Series Editors: Christopher D. M. Andrews, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi; Chen Chen, Utah State University; Lydia Wilkes, Auburn University
Submissions to the #writing series should follow the guidelines provided below. Please direct queries to any of the series editors. The #writing series does not currently accept edited collections.
Submissions will be reviewed using an open peer-review process. Submissions to the series should be informed by the Clearinghouse invitation to contribute scholarly work, its statement on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and its statement on publication ethics. Our peer reviews should be informed by those statements as well and should also follow the guidelines provided in the description of Clearinghouse peer review processes. In addition, peer reviews are expected to be guided by the statement on anti-racist scholarly reviewing practices, which can be found at https://tinyurl.com/reviewheuristic.
The series editors will not consider work submitted simultaneously for consideration by another publisher.
Please provide the information outlined below. Our submissions portal will ask you to provide the following:
Authors wishing to submit proposals for the #writing series may use any prospectus format they wish. Please be prepared to upload one or more files including the following information.
Files may be submitted as PDF documents or word processing documents (Word, Open Document Format, Google Doc, etc).
Complete manuscript submissions should include a cover letter with similar information to that listed above.
Manuscript preparation guidelines may be found in the Guide for Authors and Editors. We suggest following these guidelines loosely for an initial submission; if the book is approved for production, you will be asked to adhere closely to the guidelines.
#writing will open-review all prospectus through a combination of our editorial board and author-suggested reviewers. All review comments will be weighted equally and will be advisory--respected, but not conclusory--to the editors’ judgement. Based on this open- and editorial review, the series editor will rank proposals and contact the author of the highest-rated proposal to request a complete manuscript. The proposal acceptance (with advanced contract) will occur no later than three months after the proposal was submitted.
Draft Review
In cases where a proposal acceptance is extended to a high-risk concept and/or when the book has not yet been started by an author at proposal time, the editor may request an intermediate review of the in-progress manuscript and conversation with the author about its progress. This intermediate review will happen no later than eight months after proposal acceptance. The series editor reserve the right to pull an advanced contract if sufficient progress on the manuscript has not been completed by this deadline. Authors are encouraged to work on their manuscripts in open formats (blogs, etc.), if they want.
Manuscript Review
Authors whose proposals are accepted will be required to submit a full manuscript no later than ten months after the proposal has been accepted. Manuscripts will be distributed to two editorial reviewers from the WAC Clearinghouse Publications Board and/or open/solicited review, depending on the type of manuscript, the editors’ recommendations, and the author’s request. If the reviews indicate that the manuscript’s argument has not been adequately made at this point of the writing process, the editor may either work with the author or (if revisions are seen as extraordinary) revoke the advance contract.
Completed Manuscript
The final book manuscript, with all necessary revisions, is due to the editor no later than four months after revision-letter receipt (depending on initial advanced contract timeline). This timeline is strict due to the pedagogical instruction that accompanies the production process for #writing.
The #writing series offers books in free digital editions and low-cost print editions. Books are offered through a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License. Copyright is held by the author(s) or editor(s) of the books. The WAC Clearinghouse covers the costs of reviewing, designing, producing, and distributing the books. Any proceeds from sales of print books in the series are used to support the publication of subsequent books. Our goal as a publisher is to make work available to the widest possible audience while maintaining the highest standards in scholarly publishing. We welcome contributions to the series and to the larger goal of supporting open-access scholarly publishing. If you have questions about the goals of the larger WAC Clearinghouse project, please contact Mike Palmquist at Mike.Palmquist@ColoState.edu.