Manuscript Editing for Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society
Founded in 1999, Souls is a peer-reviewed journal of Black study devoted to the critical examination of contemporary Black experience. It publishes interdisciplinary scholarship, reviews, creative work, political writing, and multimedia, and seeks to re-ground African American studies in DuBoisian social and political theory. Columbia's Institute for Research in African American Studies publishes it open access twice a year at soulsjournal.org, and its editor-in-chief directs the institute.
Essays run 4,000 to 8,000 words, and short-form provocations run 1,500 to 3,000. The journal also publishes profiles and interviews, creative work, and Memoria tributes. Citations follow the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition. The abstract and keywords sit in the body of the work, and the abstract shows the essay's contribution to the journal's project. Submissions in Spanish, Portuguese, French, Haitian Kreyol, and other languages carry a full English abstract. Images go in separately, marked in the text with callouts such as <IMAGE 1 HERE>. After editorial screening, review is double-anonymous with at least two reviewers. Off the Grid Editing applies Chicago style and places image callouts. Submissions go through the OJS portal at ojs.soulsjournal.org.
Our Promise
We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society. 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 Souls
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 Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society.
The journal's submission guidelines cover essay types, citations, and images. 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.
See journal article and essay editing for how we edit Black studies scholarship, and academic proofreading for the last read before submission. If English is your second language, see English language editing for researchers. We also prepare articles for the Journal of Black Studies and Ethnic Studies Review.
Instant Manuscript Editing Invoice
Ready to prepare your manuscript for Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society? 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 Souls submission timeline, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.
608-535-6324
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