Call for Papers
New York State Reading Association
Language and Literacy Spectrum
Deadline: January 19, 2011
This issue is drawing from the 2011 theme of the New York State Reading Association’s annual conference, “Multiple Literacies.” How are your students
empowered by the multiple literacies available to them in and out of school? How have mandated state assessments impacted literacy policies and practice? For
this issue we invite you to submit articles that focus on the many languages and forms of literacy that populate today’s classrooms. We encourage articles from K12 practitioners on the power literacy brings to their classrooms and students. We also welcome articles written by authors and presenters who will appear at the
NYSRA conference in March.
Book Reviews
Deadline: Ongoing
The Language and Literacy Spectrum welcomes reviews of new fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and online resources for the K-12 classroom. In addition we welcome
reviews of recent books on reading/literacy research, practice, and pedagogy.
Submission Guidelines
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Length requirements: 500 to 5,000 words depending on type of submission. We expect submissions will be well-edited, and well-proofread prior to submission
All submissions should follow APA format
All submissions should be submitted as Word documents that are double-spaced and in 12pt Times New Roman font
All submissions should include an author biography of 50 to 75 words that includes an email address where readers can contact them
All article submissions should include an abstract of 125 words or less
All submissions will be put through our peer-review process
Submissions should be sent to: Donna.Mahar@esc.edu
Call for Editorial Reviewers
The Language and Literacy Spectrum is a peer-reviewed publication. We invite K-12 teachers, teacher educators, and university researchers to join our editorial
review board. Reviewers are asked to review several articles per year and provide feedback regarding suitability for publication.
The Editorial Review Board is essential to ensuring the high quality of the Language and Literacy Spectrum. With your help we can continue to publish a highquality journal that provides relevant and timely information to the NYSRA community.
To become a member of the Editorial Review Board please send a letter of interest and current CV to: Dr. Donna Mahar,
Donna.Mahar@esc.edu
You can expect to receive articles for review and revision between December 2010 and April 2011.