Language and Literacy: A Canadian Educational E-journal

Articles in Language & Literacy are not published as issues. Instead, submissions are accepted and published continuously. The most recent articles appear on the Articles page. Older articles are moved to the Archives section.

How to Submit a Paper

Language & Literacy invites contributions of research articles, position papers, fiction and poetry, and reviews concerning literacy issues. Please add a short biographical statement (approximately 50 words).

Research articles and position papers must be accompanied by a 50-100 word abstract.

All submissions should follow APA or MLA format for citations.

Please send submissions in RTF (Rich Text Format) from your word processor.

Articles should be accompanied by a letter confirming that the article has not been published elsewhere and will not be under consideration elsewhere while in the review process for Language and Literacy. If published, the author agrees not reprint the article in any form for a year

Articles based upon research should be accompanied by a cover letter confirming that the author has observed the Tri-Council Ethical Guidelines or appropriate institutional guidelines related to ethical conduct of research.

For co-authored papers, please indicate which author will serve as the contact person.

Send submissions to Shelley Stagg Peterson at shelleystagg.peterson@utoronto.ca.

Language & Literacy Author Form

Review Procedures:
Peer review is done by at least two reviewers who have knowledge of the topic and/or form of the article. Authors will be notified only after all reviews are completed. Authors should expect an approximate 3-month turnaround time from article submission until notification of decision from an editor. Generally, accepted articles are published within a year of submission. The decision of the editors is final.

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the written permission of the editors, except as stated below.

Language & Literacy grants permission to individuals to download or print single copies of articles for personal use or individuals may photocopy a single work without written permission for non-profit, one-time classroom use. Any person may reproduce short excerpts from Language & Literacy contributions for any purpose that respects the moral rights of authors, provided that the source is fully acknowledged. As a courtesy, the consent of authors of such material should be obtained directly from the author.