Boslit Journal of Language and Literature (BJLL)

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

1. Submit your article by email to editor-bjll@dbcyelagiri.edu.in
2. The manuscripts/papers should be research based or related, original and comprise of previously unpublished material and must be presented following scientific methodology.
3. Authors must send an abstract of the paper not exceeding 250 words, all manuscripts must be in font style of Times New Roman, size: 12, line spacing: double spaced and submitted only in MS Word 2003/ 2007 version.
4. All manuscripts should follow the MLA or APA style manual. The full paper must not exceed 3000 words, including tables and references.
5. The manuscript should be well-organized to have Title page, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Literature Survey, Problem Definition, Material & Methods, Findings & Results, Interpretation & Discussion, Conclusion and References.
6. All quoted, reproduced material should clearly be referenced.
7. All contents should be original – authors’ own words, ideas, findings and arguments.
8. Tables and figures should appear in the document near / after where they are referenced in the text. All figures and tables must have an intelligible caption in relation to the text.
9. Photographs must be sharp, and exhibit good contrast.
10. Correct and complete referencing of quoted and reproduced material is the obligation of the author. In the text, references should be inserted in parentheses in full.
11. If author uses a reference from an out-source, author should cite relevant source giving credit to the original author/contributor.
12. Review of Article/Manuscript:
•      The manuscript will be numbered and sent to the review committee for review-report.
•      The author will be intimidated of the review and the process will take a maximum period of 15 – 20 days.

Research Paper Formatting Rules to be followed for the submission are given below.

• The paper should only be in the font style “Times New Roman".
• The size of the font should be 12 points.
• The Title’s Alignment should be Center Aligned.The size of the font should be 18 points. Double-space again and center the title. Do not underline, italicize, or place your title in quotation marks. Write the title in Title Case (standard capitalization), not in all capital letters.
• Use quotation marks and/or italics when referring to other works in your title, just as you would in your text. For example: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegasas Morality Play; Human Weariness in "After Apple Picking"
• The author's name should be Left Aligned.
• The abstract should be Center Aligned. The ideal word limit is 200- 250 words.
• Keywords must be added after paragraph of the Abstract.
• All paragraphs’ first line should be indented to .5 inch from the left margin. Paragraph of Abstract should have normal alignment without any indent.
• Page Margin should be 1-inch on the top, bottom, left and right side.
• All Headings should only have initials capitalized like, Abstract, Introduction, Conclusion. Headings should never be bolded or italicized. They should always have normal formatting.
• Works Cited or References should be on the separate page at the end of the manuscript. In-text citation and Works Cited/references should co-relate each other.
• Works Cited or References should be Center aligned (only title)
• If a references line exceeds and goes to the second line then it should have an indentation of .5 inch margin without pressing the ENTER button.
• The research paper must ideally range from 1500 – 6000 words.
• Works Cited/references must have proper inclusion in the body of a manuscript to avoid any plagiarism.
• All figures, images, tables of the manuscript should be embedded into the original text. Separate files or documents will not be accepted.
• Note: If you are not able to format your manuscript, send it as an M.S. Word file, we will format it according to our protocol.

Authors are requested to submit their papers electronically to edtitor-bjll@dbcyelagiri.edu.in with mention journal title (BJLL) in subject line.