SUBMISSION INFORMATION

Instructions to Authors
All submissions to SSS Journal go through a double-blind peer review process. Full manuscripts (only) in English are accepted for submission to the journal.  We do not accept simultaneous submissions or previously published articles or material.  Please submit your materials via email to:

Caren Neile, Ph.D., Managing Editor
Director, South Florida Storytelling Project
Florida Atlantic University
email:  cneile@fau.edu

SSS Journal Author Submission Checklist

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
Full manuscripts (only) in English are accepted for submission to the journal.  We do not accept simultaneous submissions or previously published articles or material.  Please submit your materials via email to:

Caren Neile, Ph.D., Managing Editor
Director, South Florida Storytelling Project
Florida Atlantic University
email:  cneile@fau.edu

1.  A SEPARATE COVER PAGE SHOULD INCLUDE ALL OF THE  FOLLOWING AUTHOR'S CONTACT INFORMATION AND A HISTORY OF THE PAPER:

 _____ Title of the paper

_____ Full names of the author(s).  For multiple authors, please indicate which author is to receive correspondence and proofs

_____ Author(s) organization affiliation

_____ Complete U.S. or International mailing addresses

_____ Telephone and fax numbers

_____ Email addresses

_____ History of the paper (if presented previously at a conference, if published in smaller/larger version, based on thesis research, contributions of others, etc.)

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION:

 _____ Manuscript length is up to 9,000 words, inclusive of notes and references

_____ Separate abstract of no more than 120 words

_____ Prepare the document in Microsoft WORD only.  No other formats accepted. If you use WordPerfect, check to see if it offers a “save as Word” option

_____ Format body of the paper in standard 8.5" x 11" page size. All copy, including references and captions, must be typed double-spaced

_____ Word Processing:  12 point type, double spaced, one-inch margins, page numbers, etc.

_____ Authors are encouraged to use gender-cultural sensitive language

_____ Figures should be prepared separately, not embedded in your Word file. Figures should be professionally prepared and in camera-ready copy. Photographs should be submitted as unscreened glossy prints

_____ Bibliography:  The accuracy and completeness of the references is the responsibility of the author

_____ Remove all references that would reveal the identity of the author

STYLE USED:

_____ The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (6th ed.). (2003). New York: Modern Language Association of America.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT OF MANUSCRIPTS:
All material submitted will be acknowledged upon receipt and subject to peer review.  Referees' comments will be forwarded to the author along with the editorial decisions and recommendations.

COPYRIGHT:
No article can be published until SSS Journal receives a signed publication agreement.  This will be discussed with authors when papers are accepted for publication.