:: What is Leonardo Electronic Almanac?
:: Is LEA a peer-reviewed journal?
:: What is LEA's publication process like?
:: What is the likelihood of being published in LEA?
:: What is the average waiting period before publication?
:: What sort of essays does LEA publish?
:: What is Leonardo?
:: What is the difference between Leonardo On-Line and Leonardo Electronic Almanac?
:: What sort of essays does LEA publish?
:: Whom can I contact if I have any further questions?

What is Leonardo Electronic Almanac?
Leonardo Electronic Almanac (ISSN No: 1071-4391), or LEA for short, was established in 1993 as the electronic arm of the pioneer art journal, Leonardo - Journal of Art, Science & Technology. It is jointly produced by Leonardo, the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (ISAST), and published by MIT Press, and is an international peer-reviewed e-journal dedicated to providing a forum for those who are interested in the realm where art, science and technology converge.

Contents include profiles of media arts facilities and projects, insights of artists using new media and feature essays comprising theoretical and technical perspectives. Curated galleries of current new media artwork are also a regular feature, and occasionally, LEA publishes special issues on topics such as locative media, new media poetics, and wild nature and the digital life.

Is LEA a peer-reviewed journal?
For over a decade, LEA has thrived as an international peer-reviewed electronic journal and web archive covering the interaction of the arts, sciences, and technology. LEA emphasizes rapid publication of recent work and critical discussion on topics of current excitement with a slant on shorter, less academic texts. Many contributors are younger scholars, artists, scientists, educators and developers of new technological resources in the media arts.

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What is LEA's publication process like?
The review process involves peer review of all submitted articles, including those solicited by the editors. Generally each manuscript is reviewed by two or three technical peer reviewers. Once the article has been selected, it will then be edited by in-house editors. A request by an editor for a manuscript is not a guarantee that it will be published.

Authors are notified of acceptance, rejection or the need for revision within 4 - 8 weeks. Texts are judged on the basis of relevance to the aims and scope of the journal, originality, rigor of thought and the use of straightforward and precise prose. Texts should be condensed as much as possible and written to be accessible to the interested lay reader. Papers may include statements of belief and speculations, which should be denoted as such.

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What is the likelihood of being published in LEA?
On average 5 - 10 per cent of manuscripts received are eventually published.

What is the average waiting period before publication?
Typical time between submission of a manuscript and appearance in print is between 6 - 12 months.

What sort of essays does LEA publish?
LEA accepts both solicited and unsolicited original articles, essays and artist statements for review. We strongly encourage works from as diverse (geographic, intellectual, and analysis) a range of authorship as possible.

What is Leonardo?
Leonardo is many things - first, it is the name of the Journal of ISAST, which focuses on artists working with science- and technology-based media and which has been in publication for nearly 40 years.

Leonardo is also a trademark of the not-for-profit organization the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology, and so is used in conjunction with all of our projects, including Leonardo Music Journal, the web site Leonardo On-Line, the Leonardo Book Series, the French Leonardo web site OLATS and the Leonardo Network, an international group of collaborating individuals and organizations with common goals and interests.

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What is the difference between Leonardo On-Line and Leonardo Electronic Almanac?
Leonardo On-Line (LOL) is the world wide web site of Leonardo and the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology. LOL includes information about our organization, print journals, book series and all relevant projects concerning Leonardo/ISAST. There is also an online gallery of work featured in the print journal and information about our Editorial Board members.

Leonardo Electronic Almanac, or LEA for short, was established in 1993 as the electronic arm of the pioneer art journal, Leonardo - Journal of Art, Science & Technology. It is jointly produced by Leonardo, the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (ISAST), and published by MIT Press, and is an international peer-reviewed e-journal dedicated to providing a forum for those who are interested in the realm where art, science and technology converge.

For over a decade, LEA has thrived as an international peer-reviewed electronic journal and web archive covering the interaction of the arts, sciences, and technology. LEA emphasizes rapid publication of recent work and critical discussion on topics of current excitement with a slant on shorter, less academic texts. Many contributors are younger scholars, artists, scientists, educators and developers of new technological resources in the media arts.

Contents include profiles of media arts facilities and projects, insights of artists using new media and feature essays comprising theoretical and technical perspectives. Curated galleries of current new media artwork are also a regular feature, and occasionally, LEA publishes special issues on topics such as locative media, new media poetics, and wild nature and the digital life.

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What sort of essays does LEA publish?
The Leonardo Electronic Almanac is constantly on the lookout to publish *original* essays, essays and artist statements. We strongly encourage works from as diverse (geographic, intellectual, and analysis) a range of authorship as possible. Texts should be condensed as much as possible and written in a style that is suitable for a lay reader.

Whom can I contact if I have any further questions?
Editor-in-chief Nisar Keshvani (lea@mitpress.mit.edu) and managing editor Natra Haniff (natra@leoalmanac.org) will be happy to assist you with your queries.

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