I. GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCH PAPERS
Submitted research papers should not exceed 7,500 words, or about 25double-spaced pages, plus endnotes. Please regard this as an upper limit;shorter papers are certainly welcome. Endnotes and bibliographic citationsshould follow the Chicago Manual of Style. Papers may not be simultaneouslysubmitted to any other conferences. Papers previously published, presented,accepted or under review are ineligible. Only one paper per author will beaccepted for presentation in the conference's research sessions, and at leastone author for each paper must be at the convention in order to present thepaper. If accepted, each paper presenter at a conference Research Session maybe allotted no more than 15 minutes. To be considered, please observe thefollowing guidelines:
Submission by e-mail attachment in MS Word is required. No otherformat or faxes or postal mail submissions will be accepted.
Include one separate title page containing title, author/s, affiliation/s, andthe address, phone, fax, and e-mail of the lead author.
Also include a second title page containing only the paper's title and thepaper's abstract. The abstract should be approximately 250 words in length.
Your name and affiliation should not appear anywhere in the paper [thisinformation 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 250words. If accepted, each presenter at a conference Work-in-Progress session maybe allotted no more than 10 minutes. To be considered, please observe thefollowing guidelines:
Submission by e-mail attachment using MS Word is required. Noother format or faxes or postal mail submissions will be accepted.
Include one separate title page containing title, author/s, affiliation/s, andthe address, phone, fax and e-mail of the lead author.
Also include a second page containing only the work's title and the actualabstract of the work-in-progress. The abstract should be approximately 250words in length.
III. GUIDELINES FOR PROPOSALS FOR PANELS
Submission by e-mail attachment in MS Word is required. No otherformat or faxes or postal mail submissions will be accepted.
Panelproposals should contain the panel title, possible participants and theiraffiliation and e-mail addresses, and a description of the panel's subject. Thedescription should be approximately 250 words in length.
Panels are encouraged on any topic related to the study, teaching or practiceof literary journalism. See http://www.ialjs.org/?page_id=21.
IV. EVALUATION CRITERIA, DEADLINES ANDCONTACT INFORMATION
All research paper submissions will be evaluated on originality and importanceof topic; literature review; clarity of research purpose; focus; use oforiginal and primary sources and how they support the paper's purpose andconclusions; writing quality and organization; and the degree to which thepaper contributes to the study of literary journalism. Similarly, abstracts ofworks-in-progress and panel proposals will be evaluated on the degree to whichthey contribute to the study of literary journalism. Submissions from studentsas 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, BrockUniversity (Canada)
2011 IALJS-6 Program Co-Chair; e-mail: ralexand@brocku.ca
Prof. Willa McDonald, MacquarieUniversity (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 goto 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