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Technoculture (ISSN 1938-0526) is an independent annual peer-reviewed journal. Publishing both critical and creative works that explore the ways in which technology impacts this (or any) society, with a broad definition of technology, Technoculture is a member of the Council of Editors of Learned Journals. We are also a 501-c-3 not for profit corporation, as determined by the IRS.

Our authors might explore weaponry in the Renaissance, use of social networks, television and other media, sports equipment, technology in the theatre, or a multitude of other subjects. As of 1 Jan 2012, Technoculture offers continuous publication and will post new articles, creative works, and reviews on its front page upon publication, resulting in a new item in our RSS Feed.

You are encouraged to use our web submission tool to send us abstracts of work for consideration before writing up a full version of the text. If we think your project is right for Technoculture, then we'll write back and detail how your submission of a full draft should be handled.

Our intended readers are not necessarily academics. In any event, jargon and stilted language should be avoided; readers should not have to parse a sentence six times before preceding to the next sentence.

For critical essays, we will do our best to provide double blind peer review, though that is not always possible for online materials (which may require hosting on sites that necessarily reveal the identity of their authors). Any historical period or kind of technology is of interest to us. Any theoretical approach is welcome, including literary approaches; critical papers should exhibit some theoretical underpinning or thought, however, and not be just close readings of texts. We use the most current version of MLA style for all critical works.

We welcome creative submissions from our authors as well. While poems, short non-fiction essays, short plays, and fiction are all of interest to us, we particularly encourage authors of new media pieces using audio or video as their primary medium to consider submitting their work to Technoculture. We are primarily looking for creative work, however, that is on the subject of technology, however broadly defined; however, innovative use of new media on a variety of subjects would be of interest to us. All creative materials may be delivered as text in PDF, but we encourage the use of audio and video—in other words, we'd rather see or hear you read your work, rather than merely putting it on the screen in words. We would also like to have artists submit documentation of installations and of performance, again, especially in works that engage the idea of technology. While full MLA is not necessary for creative works, please include a credit for all contributors (musicians, designers, actors, readers, etc.) in your text, however it is delivered. Please write our creative editor at creative at tcjournal dot org for more information or inquiries.

For all articles and submissions, the use of media is encouraged. Thus, we would prefer a webessay or a reading of a poem (whether by the author or by an actor or other reader) in MP3 rather than a print copy, though we will also link to a transcript of your piece (which you should provide) for accessibility reasons. Media (such as film clips) should be embedded directly in the HTML code for a page. We use MP3 and Ogg for audio and Ogg, Webm, and MP4 for video. Contact the editor (kdorwick at tcjournal dot org) for more information about how to embed or convert files.

TC Journal does not use links to existing materials on the web; instead, all materials should be archived directly on our site.

We respect intellectual property—but also support mashup of existing materials if significant artistic or critical value is added in that process.

Authors may opt for either traditional copyright or use of a open source license. In either case, we require a permanent license to publish in Technoculture. Once you have signed an agreement with us, you may not withdraw your article without our permission. However, our license allows you to use your work in any way you see fit post publication in Technoculture, while preserving our right to keep your article or work in print for the lifetime of the journal.

Hypertexts are welcome but must be archived on our site. No remote hosting by link. A link back to our website must appear on every page of your hypertext. Print texts are acceptable, and should be submitted in Rich Text Format. We will convert submissions to PDF or HTML. If we use PDF, we will embed it on a web page of its own (with an associated stable URL). We encourage the use of media.

We do not accept or even consider articles on pedagogy; the use of technology in the classroom is handled well by other journals.