IALJS-6: "Literary Journalism: Theoria, Poiesis and Praxis"

I. GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCH PAPERS

Submitted research papers should not exceed 7,500 words, or about 25 double-spaced pages, plus endnotes. Please regard this as an upper limit; shorter papers are certainly welcome. Endnotes and bibliographic citations should follow the Chicago Manual of Style. Papers may not be simultaneously submitted to any other conferences. Papers previously published, presented, accepted or under review are ineligible. Only one paper per author will be accepted for presentation in the conference's research sessions, and at least one author for each paper must be at the convention in order to present the paper. If accepted, each paper presenter at a conference Research Session may be allotted no more than 15 minutes. To be considered, please observe the following guidelines:

Submission by e-mail attachment in MS Word is required. No other format or faxes or postal mail submissions will be accepted.
Include one separate title page containing title, author/s, affiliation/s, and the address, phone, fax, and e-mail of the lead author.
Also include a second title page containing only the paper's title and the paper's abstract. The abstract should be approximately 250 words in length.
Your name and affiliation should not appear anywhere in the paper [this information will only appear on the first title page; see (b) above].

II. GUIDELINES FOR WORK-IN-PROGRESS PRESENTATIONS (ABSTRACTS)

Submitted abstracts for Work-in-Progress Sessions should not exceed 250 words. If accepted, each presenter at a conference Work-in-Progress session may be allotted no more than 10 minutes. To be considered, please observe the following guidelines:

Submission by e-mail attachment using MS Word is required. No other format or faxes or postal mail submissions will be accepted.
Include one separate title page containing title, author/s, affiliation/s, and the address, phone, fax and e-mail of the lead author.
Also include a second page containing only the work's title and the actual abstract of the work-in-progress. The abstract should be approximately 250 words in length.

III. GUIDELINES FOR PROPOSALS FOR PANELS

Submission by e-mail attachment in MS Word is required. No other format or faxes or postal mail submissions will be accepted.

Panel proposals should contain the panel title, possible participants and their affiliation and e-mail addresses, and a description of the panel's subject. The description should be approximately 250 words in length.
Panels are encouraged on any topic related to the study, teaching or practice of literary journalism. See http://www.ialjs.org/?page_id=21.

IV. EVALUATION CRITERIA, DEADLINES AND CONTACT INFORMATION

All research paper submissions will be evaluated on originality and importance of topic; literature review; clarity of research purpose; focus; use of original and primary sources and how they support the paper's purpose and conclusions; writing quality and organization; and the degree to which the paper contributes to the study of literary journalism. Similarly, abstracts of works-in-progress and panel proposals will be evaluated on the degree to which they contribute to the study of literary journalism. Submissions from students as well as faculty are encouraged.


Please submit research papers or abstracts of works-in-progress  presentations to:

Prof. Isabel Soares, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (Portugal)
2011 IALJS-6 Research Chair; e-mail: isoares@iscsp.utl.pt

Please submit proposals for panels to either:

Prof. Rob Alexander, Brock University (Canada)
2011 IALJS-6 Program Co-Chair; e-mail: ralexand@brocku.ca

Prof. Willa McDonald, Macquarie University (Australia)
2011 IALJS-6 Program Co-Chair; e-mail: willa.mcdonald@scmp.mq.edu.au

Deadline for all submissions: No later than 1 December  2010


For more information regarding the conference or the association, please go to http://WWW.IALJS.ORG or contact:

Prof. Alice Trindade, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (Portugal)
IALJS President; e-mail: atrindade@iscsp.utl.pt

Prof. Bill Reynolds, Ryerson University (Canada)
IALJS Vice President/Treasurer; e-mail: reynolds@ryerson.ca

Prof. Norman Sims, Secretary (U.S.A.)
IALJS Secretary; e-mail: sims@journ.umass.edu

Prof. David Abrahamson, Northwestern University (U.S.A.)
Immediate Past IALJS President, e-mail: d-abrahamson@northwestern.edu

Prof. John S. Bak, Nancy-Université (France)
Founding IALJS President; e-mail:  john.bak@univ-nancy2.fr