The Journal is a semi-annual publication published in April and October. It solicits and accepts articles all year round, while each theme issue submission deadline is in December and June.Researchers in any area of Taiwan literature are welcomed to submit articles. The Journal publishes three types of articles: theme articles, general articles (non-theme articles), and literary criticism (including review of literature, research trends, and book reviews). Theme and general articles have a word limit of 30,000 Chinese characters; literary criticism is limited to 5,000 Chinese characters.Articles submitted to the Journal shall be original material in a field related to Taiwan literature and be written in either Chinese (or native languages in Taiwan–Taiwanese, Hakka, and aboriginal languages) or English; in addition, articles submitted to this Journal may not, at the same time, be submitted in their entirety to, or published in, any other periodical or book. Unfortunately, we do not accept translations, reportage, or academic theses or dissertations. Submitted articles all go through the editorial board and are sent to academic specialists for evaluation using the double blind peer review process. Authors of articles accepted for publication will receive two copies of the relevant issue of the Journal and 20 offprints of the article. There is no remuneration for articles accepted for publication.Format: Title/Author/Abstract (300 characters)/Key Words (three to six)/ Text/ Appendix/References. (After the article is accepted for publication, an abstract and key words in English are required.)Authors are requested as much as possible to prepare their articles using WORD and to send a hard copy on standard manuscript paper together with a corresponding file on a CD to:

Editorial Board

The Journal of Taiwan Literary Studies
National Museum of Taiwan Literature
No.1, Zhongzheng Rd., West Central Dist., Tainan City 700, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Authors may also send an email with an attachment to: journal@nmtl.gov.twFor writing format and other key items, please download information at the Museum’s website or contact the Museum by telephone at: 06-2217201#2200.