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Submit Idea/ArticleDo you have an idea for the Journal? Send an email to editor@e-volunteerism.com ---------------- Editorial Guidelines for
Feature Articles As e-Volunteerism is innovating this blend of traditional publishing and Internet technology, we are willing to be experimental with respect to the types of articles and other submissions that we seek to include in our publication. As a result, we are willing to take a somewhat generous approach to the nature, format and length of materials we solicit and ultimately publish. The one requirement on which we will not compromise is high quality. Submissions should be:
The following editorial guidelines for submissions should be considered recommendations rather than requirements for written work. If you have any questions about the appropriateness or format of a possible article, you are welcome to e-mail editor@e-volunteerism.com and either Susan Ellis, Steve McCurley or Andy Fryar will get back to you with clarifying details. If you are not a subscriber and wish to have temporary access to the journal for purposes of familiarizing yourself with the contents, style, and tone of previous articles, please let us know and we'll be happy to arrange this. 1. Subject e-Volunteerism is a journal about "volunteerism." This means we are focused on volunteers, volunteering, volunteer program management, and all-volunteer group leadership. This does NOT mean topics of general interest to the "voluntary sector" or "NGOs." However, we fully understand that the word "volunteer" is not necessarily the term of choice in many settings. Therefore, we welcome articles that speak to the full range of activities done by people without monetary profit, including such things called:
In fact, it is our hope to demonstrate the interconnectedness of these many terms. Special note regarding research-based articles: e-Volunteerism has a feature section called "Research to Practice," within which we publish articles that share academic/scholarly studies in practitioner-friendly ways. Manuscripts based on research will be forwarded to section editor Steven Howlett for special editorial review. 2. Audience The journal reaches a sophisticated, international audience of individuals from all areas of volunteer management including the non-profit, government and for-profit sectors. Articles that contain material of an advanced level that will appeal to the interests of all of these sectors will have the greatest chance of being included in the journal. In addition, journal subscribers are leaders in both agency-based and all-volunteer organizations. Authors are encouraged to submit articles that attempt to bridge the gap between these two worlds of volunteering. Please also note that e-Volunteerism is international in content and readership, although written in English. Whenever possible, please use expressions and examples relevant beyond your own country, or explain how your work might be adapted in a different culture. Few subjects will be rejected outright. However, e-Volunteerism will not accept any articles on "Volunteer Motivation" unless the submission truly introduces some recognizable innovation to this oft-discussed area. Similarly, e-Volunteerism's editors are unlikely to accept a submission that uses the 4-H or the American Red Cross as survey samples. Authors are encouraged to be creative and to delve into new areas highlighted with innovative examples. 3. Length Feature articles should generally aim to be around 5,000 words in length. Because this is a substantially-sized submission, we ask that you separate your article into several accurately subtitled sections so that we can post the material online in segments. Please note that we insert "respond" buttons at the end of each segment to encourage reader interaction. Therefore, you are welcome to include queries to readers within your article, should that seem appropriate. Shorter article submissions will not be rejected on the basis of length, but may be included under categories other than "Feature Articles." 4. Schedule for Submission e-Volunteerism is published quarterly, on October 15, January 15, April 15, and July 15. In most cases, to be considered for an upcoming issue, articles must be submitted no less than 45 days prior to the publication date. An author whose article has been solicited by the editorial board is asked to submit his or her final draft no later than 30 days prior to the publication date. 5. Format for Submission Articles should be submitted in electronic form (e-mail attachments), preferably in Microsoft Word, but also acceptable in ASCII or text-only format. In exceptional situations, computer disk submissions will be accepted. Only in extreme cases (you have to beg the Managing Editor) will hard copy submissions be considered. Because it is a Web-based journal, e-Volunteerism is able to take advantage of many technological innovations in the presentation of material. We encourage authors to consider using the following:
Photographs, graphs, tables and similar materials should be submitted as bitmap files (.bmp files). If you do not have access to a scanner, you may mail camera-ready illustrations to us for scanning and converting to .bmp. Our editorial staff will be happy to talk with you about the use of technological creativity and other ways to make your article more engaging. In addition, authors should also be sensitive to stylistic differences that enhance the readability of Web-based material. Greater attention should be paid to writing in shorter paragraphs, using headings to separate and identify sections, and offering visual images to illustrate and highlight the text. 6. Language, Abbreviations, Footnotes and References The language of articles should be inclusive and non-gender specific. All abbreviations should be explained where necessary. Because we publish articles from all around the world and not just the United States, authors are welcome to use whatever form of English language spelling is native to their country or their education. This means that readers will find a mixture of styles and terminology from article to article. Of course, however, usage should be consistent within any one submission. Footnotes should be treated as endnotes and should appear at the very end of the text. References should be included within these endnotes and should not appear within the body of the text. References should be verified and should be as current as possible. All endnotes will be "hotlinked," so that when the reader clicks on the endnote number, he or she will be taken directly to the endnote text. In turn, any footnoted references available online will also be hotlinked for the convenience of subscribers, so please supply complete URLs for any such Web pages. 7. Article Summary and Keywords Each submission should include a brief abstract/synopsis paragraph summarizing the article. In addition, authors are asked to designate four keywords that can be used to index the article for archiving purposes. 8. Editorial Authority By submitting an article, authors acknowledge that e-Volunteerism's editorial staff will have final decision-making authority on the editing of the piece. e-Volunteerism's editors will make every effort to work with authors to create an article that meets the satisfaction of both the author and the editorial board. An author who is unable to reach an agreement with the journal's editors may withdraw his or her article from submission, so long as this is done within five days of receiving the final edits. 9. Copyright e-Volunteerism will own the copyright for submissions that are printed in the publication, unless the article is an authorized reprint of previously copyrighted material. In the latter case, the author will be responsible for obtaining permission for e-Volunteerism to reprint the piece. For original works published under the e-Volunteerism copyright, the author will have unlimited rights to copy or otherwise re-use his or her own article without prior permission, providing e-Volunteerism is credited as the source. 10. Compensation Authors will receive no monetary compensation for articles published in the journal. However, the authors of all feature articles published in e-Volunteerismwill receive a complimentary one year subscription (or one year extension of their existing subscription ) to the journal. We are also happy to provide whatever information about you, your organization, or your books and other products you wish to give our readers as part of the brief biography accompanying your article, including links to any Websites of your choice. 11. Post-publication Interactivity Everything on the e-Volunteerism site is interactive and we encourage subscribers to post responses, add references, and otherwise make the journal a true collegial forum. Authors are encouraged to monitor the postings related to their articles and are welcome to reply, in turn (although this is completely optional). Authors with questions about these
guidelines should submit them to e-Volunteerism at editor@e-Volunteerism.com.
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