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Reading Matters | Volume 17 • Winter 2017 | | V
CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS
SCIRA’s Reading Matters
Classroom teachers, teacher educators, administrators, and researchers
are invited to submit manuscripts to SCIRA’s professional journal,
Reading Matters. Authors are requested to submit unpublished work
not under consideration by any other publication.
Types of Submissions:
Reading Matters welcomes practical, theoretical, and research articles,
generally no more than 15 pages, related to all areas of literacy.
Articles should be clearly written, purposeful, and discuss the topic
in some depth where treatment of the topic is interesting, insightful,
and based on the writers’ experience. Brief commentary pieces on
teaching literacy are welcomed, as well as short teaching tips, teacher
or student poetry, vignettes of classroom experiences, and student
writing and/or artwork (with parental permission).
Manuscript Form:
Manuscripts should follow APA 6 style guidelines. Please be
sure to include an abstract. As manuscripts are subject to blind review,
content should not reveal author identities or affiliations.
Full references for all citations should be included, following
APA guidelines.
Submitting a Manuscript:
Manuscripts should be typed in Microsoft Word and sent as an email
attachment to and malloy2@clemson.
edu. When naming your file, please use simple, clear file names.
Include a cover page giving the author(s)’ names, affiliation, complete
mailing address, email address, and home and work telephone
numbers. Manuscripts will be peer reviewed and edited for style,
content, and space limitations by the editor.
The Review Process:
Manuscripts undergo a blind-review process, with at least two
reviewers from the Editorial Review Board. Acceptance decisions are
based on interest and relevance to SCIRA membership, usefulness,
clarity, timeliness, and cohesiveness. The overall balance of the
journal’s content also influences editors’ selections.
Manuscript Deadline: May 30, 2017