Send manuscripts and letters of inquiry through email to weisser@fau.edu or through
postal mail to Christian Weisser, Editor; Composition
Forum; Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University;
5353 Parkside Drive; Jupiter, FL 33458. When sending by postal
mail, please send three copies of your manuscript, stripped of any
identifying information. Do not sent diskettes, as they will be
requested once articles are accepted for publication. The average
length of articles published in Composition Forum is
between 2,500 and 6,000 words, although longer articles may be
considered if they are clearly of superior quality. All
manuscripts should be typed and double spaced, including
quotations, endnotes, and works cited list. Follow the latest
MLA Handbook guidlelines and the Columbia Guide to
Online Style. Manuscripts judged by the editor to be
appropriate for the journal are submitted to blind review by
external readers. Ordinarily, decisions will be made within twelve
weeks of submission. The editor maintains responsibility for the
selection.
Book review queries should be sent to Derek Owens through
email at owensd@stjohns.edu. The
average length of reviews published in Composition Forum is
between 750-1500 words, but the editors welcome queries regarding
longer review essays. Suggestions for books to be reviewed are
encouraged, as are requests to be placed on our list of reviewers.
Completed book reviews should be sent as Word or WordPerfect
attachments through email to Derek.
Composition Forum also invites submissions to the
Reader Response of the Programs and Courses sections. Reader
Response essays should be no longer than 2,500 words and should
address in a substantive way one or more articles previously
published in the journal. Programs and Courses essays should
contain descriptions of writing program practices or courses in
writing with a clear discussion of the pedagogical theories that
inform those practices or courses.
Composition Forum is published by the Association of
Teachers of Advanced Composition (ATAC) with generous financial
assistance and support provided by The
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College and the Graduate Program in
English at Florida Atlantic University.
