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Author Guidelines

1. Manuscripts must be submitted to katakita@petra.ac.id.
2. Manuscript is written single-spaced in English, in Times New Roman, on 6-8 pages of A4 paper, and with 3 centimeters from all margins.
3. All manuscript should conform to APA Style Manual (7th edition), and it should follow the journal format below. 

[Title] [Full Name]	Title Case (Capital and small letters), Size 14, Bold, Center, in 12-15 words Size 11, Left Margin                                          English Department, Faculty of Humanities and Creative Industries, Petra Christian University, Siwalankerto 121-131, Surabaya 60236, INDONESIA (size 10)
[email address] ABSTRACT	Size 10, Left Margin ALL CAPITAL, SIZE 11, BOLD, LEFT MARGIN
[content]	In 100-150 words, size 10, normal, single space, block paragraph, left margin. One paragraph only.
Keywords:	Three to six keywords, size 10, normal, left margin
INTRODUCTION	ALL CAPITAL, SIZE 11, BOLD, LEFT MARGIN
[content]	In block paragraphs, a white space between paragraphs, size 11, single space, in-text citation in APA style, include page number when quoting and paraphrasing a source. Tables and figures are included in the text. Sample of data or table content: in Times New Roman, size 11, and target words in bold
[HEADING]	ALL CAPITAL, SIZE 11, BOLD, LEFT MARGIN
[Sub Heading]	Title Case, size 11, bold, left margin
CONCLUSION	ALL CAPITAL, SIZE 11, BOLD, LEFT MARGIN
REFERENCES	ALL CAPITAL, SIZE 11, BOLD, LEFT MARGIN
[content]	In APA style, only list the sources mentioned in the article, size 11, normal, left margin, hanging paragraph by one normal tab.
[page number]	bottom right, normal, page number only

Articles on Language and English Language Teaching

Title	:	Systemic Strategies to Improve the Readability of the English Version of Indonesian Children Stories
Abstract	:	ABSTRACT Block paragraph
Keywords	:	Keywords (as one word):
Introduction	:	INTRODUCTION Block paragraph
Heading and Subheading	:	METHOD Block paragraph FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION Text Structure Block paragraph Text Texture Block paragraph
Conclusion	:	CONCLUSION Block paragraph
References	:	REFERENCES

 Articles on Literature and Creative Writing

Title	:	Transcultural Hamlet: Representations of Ophelia and Gertrud in 21st-century Iran
Abstract	:	ABSTRACT Block paragraph
Keywords	:	Keywords (as one word):
Introduction	:	INTRODUCTION Block paragraph
Heading and Subheading	:	ANALYSIS (for critical thesis) Block paragraph CONCEPT OF THE CREATIVE WORK (for creative thesis) Block paragraph
Conclusion	:	CONCLUSION Block paragraph
References	:	REFERENCES

4. Guidelines to APA Style, which is used for in-text citations and References, is available at https://apastyle.apa.org/. 

5. Articles not conforming to the journal’s writing format and APA style as explained above will be returned to the author(s) for reformatting. Authors may revise and resend the articles after these are written in the accepted format and style.

6. References must consist of sources cited in the article only. The majority of references should be recently published materials, i.e., in the last ten years, except the literary works or language texts used as the research data.

7. Manuscript on linguistic issues is preferred to include the following discussion in the Introduction without further subheading: the background of the study, a brief review of literature, the research problem, the purpose of the study and the aims of the paper. The paper can then discuss the method of research, the finding(s) and discussion, and conclusion.

8. Manuscript on literary analysis and others may have subheading when necessary.

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Submission Preparation Checklist

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. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
2. The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
4. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.

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1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. 
2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal. 
3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

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