Periodicals
- The Writing Lab Newsletter edited by Muriel Harris, provides a monthly forum for writing center concerns during the academic year.
- The Writing Center Journal edited by Neal Lerner and Beth Boquet, offers in its two issues per year longer articles on writing center theory and research.
- The IWCA Update, edited by Nita Meola, Columbia College Chicago, provides a biennial forum for IWCA information and publishes a wide range of shorter texts.
IWCA Press
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Byron Stay, General Editor
P. O. Box 7007
16300 Old Emmitsburg Road
Emmitsburg, MD 21727
301-447-5333
301-447-5755 (fax)
stay@msmary.edu
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Book manuscripts and proposals are welcome on subjects concerning writing centers and other related issues.
Full manuscripts.
Full manuscripts should be double-spaced and sent, along with a cover letter and a disk, preferably in Word Perfect. Please do not send unrevised theses or dissertations.
Book proposals.
Proposals, with one to three sample chapters, should include discussions of the following:
- Biographical information
- What other scholarly activities have you been involved in? How did you become interested in the project?
- Professional context
- What is the scholarly context of your book?
- How does your book differ from other scholarship in the field?
- Who is your audience?
- How will they use the book?
- What are your objectives in writing it?
- Organization
- The proposal should include an outline of chapters with a brief summary of each one.
- What illustrations, artwork, appendices, or bibliographies will be included?
- What do you anticipate will be your primary conclusions?
- What is the book's focus?
- How is the book innovative?
- Length and time to completion
- At what stage is the manuscript in at the present time? How long will it take for the manuscript to be completed? What is the estimated length of the book in pages (assuming 250 words per page)?
Review Process:
Upon receiving a proposal we will make an initial determination as to the manuscript's suitability for IWCA Press. Based upon this decision, we will either
- reject it
- send it to two readers for review
Upon receiving the readers' responses we will either
- reject the proposal
- ask for revision and re-submission
- ask for the full manuscript and set a time-table for completion
Upon receiving the full manuscript, we will
- ask for revision or
send out contract and time-table for publication|
IWCA Press will be responsible for marketing.
Book writers will receive five complimentary copies. Book editors will receive two complimentary copies. Writers of individual chapters of books will receive one complimentary copy. Books will be registered with the Library of Congress and given ISBN numbers.
Send proposals and completed manuscripts to
Byron Stay, General Editor
IWCA Press
P.O. Box 7007
16300 Old Emmitsburg Road
Emmitsburg, MD 21727
IWCA Update: The International Writing Centers Association Newsletter
Call for proposals (pdf).
Past issues:
Volume 7, Issue 1
Volume 7, Issue 2
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