Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

If submitting for the Journal, the submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor). If submitting for the Annual Conference, please abide to their rules.
The submission file is in Microsoft Word (.docx) file type. The file name is labelled as either OC_title for open call or SI_title for special issue (ex. conference), or CP_title for conference proposal.
The submission is anonymous and does not contain any identifying information. Please de-identify your .docx file. See: https://ucanr.edu/sites/anrpeerreview/For_Associate_Editors/Instructions_for_online_peer_system/Anonymizing_a_Word_document/
Where available, DOIs and/or URLs for the references have been provided.
The text is double-spaced; uses 11-12-point Calibri, Arial or Times New Roman font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); 1-inch margins.
The text adheres to the APA7 bibliographic style and agrees with the Author Guidelines.
FOR JOURNAL SUBMISSIONS ONLY Title (25 words max), and 3-5 keywords are also listed. Abstract (150-200 words). 1-2 sentence(s) researcher bio is also to be included (if accepted).
All images, graphs, etc. are accompanied by alt-text. If images are not owned by the author, the author must send the Managing Editor copyright permissions from the creator of the images. If the images are owned by the author, the author must email the Managing Editor permission to use their images.
If applicable, any conflicts of interest are declared at the end of the manuscript.

Author Guidelines

If your manuscript is writing-based, please use this template to help structure your submission. Download here: WORD

We accept submissions written in first and third-person perspectives.

All submissions to the journal must list graduate students as the first author.

Alumni from graduate programs who have finished their masters or doctoral studies within the last two years, and who do not currently hold a position in academia, may submit as a second author with a current graduate student.

Papers co-authored by faculty members will not be accepted. We encourage graduate students publishing with faculty members to submit to journals that do not focus on graduate student research.

Plagiarism Policy

YU-WRITE has adopted the definition of plagiarism as defined in York University’s Senate Policy on Academic Honesty section 2.1.

Articles

ONLY FOR OPEN-CALL ISSUES

Article submissions are original academic works that have not been published in another venue. Articles must be 3000-4000 words (not including references) plus adherence to the submission requirements.

Each submission must adhere to the general submission requirements. Creative submissions may also submit images as part of a spread unless stated otherwise.

We accept literature review articles in our journal, as long as we have reviewers available who have sufficient knowledge of the field. Should we not have reviewers available, we will be unable to accept the article.

Conference Proceedings

ONLY FOR POST-CONFERENCE ISSUES

Conference proceedings are academic articles that emerged from the YGSE’s annual conference. Conference proceedings are 2000-3000 words (not including references). Submissions must include the general submission requirements.

If submitting from Panel or Salon sessions, think about how this paper is a reflection of your discussions and imagined possibilities. Outline that your paper is based on the salon discussion. How has having the conversations impacted you and your thinking? Think about bigger themes that arose from these conversations. IMPORTANT: Due to privacy concerns, no identifying information and no personal stories from the people who attended the Salon or Panel should be included. Do not quote people/conversations from the conference unless you were given permission from that person.

If submitting from Creative (Gall-re/Gallery) or Poster sessions, OR if just responding to your conference session (like a structured reflection) authors/creators can choose to submit one of the following:

2000-3000 word (not including references) paper.
250-500 words short feature.

Each submission must adhere to the general submission requirements. Creative submissions may also submit images as part of a spread unless stated otherwise. (Note: any images used must have copyright permissions from the creator sent to the Managing Editor)

If invited to submit a Keynote presentation, please ensure that your papers have proper citations and references. Headings and subheadings may be used to provide flow. (Keynote invitees are not subjected to a review process, but will go through copyediting).

Inspiring Books/Art/Film Review

ONLY FOR OPEN-CALL ISSUES

Must be 1000-1500 words (references not included) plus adhere to the submission requirements.

We invite reviews that have inspired your thinking, theory, and pedagogical practice. Reviews should focus on books, artworks, or films.

For a general guide to writing book reviews, please visit: https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/ohlj/book_review_howto.html

Creative Works

ONLY FOR OPEN-CALL ISSUES

We are excited to welcome a variety of academic publications, including creative works. Creative submissions include but are not limited to:

Artworks
Websites (non-commercial)
Poems/short stories/blogs
Multimedia works

Submission must also be accompanied by an artwork statement of 500-1000 words (not including references) plus adhere to the general submission requirements.

For creative submissions that require a different file format than a .docx, please contact the Managing Editor to help facilitate your submissions