What do Literary Editors Look for When Vetting Evocative Autoethnographies and How has this Process Evolved?
2023 International Symposium on Autoethnography and Narrative, Florida, United States Of America, 03 March 2023, pp.36-39, (Full Text)
- Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
- City: Florida
- Country: United States Of America
- Page Numbers: pp.36-39
- Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
The AutoEthnographer Literary and Arts Magazine is a digital nonprofit dedicated to presenting
the creative side of autoethnography. By developing a refereed, open-source publication
featuring evocative, personal stories of cultural experience presented in an array of modalities,
we aim to support emerging authors and artists, to promote cultural diversity and appreciation,
and to celebrate creative expression as a vehicle for shared understanding. As we are not an
academic journal, however, one of the more challenging aspects of editing the magazine has
been establishing the review process. As such, this presentation will respond to the questions,
“What do editors look for when reviewing evocative autoethnographies for a non-academic
publication, and how has this process evolved throughout the magazine’s first year?” Members
of the magazine’s editorial board will address the development of our vetting system, the
significance of a writer’s or artist’s memo, some of the rhetorical tensions we face when
reviewing, and conclude by offering strategies to autoethnographers interested in publication.