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Call for Submissions
Call for Submissions
We invite submissions of moving image work on film, video and new media platforms. Where submissions are documentation of interactive or installation work we encourage producers to consider the problems of documentation as part of the research process. We welcome work from doctoral students and post doctoral researchers, as well as those at the cutting edge of practice research both nationally and internationally.
Each volume of Screenworks is published as a rolling publication. This means that in the spirit of reactive online publishing we will review and publish work on a rolling basis as it comes in, rather than waiting for a full Volume before publication.
We feel strongly that the function of Screenworks is to provide an opportunity for practice research to undergo the equivalent rigorous peer-review process to that of traditional publication, and fully understand contributors' need to evidence the impact and significance of their practice as research.
Guidelines for Contributors
Videos or video documentation of other screen practice must be uploaded on , even if they are available online elsewhere. If you do not already have an account, you will need to join, upload and, if necessary password protect your film using the . Please see the page for guidance on optimising your video for Vimeo. You will then include the URL and the password on the Submission Form. Only if and when your work is accepted for publication will we make it available on the JMPScreenworks.com website, as an embedded Vimeo file. Please note that, should your work be accepted for publication you will need to make it Public in the privacy settings to allow us to embed it into our website.
If your work is web-based, then simply supply the URL for review purposes.
If your work takes any other form (e.g. an app, screen-based art installation or performance) or you have a problem with uploading it on to Vimeo, then please us to arrange an alternative review method.
We are keen to showcase as many pieces of high quality screen media research as we can. Again, where submissions are documentation of interactive or installation work we encourage contributors to consider the problems of documentation as part of the research process.
The Supporting Research Statement
Statements of up to 2000 words should outline Research Questions, Context, Methods, Outcomes and Impact using the Submission Form – although we also welcome the development of alternative ways of writing about practice which can identify new knowledge, research contexts and rigour – as long as they clearly identify the research in your submission.
There are many different kinds of screen media practice research. Our aim is to generate “new knowledge” in Communication, Media and Cultural Studies, Art and Design, Performing Arts and related fields. The purpose of the statement is not to “explain” the screenwork, but rather to offer a “route map” of the research process, as well as a means to provide evidence for the dissemination and wider impact of the practice.
The Peer Review Process
All work submitted to Screenworks undergoes rigourous peer review, based on initial editor screening and refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
The submission process is that contributors should submit work via Vimeo and email the URL, plus a 2000-word supporting research statement that situates the work within a research context.
Both the statement and the work are then subject to open but anonymous peer review selected from the Screenworks academic reviewers representing scholar practitioners working across the field of screen media both in the UK and internationally. Reviewers will have the choice of recommending publication of both work and research statement, acceptance of work with minor rewrites of statement required, invitation to resubmit both in reworked form or of rejecting. In the case of selected work, the 500-word reviews will be published online at JMPScreenworks.com, alongside the screenwork itself and supporting research statement.
The aim is that through this process criteria for research will be generated by the community over a period of time – that we will use a dialogic model of criteria generation and research. The process of open reviewing is intended to promote an active, concrete dialogue within the community of screen media scholar practitioners as to how our research is constituted, defined and disseminated.
Submissions Deadlines
Volume 6 is now open for submissions. We warmly encourage submissions on a rolling basis.
Submissions should be emailed to , with "Screenworks Submission" in the subject line - with the 2000-word supporting research statement attached as a Word .doc, including a live URL to the screenwork itself on Vimeo, with password where necessary. For further guidelines please download the Submission Form (Word .doc)
Academic Reviewers
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Professor John Adams
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University of Bristol
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| Judith Aston |
University of the West of England
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| Sarah Atkinson |
University of Brighton
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Professor Des Bell
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Queens University, Belfast
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Mick Broderick
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Murdoch University, Perth
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Inga Burrows
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University of Glamorgan
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David Chapman
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University of East London
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Nick Cope
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University of Sunderland
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Charlotte Crofts
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University of the West of England
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Professor Andrew Dewdney
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London South Bank University
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Professor Jonathan Dovey
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University of the West of England
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Tony Dowmunt
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Goldsmiths College
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Annie Goldson
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University of Auckland
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Amy Hardie
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Brunel University
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Lina Khatib
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Royal Holloway University, London
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Professor Erik Knudsen
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University of Salford
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Gillian Leahy
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University of Technology, Sydney
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Alisa Lebow
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Brunel University
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Cahal Mclaughlin
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Queens University, Belfast
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Gareth Palmer
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Salford University
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Gail Pearce
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Royal Holloway University, London
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Steve Presence
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University of the West of England
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Mandy Rose
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University of the West of England
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Michael Renov
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University of Southern California
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Suzanne Stich
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University of Ulster
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Joram Ten Brink
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University of Westminster
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Lizzie Thynne
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University of Sussex
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Sarah Turner
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University of Kent
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| Frank Verano |
University of Sussex
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Mike Wayne
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Brunel University
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We are very keen to expand our pool of academic reviewers, particularly in terms of international scope, so if you would be interested in getting involved then please with "Screenworks Reviewer" in the subject line, outlining your area of interest / expertise and your institutional affiliation.