CREArTA is a refereed journal with an interdisciplinary arts focus. The journal aims to encourage the discussion of research in the field of the arts. Contributions that focus on the links across and between the arts, and on the way such linkages reflect on and relate to creativity, imagination and learning, are encouraged.

It is the policy of CREArTA to consider only articles that are not simultaneously being considered for publication elsewhere. Manuscripts submitted to CREArTA are anonymously reviewed by two or more referees. The editor will return any manuscripts that do not meet submission requirements.

CREArTA reserves the right to make changes in all manuscripts to improve clarity, to conform to style, to correct grammar, and to fit available space.

Please follow these guidelines in preparing your manuscript for submission.

Authors must send three printed copies along with an electronic copy in IBM format on a disk. No emailed documents will be accepted. Manuscripts must be accompanied by a self-addressed envelope with sufficient postage in the event that a manuscript is returned. Manuscripts will not be returned unless a self-addressed and stamped envelope is included.

As the editor will be submitting articles to blind review, authors should exclude their names, place of employment and any clues to the author's identity in the manuscript. The name of the author may appear only on the cover page.

Length The length of manuscripts must not exceed 5000 words.

Illustrations, drawings or tables must be submitted ready for direct reproduction.

All text must be in Times New Roman, 11 point, 1.5 spacing, with margins of 2.5cm.

Abstracts describing the essence of the manuscript must be 150 words or less and submitted on a separate sheet.

Cover page Authors must include their names, titles, institutions, mailing addresses, home and work phone numbers, fax numbers and email addresses (if applicable) and a brief bio note of no more than 100 words, describing areas of specialisation.

Publication rights CREArTA reserves the publication rights on published articles.

Style Authors must follow the Australian Government Publishing Service Style Guide for questions of style, grammar, punctuation and form. A summary appears below.

Referencing

The AGPS Style Guide uses the Author-Date System (i.e. Harvard system) of referencing

'When an author makes textual reference to an authority, he or she identifies it instantly by giving, in parentheses, the authority's name and the year of publication of the work to which reference has been made (sometimes it is also necessary to provide page or volume numbers, or both).'

Generally, a textual citation requires only the name of the author (or authors) and the year of publication (with no publication between the two items). These should be placed at the end of a sentence (before the concluding punctuation) whenever possible. For example:

The theory was first propounded in 1970 (Larson 1971).

Relevant page numbers may be included in the textual reference, with a comma between the year and 'p.' or 'pp.', thus:

The theory was first propounded in 1970 (Larson 1971, p. 245).

Larsen (1971, pp. 245-7) was the first to propound the theory.

If more than one work is cited, the citation should be presented thus:

(Larsen 1971; Haddon 1969)

List of references:
The following are examples of entries in a list of references. Note that a second line of an entry (if any) is indented to highlight the alphabetical order.

Adam-Smith, P. 1978, The ANZACS, Thomas Nelson, Melbourne.
Adams, P. 1987, 'Black and white and read no more?', Weekend Australian Magazine,
    7-8 Feb., p. 2.
Ansett Transport Industries Ltd 1984, Annual Report 1983-84, ATI, Melbourne.
The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary 1992, 2nd edn, Oxford University Press,
    Melbourne.
Blaxter, M. 1976, 'Social class and health inequalities', in Equalities and Inequalities
    in Health, eds C. Carter & J. Peel, Academic Press, London.
Bligh, B. 1980, Cherish the Earth, David Ell Press, Sydney, in assoc. with the National
    Trust of Australia (NSW).
Bowd, D. G. 1957, Richard Fitzgerald, 1772-1840, paper presented to Hawkesbury
    Historical Society, NSW.
Butler, J. D. & Walbert, D. F. (eds) 1986, Abortion, Medicine and the Law, Facts on
    File Publications, New York.
Cocteau, J. 1961, Les Enfants terribles, trans. R. Lehmann, Penguin, Harmondsworth.
Crowley, F. K. 1949, Working class conditions in Australia, 1788-1851, PhD thesis,
    University of Melbourne.
Dahl, R. 1986, Two Fables, ill. G. Dean, Viking (Penguin), Harmondsworth.
Egerton, M. C. 1986, The Australian Film Industry: An Overview, Dominion Press,
    Adelaide, & Cinnamon Publishing, St Lucia, Qld.
Evans, R. 1973, 'Labor market information in Japanese labor markets', in
    Industrialization and Manpower Policy in Asian Countries: Proceedings of the
     Asian Regional Conference on Industrial Relations, Tokyo, Japan, 1973, Japan Institute
    of Labour, Tokyo, pp. 157-72.
Gillespie, N. C., Lewis, R. J., Pearn, J. H., Bourke, A. T. C., Holmes, M. J., Bourke, J.
    B. & Shields, W. J. 1986, 'Ciguatera in Australia: Occurrence, clinical features,
    pathophysiology and management', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 145, no.
    11-12, pp. 584-90.
Herbert, W. G. 1987, The Australian Beef Industry: An Overview, Australian Livestock
    Council, Canberra, microfiche.
Jung, C. G. 1964, Der Mensch und seine Symbole (Man and His Symbols), Aldus
    Books, London.
Nethercote, J. R. Kouzmin, A. & Wettenhall, R. 1986, Australian Commonwealth
    Administration 1984: Essays in Review, School of Administrative Studies, Canberra
    College of Advanced Education, in assoc. with ACT Division, Royal Institute of
    Public Administration.
Office of the Status of Women 1981, Fair Exposure, AGPS, Canberra.
Proust, M. 1970, Jean Santueil, trans. G. Hopkins, Simon & Schuster, New York (with
    preface by Andre Maurois).
Raymond, R. & Watson-Munro, C. 1980, The Energy Crisis of 1985, Castle Books n.p.
    (dist. In Australia by Horowitz-Grahame, Sydney).
Russell, B. 1967, The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, vol. 1, 1872-1914, George
    Allen & Unwin, London.
Sand, G. (pseud. of A.L.O. Dupin) 1856, The Story of My Life (in French), 20 vols.
    Lecou & Cardot, Paris.

Contractions and shortened forms

Some commonly used abbreviations and shortened forms of words are listed below: