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In partnership with Blackwell Publishing, IASPM-US publishes the Journal of Popular Music Studies (ISSN 1524-2226), a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to research on popular music throughout the world and approached from a variety of positions. Published three times a year, each issue features essays and reviews, as well as roundtables and creative works inspired by popular music.

Annual membership in IASPM-US entitles you to a subscription to the Journal of Popular Music Studies as well as the Newsletter. Subscription to the Journal is also the easiest way to become a member of IASPM-US.

For author guidelines or questions about the journal, please visit Blackwell Publishing's IASPM-US site.

IASPM-US also publishes a newsletter to keep members informed on news about the Branch, recent publications in popular music studies, and conference announcements. Contact for information regarding the newsletter.

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Members of IASPM-US also receive the Review of Popular Music published by the International Association and edited by .

The Woody Guthrie Book Award is presented to the best book on popular music (broadly defined) published since the most recent IASPM-US conference.

Call For Submissions

The editors of the Journal of Popular Music Studies (JPMS) — Editor-in-Chief Kevin J. H. Dettmar and Associate Editors Barbara Ching, Norma Coates, Kwame Harrison, Barry Shank, Patricia Tang, and Deborah Vargas — welcome submissions. JMPS is an interdisciplinary journal covering a wide range of approaches to popular music. Submissions are not limited to any disciplinary, methodological, or theoretical approach. Each submission is considered by specialist reviewers familiar with the specific topic of the essay, as well as the larger field of popular music studies. In every case, preference will be given to manuscripts that are challenging and original as well as clearly and persuasively written. To submit a manuscript for consideration, send an electronic copy (MS Word format) with authorship, institutional affiliation (if applicable), and address on a separate title page. Each manuscript page should be numbered and contain an abbreviated title. References should follow the most recent APA Publications Manual.

Send submissions and inquiries via email to the Journal editorial offices by clicking here:

Or, via surface mail to:

Kevin J. H. Dettmar
Journal of Popular Music Studies
Department of English
Pomona College
140 West Sixth Street
Claremont, California 91711

Tracking: Popular Music Studies (JPMS pre-1992)