1. Periodical editions of the Institute of Literature publish works concerning contemporary issues of literary studies, results of the researches that have not been published yet.

2. The work should be presented in two versions (by Floppy Disk) and accompanied by:
    

· Title page, where authors name, surname, academic degree, position and contact coordinates should be indicated.

· Annotation in English Language (1 printed paper accompanied by key words).
 

3. List of approved bibliography (enclosed to the article).
4. The text should be minimum 5 and maximum 15 printed papers.
5. An article should be formatted in the following way:
    

• Title of the article (in the middle)

• Key Words

• Main text

• Bibliography

• Annotation

• Margins: top-bottom, left-right 25mm

• Font size: 11, Line spacing-1
   

6. On the bases of European Standards the Journal has adopted the Citing Style "Style of the Institute of Literature".

Requirements:

A) Citation is isolated from the main text by Quotation marks, ('' '') at the end of citation, in brackets is written the index, indicating the name of the author of the citation, publication year, then colon and page number. For example: (Jennet 1998:37) see the Appendix 1

B) In case of citing the stanza (not line) of the verse, the citation is isolated from the text and the font size is reduced (the text font size is -11, the citation font size is -10)

C) These requirements do not apply to the headings "Reviews" and "New Books", where the font size is:

· Main Text –10

· Notes- 9
 

7. Bibliography list should be ordered according to the index, in alphabetical order. See the Appendix 2.
8. Wide explanations of the author of the article is numbered and placed at the end of the work. Small notes are indicated with asterisk and explanation is made at the end of the page.
9. The author is responsible for the literary style and orthography of the work.
10. After evaluating submitted articles the board of editors will contact authors for further directions.
11. The article is returned to the author during a certain period (maximum 3 days) for proof-reading. If the author breaks dead line the board of editors preserve the right to ban its publication or publish a work without informing an author.