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HORIZONS® strives to publish articles that will interest the
reflective and inquiring educator. Querying us first by first-class letter or
e-mail, including your proposed topic and length, is recommended before
submitting a manuscript.
Ordinarily, guest
editors assemble the manuscripts for
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HORIZONS®. Occasionally they request
that we run a general call for papers in the pages of
educational
HORIZONS®
or on our Web page, at www.pilambda.org. Acceptance of other submissions
depends on unpredictable openings in the schedule.
If you are
interested in submitting your paper under these circumstances, feel free to
submit the piece elsewhere at the same time; just apprise us of that fact and
specify how long you can wait to hear from us pro or con. Again, sending a
preliminary inquiry with your proposed topic and length is recommended.
Specific
manuscript guidelines
—Our research
pieces are generally 2,500–4,000 words, and our essays in the 1,000–2000 word
range.
—Submission by
e-mail attachment is acceptable, as is mailing a diskette. (Include a .txt.
version of the file if possible.) Submission of hard copy alone is discouraged.
—Please include
the full names of all authors as you would wish them published, plus a current
job title or, if none, description.
—We encourage using a standard software template, with one typeface only and one-inch margins all around. We definitely discourage the insertion of graphics and automatic-style functions such as reference numeral programs.
Please:
- no tabs
- roman or italics only (no boldface or underline). To distinguish different levels of heads and subheads, merely use consistent combinations of italics, capitalization, and centering.
- no extraneous graphical devices and extra typefaces
- no automatic functions (footnotes, outlining, etc.). If you wish to use endnotes, please eschew superscript or subscript and merely type them at the end of the manuscript and denote your reference numerals thus immediately following the end of the sentence. (1) Author-date notes ("APA style") are acceptable.
- save extra elements, such as sidebars, as separate files
- set charts and graphs in Microsoft Excel