The next issue of TEXT will be published in October 2010

Submission

Submissions are accepted throughout the year. The refereeing process can take up to 4 months and every effort is made to publish the successful submissions in the following editon of TEXT. However, it is not uncommon to carry papers over to a later edition.

For information please contact the editors at text@griffith.edu.au

Book reviews are not normally refereed, however a substantial article built around several books may qualify for refereeing. For information regarding book reviews contact the reviews editor Dr Enza Gandolfo enza.gandolfo@vu.edu.au

TEXT welcomes submission of research articles on creative and professional writing and processes, the teaching of writing, creative work, book reviews, letters and notices. TEXT occasionally publishes specific-topic collections or longer works in its Special Issue Series.

Please note, TEXT has a policy on re-refereeing and re-publishing: a paper previously published in conference proceedings or elsewhere must be significantly developed for refereeing for TEXT. We do not send to referees papers to which the response will be: "Well, this article has already been published". We imagine that a published conference paper of around 3,500 words would increase in size to something like 7,000 words in being significantly developed…or would become another paper entirely.

Also, creative work in TEXT is refereed. TEXT considers contributions of stories, poetry, memoir, etc providing that the matter of the creative work concerns exploration of creativity, or the nature and processes of writing, or the nature and processes of the teaching of writing, or investigation of writers' issues, lifestyles, or such like. Optionally, creative contributions may be accompanied by a 250-word research statement in the ERA format.

All submissions are electronic and should be sent via email attachments to text@griffith.edu.au

 

How to send in a submission

It's an all-electronic process
TEXT is an electronic journal.
Email a contribution as an attachment to: text@griffith.edu.au
TEXT can accommodate hypertext, images and most facilities available on the web.

Submit in 'Word'
We prefer to do our own coding and request that submissions be sent as a simple 'Word' document in either Mac or IBM platforms. Photographs, illustrations, etc can be incorporated into the 'Word' document, but should also be submitted as separate jpegs.

Footnotes No, Simple endnotes Yes
TEXT does not use footnotes. Instead we run a list of linked notes at the end of the piece. Submissions utilising numbered notes or appendices should have them listed at the end with, of course, clear indication in the body of the text showing where they'll be linked to. Please don't use the computerised footnote or endnote devices available on most 'Word' systems.

Referencing
For referencing, TEXT strongly prefers the Author-date system (which the editors adapt to online publication). For useful information regarding style, see http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm
Example:
Walker, J R & Tayler, T 1998 The Columbia guide to online style. New York: Columbia University Press
Example:
Dawson, P 2008 'Creative writing and postmodern interdisciplinarity'. TEXT 12, 1 April. Available at http://www.textjournal.com.au/april08/dawson [accessed 21 April 2008]

Biographical Note
Please always include a biographical note with your submission, and if appropriate an indication of your affiliated tertiary institution.

Subject Index / Keywords
To list your paper in the subject index please provide no more than 3 keywords or phrases suitable for inclusion in the index.

Reviews
For requirements regarding submission of reviews, please contact the Reviews Editor, Dr Enza Gandolfo enza.gandolfo@vu.edu.au

Poetry and prose
For issues relating to the publication policy for creative works such as poetry and prose please contact the Poetry and Prose Editor, Steve Evans at steve.evans@flinders.edu.au

Hypertext and Digital Writing submission
To discuss the suitability of hypertext submission please contact the Digital Writing Editor, Jason Nelson at w.nelson@griffith.edu.au

Unusual submissions
If you have any inquires regarding unusual or complex submissions, contact the editors, Jen Webb and Nigel Krauth, at text@griffith.edu.au

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