Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
All submissions must meet the following requirements.
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The text is in APA (7th edition) format. See sample APA professional paper.
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Where available, DOIs or URLs for the references have been provided.
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The instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
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In the “Comments for the Editor” section below, the full names, professional credentials, contact information, affiliated institutions, and short bios (100-200 words) for all authors are listed in order of authorship.
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The submission has not been previously published, nor is it currently submitted to another journal for consideration.
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The submission file is a single Microsoft Word document.
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All illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
Research and Practitioner Articles
Articles submitted in this category present original descriptions of research-based instruction that improves the literacy learning of students ranging from birth to college age. Articles describing research-based practices in literacy teacher education will also be considered. These articles should be approximately 5,000 to 8,000 words in length, including references, tables, charts, etc.. Research-based articles may be quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, or literature reviews. Practitioner-based articles should focus on the application of research-based practices. These manuscripts undergo blind review by members of the journal’s editorial review board. We provide the peer review forms for the article as a helpful guideline for finalizing your submission: Research Article and Practitioner Article.
Teaching Tips
Articles submitted in this category will showcase evidence-based literacy practices being implemented throughout the state and region in such varied spaces as classrooms, districts, libraries, after school programs, online schools, homes, daycares, preschools, etc.. We are specifically interested in submissions from practitioners who can share tips and ideas about what is working in their context, why they are engaging in these ideas, and how others could do this, too. Our goal is to hear from a range of practitioners in and around the state who are interested in literacy. These short articles should be approximately 1,000 to 2,000 words in length and should include APA formatted references to the relevant research literature. Teacher and/or student examples help to illustrate the teaching strategy. These manuscripts undergo blind review by members of the journal’s editorial review board. The teaching tips form that is given to peer reviewers can be a helpful guideline for finalizing your manuscript.
Reviews of Children’s and Young Adult Books
Book reviews submitted for the journal should be of recent children or young adult books that can be used in K-12 classrooms or libraries (published within the last five years). The reviews can be up to 500 words in length, and we recommend the “Writing a Book Review” resource on the Purdue Online Writing Lab’s website for a list of questions and considerations that would be useful in crafting your review. The review should also include an instructional strategy or technique that can be used with the book to promote literacy learning or engagement. These manuscripts will be reviewed by the journal’s editors. The book review form that is given to peer reviewers can be a helpful guideline for finalizing your manuscript.
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