ABNT; Brazil.
• The sections of the paper must be numbered since the introduction until the conclusion following this format: (1 Introduction).

References

Every manuscript submitted must use ABNT. Our document with many examples is available at (In Brazilian Portuguese):

https://periodicos.ufop.br/ephemera/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/41

• The references must come two lines after the and the paper and only works cited in the manuscript;
• Online references must indicate availability and the last day the link was consulted: Available at: link . Accessed in: day month year (such as: 24 April 2024).

Some examples:

Books:

AUTHOR'S SURNAME, First names without abbreviation. Title of the book: subtitle. Place of publication: Publisher, year of publication.

Ex: ATWOOD, Margaret Eleanor. In other worlds: SF and the human imagination. 1ª ed. New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, Random House, 2011.

Book chapters:

AUTHOR'S SURNAME, First names without abbreviation. Title of the chapters: subtitle. In: AUTHOR'S SURNAME, First names without abbreviation. Title of the book. Place of publication: Publisher, year of publication. First and last pages.

Journals:

AUTHOR'S SURNAME, First names without abbreviation. Title of the article: subtitle. Title of the Journal, Place of publication, Institution, volume number (v. 1), issue number, first and last pages of the article (p. 1-19), month and year of publication.

Theses and dissertations:

AUTHOR'S SURNAME, First names without abbreviation. Title. Year of publication. Dissertation (MA in Education) or Thesis (Ph.D. in Education) - Postgraduate Programme, University, city/country, year of publication.

Images, videos and audios

• Images: 300 dpi resolution and 725X500 pixel size;
• All images must come with a title above it and the source below it. Both of them in Garamond, 10, lining space of 1.0 and all images must be citted in the paragraph right before it. 
• In case the images are not the author's, a letter of authorization is required.

The manuscript shall be rejected or sent back to the author if

• Has already been published;
• The authors are identified;
• Presented in a different format;
• Receive a negative peer review evaluation;

Final comments

• The authors are entirely responsible for the format, review and content of the papers;
• Once the authors submit the manuscript, they are authorizing its publication under the Creative Commons, in case of approval;
• We use the LOCKSS and CLOKSS system so that the papers and permanently and safely archived;