This is from our fearless newsletter editor (soon-to-be Incoming Co-Chair), Alex Monceaux. Please consider contributing. It really helps other people in the Interest Section and it’s a great way to add a publishing credit to your resumé.
Hello,
We ask that you consider contributing an article for the MWIS Newsletter. Below are several options.
Submission Ideas
- Write an article on your area of interest and expertise in materials writing/publishing.
- Write up a convention session as a full article, report, summary (300–500 words)
- Write a book review (see below for details).
- Write an article on setting up a publishing business, finding publishing or materials writing work, self-promoting, self-publishing, designing digital documents, dealing with taxes, and or negotiating contracts.
- Paper on tenacity and doggedness in the face of brutal revisions, edits, and rejections.
- Papers on how challenges caused one to alter career choices, making all the difference in his or her profession.
- Papers on how the MWIS professional community helps to bridge gaps and foster networking in a challenging
Deadlines: Submissions are due 5 February 2018 for the March (pre-conference) newsletter.
Submission Guidelines
- Articles and Snapshots should
- have the title in ALL CAPS;
- list a byline (author’s name with embedded email, affiliation, city, country, and an author photo);
- include a 50-word teaser for the newsletter homepage;
- be no longer than 1,750 words (including teasers, tables, and bios);
- contain no more than five citations;
- include a 2-to 3-sentence author biography;
- follow the style guidelines in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition (APA style);
- be in .doc, .docx, .rtf, or .txt format; and
- have all figures, graphs, and other images labeled and sent as separate jpg files.
- Book reviews should be 650–1,000 words in length and
- include a 50-word teaser for the newsletter homepage;
- include a 2- to 3-sentence reviewer biography and reviewer photo;
- follow the style guidelines in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition (APA Style);
- be in .doc or .docx, .rtf, or .txt format; and
- have all figures, graphs, and other images labeled and sent as separate jpg files.
Also, please let us know if you have specific interests as readers; this way we can seek out articles that are helpful for you, including surveys or other items.
Please send all submissions to Alex Monceaux and Cerise Santora at alex.monceaux@lamar.edu
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