The offices of Composition Studies are closed for the summer and will re-open in August. We will check email periodically, but expect delays in manuscript processing and responses to queries.

Submissions

1. All appropriate essay submissions will be reviewed by two external readers.

2. Manuscripts should be no more than 7,500 words and should conform to current MLA guidelines for format and documentation; they should be free of authors' names and all other identifying references, including institutional affiliation.

3. Submissions should be sent in digital format. Send manuscript as an attachment (.doc, .docx, or .rtf format), with all metadata (i.e., embedded identifying information) removed from the file. Also, be sure to remove all "track changes" features from throughout the manuscript.

4. Letters to the editor and responses to articles are strongly encouraged; however, all proposals and submissions intended for publication should be forwarded in hard copy.

5. Composition Studies will not consider previously published manuscripts. We will not review conference papers that have not been revised and extended for a critical reading audience, nor will we read submissions that exceed the word count.

6. Those wishing to submit course designs should first print and study the Course Designs submission instructions.

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