WRITING GUIDELINES AND FAQs

About the submission process:

• Articles can be submitted by anyone wishing to have their content published.
  If we publish your article, the author (or authors) will be credited with a byline that will usually consist of name, title, company, digital photo, and e-mail address.
  
• Articles that pass editorial review will be published on a space available basis.
  NCJW is under no obligation to print submissions, and there is no compensation for work submitted at this time.
  
• Send your article as a Microsoft Word attachment to Publisher, Paula Monahan by clicking this link: E-mail

What should I submit?

• Authors are advised to review past articles previously published on the NCJW web site prior to submission to ensure that their article provides perspectives that are unique and not already covered by previously published articles. We prefer to publish articles offering fresh insights and ideas.
  
• Articles should cover issues, trends, and subject areas relevant to women as a group, or to a specific aspect of the areas affecting women, and should not attempt to sell authors’ products, services, or expertise. Each author’s photo and credentials will be listed along with article. The credentials supplied by the author “will speak for themselves” in that the reader will know what you and your business is about. Articles may also be in the form of self-reflections, points to ponder, short-short stories, etc.
  
• Content should be approximately 600 to 800 words in length and should be in finished form. No drafts should be submitted.
  USE ONLY SINGLE SPACING IN BETWEEN SENTENCES INSTEAD OF DOUBLE SPACING. This makes the process of editorial review quicker.
  
• All articles should be original work that does not infringe upon the copyrights of any authors or publications.
  
• After receiving the article, we may edit your article for clarity, length, and consistency, and may re-title it, at our discretion; content should support the article’s title or byline’s premise. If your initial submission needs to be edited and reworked, you will be notified and will have the option of reworking it and resubmitting it for future consideration. Articles may be sent back to authors once for their review and approval prior to being published.
  
• If your article passes the editorial review process and is selected for publishing on the NCJW site, you will be notified via email. We will ask that you mail via the United States Postal Service a signed original of our Non-Exclusive License Agreement to:

Paula Monahan
Publisher, North Carolina Journal for Women
1705 West Paces Ferry Road
Raleigh, North Carolina 27613

Where will my article appear?
Articles submitted to the North Carolina Journal for Women will be considered for publication on the North Carolina Journal for Women web site.

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