Submissions

This journal is not accepting submissions at this time.

Author Guidelines

Visual Culture & Gender (VCG) was born digital more than a decade ago in 2005 as the first multimedia online journal in the field of art education, and the first online journal devoted to the intersections of visual culture and gender. VCG is an annual international, peer-reviewed, freely accessed, multimedia online journal whose purpose is to encourage and promote understanding of how visual culture constructs gender in context with representations of race, age, sexuality, (dis)ability, and social class.

The VCG 20th Anniversary Call for Manuscripts invites submissions of articles and visual essays that explore issues of equity and social justice through learning and teaching practices, which expose culturally learned meanings and power relations surrounding the creation, consumption, valuing, and dissemination of images. 

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • To be considered, manuscripts should be no more than 5000 words in length with an abstract of 150 words.
  • Images are encouraged with manuscripts and should be sent in digital format (jpg, gif, or png) with copyright permission provided.
  • Visual research is encouraged but images must be accompanied by text.
  • A multimedia submission should be accompanied by text of between 500 and 1500 words to include (1) a 150-word abstract, (2) a description of the images for those who use screen readers, (3) a critical introduction to contextualize and summarize the purpose of the work for its significance from a visual culture and gender perspective; and (4) the methodology, which conveys the theoretically informed process in creating and composing the visual, sound, or other media employed in the work.
  • Original manuscripts should be prepared according to the APA (7th edition) style.
  • Accompany the submission with a cover letter that includes the title of the article, word count, number of figures, and the name and email of each author. The cover letter should also include that the manuscript is original, not previously published, and not under consideration elsewhere.
  • Please place your name only in the accompanying cover letter and not in the manuscript to facilitate anonymous review.
  • Upload the manuscript electronically with .doc or .docx extension
  • The deadline to submit manuscripts for volume 20 is Wednesday, January 15, 2025, 11:59 PM EDT
  • The submission portal will be opened at http://vcg.emitto.net/ from December 1, 2024 to January 15, 2025.

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