Writing Guidelines

The OUP academic style guide is here.

Word Limits. Word limits were given on your invite letters and differ by Part. In general, chapters in Parts II and III should be no more than 11,000 words, and chapters in Parts IV, V, and VI should be no more than 8,500 words.

Style. Please follow the Chicago Manual of Style guidelines for author-date citations, at: https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-2.html

Figures. If you are using tables or figures, please indicate them with callouts in brackets and bold font, e.g. “[insert Fig 3 here].” Also, please provide each Figure, Graph, or Table in separate files. 

Footnotes. Please keep footnotes to a minimum.

Bibliography. The bibliography should list all works cited in your article and should not contain any works that you haven’t cited. If some core works are not cited in your article, you may provide additional references to be posted in the BIBLIOGRAPHY section on the Handbook’s website. 

Headings. Headings and subheadings should be concise, consistently formatted, and clearly identifiable. This means all first-level headings should be formatted the same way, all second-level headings should be formatted the same way and differently from first-level headings, and so on. Use no more than three levels of headings. Think of headings as keywords for an online search. Headings must not include cross-references or cues to tables, figures, or notes.

Format. For the final submission to OUP, manuscript page is a double-spaced, letter-size page, typed in Times New Roman 12 point. Please minimize formatting such as bold, underlining, manual section and page breaks. 

URLs. You may link from a specific place in your text to an address. Simply provide the full URL in your manuscript.

Timeline & Due Dates

2021

• October 31, 2021 — Abstracts due to editors (Submit here)

2022

• February-March 2022 — Cluster Zoom panels
  • March 8, 2022 – 1:00-2:00 PM EST / 7:00-8:00 PM CET / 2:00-3:00 AM (9/3) HKT / 5:00-6:00 AM (9/3) AEDT — Asylum Policy and Process (Join here)
  • March 8, 2022 – 5:00-6:00 PM EST / 11:00 PM-12:00 AM CET / 6:00-7:00 AM (9/3) HKT / 9:00-10:00 AM (9/3) AEDT — Detention Policy and Practice (Join here)
  • March 10, 2022 – 9:00-10:00 PM EST / 3:00-4:00 AM (11/3) CET / 10:00-11:00 AM (11/3) HKT / 1:00-2:00 PM (11/3) AEDT — Citizenship and Statelessness Law I (Join here)
  • March 14, 2022 – 12:00-1:00 PM EDT / 5:00-6:00 PM CET / 12:00-1:00 AM (15/3) HKT / 3:00-4:00 AM (15/3) AEDT — Interior Enforcement Approaches (Join here)
  • March 16, 2022 – 10:30-11:30 AM EDT / 3:30-4:30 PM CET / 10:30 -11:30 PM HKT / 1:30-2:30 AM (17/3) AEDT — Deportation Process (Join here)
  • March 17 , 2022 – 12:30-1:30 PM EDT / 5:30-6:30 PM CET / 12:30-1:30 AM (18/3) HKT / 3:30-4:30 AM (18/3) AEDT — Border Security (Join here)
  • March 30, 2022 – 12:30-1:30 PM EDT / 6:30-7:30 PM CEST / 12:30-1:30 AM (31/3) HKT / 3:30-4:30 AM (31/3) AEDT — Citizenship and Statelessness Law II (Join here)
  • April 14, 2022 – 2:30-3:45 PM EDT / 8:30-9:45 PM CEST / 2:30-3:45 AM (15/4) HKT / 5:30-6:45 AM (15/4) AEDT — Theoretical & Conceptual Frameworks/Issues in the Interdisciplinary Study of Comparative Immigration Law (Join here)
  • Wednesday, April 27, 2022 – 9:00-10:00 AM EDT / 3:00-4:00 PM CET / 9:00-10:00 PM HKT / 12:00-1:00 AM (14/4) AEDT — National Visa Policy (Join here)
  • Friday, May 6, 2022 – 2:00-3:30 PM / 8:00-9:30 PM CEST / 2:00-3:30 AM (7/5) HKT / 4:00-5:30 AM (7/5) AEDT — Theoretical & Conceptual Frameworks/Issues in the Interdisciplinary Study of Comparative Immigration Law (Join here)
  • Wednesday, May 11 —  2:00 PM PDT/ 5:00 PM EDT / 11:00 PM CEST / 8:00 AM (next day) AEDT
  • Wednesday, May 18 — 12:00 midnight PDT / 3:00 AM EDT / 9:00 AM CEST / 5:00 PM AEDT
  • Wednesday, May 25 — 6:00 AM PDT/ 9:00 AM EDT / 3:00 PM CEST / 11:00 PM AEDT
  • Wednesday, May 25 — 9:00 AM PDT/ 12:00 PM EDT / 6:00 PM CEST / 2:00 AM (next day) AEDT

• June 30, 2022 — Initial chapter drafts due to editors (Submit here)
• August 11-12, 2022 — Handbook workshop at University of Virginia
• December 2022 — Revised chapters due to editors (Submit here)

2023

• April 2023 — Final versions of chapter due to editors (Submit here)