The Journal of Screenwriting aims to explore the nature of writing for the moving image in the broadest sense, highlighting current academic thinking around scriptwriting whilst also reflecting on this with a truly international perspective and outlook. The journal will encourage the investigation of a broad range of possible methodologies and approaches to studying the scriptwriting form, in particular: the history of the form, contextual analysis, the process of writing for the moving image, the relationship of scriptwriting to the production process and how the form can be considered in terms of culture and society. The journal also aims to encourage research in the field of screenwriting, the linking of scriptwriting practice to academic theory, and to support and promote conferences and networking events on this subject.
Abstracting and Indexing
Thomson Reuters: ISI Web of science; MLA, Film and Television Literature Index (with FT), TOC Premier, British Humanities Index, International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF), Scopus, Ulrich's, Summon
Call for Papers
Download the JOSC Notes for Contributors
Please refer to the Intellect style guide before submitting your article to the journal editors.
Aim and Scope
The journal explores the nature of writing for the screen image; this includes not only writing for film and television but also computer games and animation. The journal highlights current academic and professional thinking about the screenplay and intends to promote, stimulate and bring together current research and contemporary debates around the screenplay whilst encouraging groundbreaking research in an international arena. The journal is discursive, critical, rigorous and engages with issues in a dynamic and developing field, linking academic theory to screenwriting practice.
The journal explores a wide and diverse range of methodological approaches to include study of the history of the screenplay, textual analysis, the relationship of screenwriting to the production process and discussion of practice as research. The focus will be on history, theory and practice.
Call for Papers
The Journal of Screenwriting is a new peer reviewed publication which explores the nature of writing for the screen image in the broadest sense; this includes not only writing for film and television but also computer games and animation. The journal encompasses all aspects of academic and professional thinking about the screenplay and intends to promote, stimulate and bring together current research and contemporary debates in this area, an area which has previously been somewhat neglected in academic discourse. The journal of screenwriting aims to help redress this imbalance whilst encouraging further research in an international arena. The journal is discursive, critical and rigorous whilst engaging with issues in a dynamic and developing field, linking academic theory to screenwriting practice.
The journal explores a wide and diverse range of methodological approaches which includes study of the history of the screenplay, textual analysis, the relationship of screenwriting to the production process and screenwriting practice as research.
The journal invites contributions from researchers and screenwriters which discuss any aspect of the history, theory and practice of the screenplay. This may include articles concerned with film, television and computer games screenplays.
Articles should be between 4000 and 7000 words in length.
The range of possible articles is almost limitless and the following are suggestions rather than a definitive list:
• Discussion of a particular screenplay
• Discussion of a screenwriter
• Character in the screenplay
• Theories and methodologies which discuss the screenplay
• The relationship between the film/television industry and screenwriting practice
• Screenwriting practice in different nations/regions
• Women screenwriters
• Creativity versus craft
• Archiving
• History of aspects of the screenplay
• Psychoanalysis and the screenplay
• Genre and the screenplay
• Writing for television
• Writing for computer games
In the first instance please send a 250 word abstract which outlines your proposed article. This should be sent to either Jill Nelmes, Principal Editor, at j.nelmes@uel.ac.uk or Dr Ian Macdonald, Co-editor, at i.w.macdonald@leeds.co.uk.
Editorial & Advisory Board
Principal Editor
Steven Price
Bangor University
s.t.price@bangor.ac.uk
Co-editors
Hester Joyce
La Trobe University
h.joyce@latrobe.edu.au
Ian Macdonald
University of Leeds
i.w.macdonald@leeds.ac.uk
Jule Selbo
California State University
jselbo@fullerton.edu
Reviews Editor
Jamie Sherry
Bangor University
cosc02@bangor.ac.uk
Editorial Assistant
Julia Knaus
University of Passau
julia@juliaknaus.de
Editorial Board
Sue Clayton, Royal Holloway, University of London
John Cook, Glasgow Caledonian University
Ken Dancyger, New York University
Barry Langford, Royal Holloway, University of London
Steven Maras, University of Sydney
Kathryn Millard, Maquarie University
JJ Murphy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Eva Redvall, University of Copenhagen
Isabelle Reynauld, University of Montreal
Jeff Rush, Temple University
Andrew Spicer, University of West of England
Kristin Thompson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Paul Wells, University of Loughborough
Advisory Board
John Adams, University of Bristol
Adam Ganz, Royal Holloway
Jill Nelmes, University of East London
Phil Parker, Script Developer (ex-Head of Screenwriting at LCP)
Chris Walker, De Montfort University
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