Submissions
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.- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables (including titles and descriptive alt-text) are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the most recent edition of the MLA Handbook.
- The author has removed any identifying information on the manuscript.
- The author has completed the bio statement (75 to 100 words) in their journal profile using third person (for example, "Jamie McDaniel has published..." instead of "I have published...").
Articles
The Forum publishes articles between 4500 and 7500 words addressing pedagogical issues with a heavy research/theory focus. Where required, the article should be grounded in the current scholarship and be aware of current practices. Where required, the article should be specific about teaching strategies delineated, offering course information, details about syllabi, assignments, and methodology, for example.
Roundtables
A roundtable for the journal is like a roundtable for a conference. Roundtables contain a critical introduction and five or six short papers (under 2500 words) that all speak to some aspect of the same topic related to pedagogical issues in English and undergo peer review as a single collection of papers.Columns
A column for the journal may address larger issues in higher education, take on a more lighthearted tone, and/or, in the case of a special research column, offer an extended and researched discussion of a single topic in English studies. Columns undergo peer review, and their length is flexible.
Book Reviews
The journal welcomes reviews of recent publications of interest to CEA members; contributors can suggest publications or write expressing interest in getting an assignment.Copyright Notice
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
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.
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