SUBMISSION
GUIDELINES FOR
AUTHORS:
Approximate
Word Limit for Articles
2,000-2,500
words of in-depth, referenced analysis.
Format
All articles
should be submitted in their final form and should conform to the
following guidelines:
- Submissions must be typewritten on one
side of the paper only, double-spaced with 1-inch margins, and
numbered pages.
- Titles and subheadings should be succinct.
Women for Women International reserves the right to alter titles
and subheadings in consultation with the author.
- Tables and figures should be avoided
wherever possible. If absolutely necessary, they should be printed
on separate pages and numbered in the order in which they are
referred to in the text, e.g., (Table 1) (Figure 1). The author
must supply a camera-ready copy.
- Block indent any quotations of more than
50 words. Other quotations should be inside double quotation
marks. Use square brackets [ ] to indicate matter inserted into a
quotation, and a space followed by three periods and a space to
indicate matter omitted. Please indicate where emphasis is added
in any quotation.
- An
acronym used repeatedly should be cited in its entirety along with
the abbreviation in parentheses on first reference, e.g., Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All subsequent citations
should use only the abbreviation.
- For other format issues, please conform to
The Chicago Manual of Style.
Language
- American spelling forms should be used,
and authors are responsible for consistency in hyphenating words,
abbreviations, and the use of capital letters. Bold and italicized
words in the text are discouraged. Articles must be written in
non-sexist and non-racist language.
- Authors should use a clear, accessible
style, free from specialized jargon, in order to reach the widest
audience possible. Experts and academics referred to in the text
should be identified, e.g., “Political economist Safiétou Faye
believes,” rather than “Safiétou Faye believes.”
References
- The journal uses endnotes rather than
footnotes. Citations
listed more than once should use the short form for subsequent
listings.
- Place the endnote number at the end of the
sentence in which it appears, except when the reference falls
within a bracket.
- Assign a separate number to each endnote
throughout the text, even when referring back to a previously
cited source.
- The first endnote should include any
acknowledgements of grant support, substantial assistance,
etc.
- Bibliographies should only list works
directly cited in the endnotes. Lists of general works consulted
cannot be published.
Copyright
- The journal will consider articles
submitted for publication with the understanding that they have
not been published or accepted for publication
elsewhere. Authors
are responsible for the accuracy of quotations and references and
for obtaining permission where needed to cite or republish another
author’s material. Such use must be clearly noted and
acknowledged.
- Once an article has been accepted for
publication, it becomes the property of Women for Women
International and may not be reproduced or published elsewhere by
third parties without written permission from Women for Women
International. Authors retain the right to reuse any portion of
the work, without fee, in their future works, including books,
articles, lectures and presentations in all media, with
appropriate citation. In accordance with the 1978 U.S. copyright
law, all authors submitting articles to the journal must sign a
copyright transfer agreement.
Journal
Copies
Each author
will be mailed two copies of the issue in which the article appears.
Authors should contact Women for Women International if additional
copies are needed.
Submission
- Submissions should be sent by e-mail as an
attachment,
preferably in MS Word for Windows.
- In
addition to the article, authors must provide a detachable title
page that includes the title and author(s), a 200-word abstract of
the article, a 50-word biographical profile of the author(s) that
includes titles, degrees, academic and professional affiliations,
and correspondence information (address, telephone, e-mail, and
fax) for the author(s).
- All submitted articles are subject to peer
editorial review and revision; those that are accepted will be
edited according to journal standards. Authors will be given
reasonable periods of time to submit revisions to content as
recommended by a peer reviewer, and stylistic edits as recommended
by journal editorial staff. Corrections of punctuation, spelling,
and style will not be submitted for author’s approval if they do
not alter the sense of the original article. If previously
accepted articles do not adequately address mutually agreed upon
revisions by the deadline, Women for Women International reserves
the right to cancel publication of the article.
Contact
Information
Women for
Women International
Attn: Critical Half
4455 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20008
202-737-7705
criticalhalf@womenforwomen.org
Women for
Women International provides women survivors of war, civil strife,
and other conflicts with the tools and resources to move from crisis
and poverty to stability and self-sufficiency, thereby promoting
viable civil societies.
Deadline: May 21, 2007
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