Guide for Authors: Editorial Style and Submission Guidelines

Consider the Audience:

Unlike traditional textbooks that view the text’s audience as being solely students, the UWP Journal views the audience and its contributors to be one in the same: students and teachers interested in writing studies. While the journal is used within the classroom context, and while students do read the journal, this is not a student journal. This is also not a pedagogy-based journal for lecturers of writing to discuss best classroom practices or to relate what students “should” do to grow as writers. The UWP Journal is a place where those interested in writing studies can contribute to larger conversations about writing and grow as writers and writing researchers through the dissemination of knowledge and their interests in writing.

Since the UWP Journal is used as a primary text in UNC Charlotte’s first-year writing courses, the journal is printed as a “consumable” product. As a consumable, the text cannot be resold because by its very design it is intended to have its owner interacting with the text (i.e., highlighting, writing in, marking up, etc.). This means that the audience of the text is invited to interact with the content in many ways. We invite you to consider how you would like the audience to interact with your contribution. Feel free to include exercises or questions alongside of your work; however, these interactive components should not be considered to be merely focused on students; but rather, your focus should be on interacting with others who are thinking about and studying writing from diverse perspectives.

Formatting

● 2000-3500 words ● Times New Roman, size 12 font, 1” margins, double-spaced ● Page number in the right-aligned header (no other information in header) ● Indent each paragraph and double-space all text without additional spacing after paragraphs ● Single space after period and inside of quotation marks (e.g., Sally said, “Yes.”) ● Standardized em dashes with no spaces before or after (e.g., Good news—or so they thought.) ● Order of text: 1. Title (centered, major words capitalized) 2. Author’s name (centered) 3. Abstract (left aligned and labeled) 4. Body of article 5. Endnotes, References (Works Cited) 6. Picture & Author Bio (Only if you have been selected to contribute.)

Design

● Headers: All left aligned. 1. 1st level: Bold, every major section capitalized 2. 2nd level: italicized, every major section capitalized ● Format long quotations by indenting them .5”. ● Lists and other visual elements can be separated into two columns or in boxes if it looks cleaner; however, these visual elements are subject to modifications made by editors. ● When needed, please add a comment to areas where you need to make a note or ask a question about design (go to your “review” tab, highlight the area that you would like to address, and then select “New Comment”)

Citation

● Authors can choose MLA or APA ● Authors must provide more than the URL (you should indicate who wrote or published the sources, the name of the website, date, and any other important identifying information)

Images & Videos

● Within the primary document itself, label each image Figure 1, Figure 2, and so on, with a brief explanation of captions (every major word capitalized in the label) ● Indicate within the text (or with a “New Comment” in your “Review” tab) weather the image should be printed the entire width of the text or if the image can be smaller. ● Images should also be attached as separate .jpeg files with your materials (save images with your last name followed by the figure number, (e.g.Cook.Figure1.jpeg) ● Author bio images should be cropped and resized to be no more than 2 inches in both height and width. ● Editors can work with authors to improve image quality. Editors may also need to edit images to best suit the needs of the journal. ● All images that will or might be used in the final draft of your work should be submitted with your first full draft to the reader committee. ● Images that are copyright protected will need editor approval. This is not to discourage you from suggesting the use of protected material; however, to keep our costs low for students, we will need to make sure that the use of such images are monetarily feasible to that goal. For more information about public domain images and licensing information, see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:When_to_use_the_PD-Art_tag ● For videos, please add a “New Comment” using the “Review” feature to provide an embedded code in a comment to designate where the video should be referenced within the article. Note that the print issue of the journal will not be made available digitally until the next issue is released. This means that you will need to provide an image and caption for the video as well, following all the guidelines for images above.

Submissions should include the following (all materials should be saved as a .doc, .docx, or a .jpeg file): ● Your primary work. See the section on Formatting, above, and all materials included in the “Order of Text.” Use the following format to save this file: Last Name, First Name. Title of Article, e.g., Smith.Todd.TheOrderingGame ● Images, saved using the following format: Last Name. Figure Number, e.g. Williams.Figure3 ● Within the actual file, remove all identifying markers ● After your second review, if your work has been recommended for publication in the journal, you will be required to submit a signed copyright agreement form.

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