Manuscript Editing for Art Journal Articles
Founded in 1941, Art Journal works to develop shared methods for understanding modern and contemporary art. It gives artists, art historians, and other writers room for essays, interviews, forums, and artists' projects. Taylor & Francis publishes it quarterly for the College Art Association, and its editor-in-chief is in History of Art and Visual Culture at UC Santa Cruz.
Articles run no more than 8,000 words, notes included, and shorter texts are encouraged. Citations follow the Chicago Manual of Style, 18th edition, notes, with the exceptions set out in the CAA Publications Style Guide. Notes are full once and short after; ibid. stays and op. cit. goes. Submissions may be in any language with a 250-word English abstract. Up to 20 images are allowed, each captioned in CAA order with alt text of 15 to 30 words. Review is double-blind. Off the Grid Editing applies the CAA style guide and sets each caption in its required order. Submissions go through the Taylor & Francis Submission Portal.
Our Promise
We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Art Journal. We work with you until it is ready or refund your payment in full. That commitment has held since 2002.
Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed. Your draft is secure until you decide to proceed.
Manuscript Editing and Proofreading for Art Journal
We offer three levels of manuscript editing depending on what your manuscript needs. Each is described below so you can choose the service that fits where your draft is right now.
Grammar and usage, awkward phrasing, repetition, and passive voice corrected, then clarity, concision, sentence structure, transitions, and tone, with your style manual applied throughout and a final proofread. For authors whose argument and structure are settled.
Clarity, emphasis, and paragraph structure: topic sentences, transitions, and sentences reordered within a paragraph, with every fact and claim kept as you wrote it. Includes copy editing and a final proofread.
Spelling, punctuation, typos, capitalization, grammar, and usage corrected with minimal wording changes, for manuscripts that have been edited and need a last check before submission to Art Journal.
CAA's submission guidelines cover length, images, and style. If you have reviewer comments from an earlier submission, send them with your manuscript and we will address each one. If you have questions about which service is right for your manuscript, contact us directly. We respond to every inquiry the same day during business hours.
Our journal article and essay editing page explains how we edit art history, and academic proofreading is the final pass. If English is your second language, see English language editing for researchers. For books, see Taylor & Francis and Routledge manuscript editing. We also prepare articles for The Art Bulletin and Grey Room.
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Ready to prepare your manuscript for Art Journal? Use our secure portal to generate an immediate, word-count-based quote and secure your delivery deadline.
Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed.
Direct Support
Reach our editorial team directly to discuss your manuscript, your Art Journal submission timeline, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.
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