The Professional Wresting Studies Association invites original scholarly articles and book reviews for the Professional Wrestling Studies Journal. A peer reviewed and rigorous scholarly publication, we welcome work from any theoretical and methodological lens that expands our audience’s understanding of professional wrestling past or present as a cultural, social, political, and/or economic institution.
Professional Wrestling Studies Journal: Call for Articles, Book Reviews
The Professional Wresting Studies Association invites original scholarly articles and book reviews for Issue 4 of the Professional Wrestling Studies Journal. A peer reviewed and rigorous scholarly publication, we welcome work from any theoretical and methodological lens that expands our audience’s understanding of professional wrestling past or present as a cultural, social, political, and/or economic institution.
Article Submission Guidelines
All articles submitted must be original scholarly work and free of identifying information for blind review. Written articles should be submitted as Word documents and no more than 8,000 words, inclusive of a 200-word abstract and a reference list. MLA citation style is required: articles not written in MLA style will be returned. Any images not belonging to the author(s) require copyright clearance. Articles will be converted into PDFs for publication, so hyperlinks should be active. For multimedia productions and experimental scholarship, please contact Chief Journal Editor Matt Foy (foym38@uiu.edu) to verify length and proper format in which to send the piece.
Book Review Submission Guidelines
The PWSA invites detailed and insightful book reviews of scholarly and popular texts. Book reviews should be no more than 750 words in length and must be written in MLA style. Please begin all book reviews with the following information:
LastName, FirstName. Title. Publisher, Date. ## pp. $xx.xx pbk/hdc.”
Please submit articles and book reviews to foym38@uiu.edu by October 29, 2022 for full consideration. For more information on the Professional Wresting Studies Association and the current and past issues of Professional Wrestling Studies Journal, please visit https://prowrestlingstudies.org.