Call for Manuscripts
Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research is currently accepting manuscripts for volume 12 scheduled for Fall 2013.
We welcome manuscripts, during the submission period (November 15, 2012- January 31, 2013), from graduate students working in Communication and cognate areas/disciplines who are enrolled at the time of submission. Each submission deemed by the editor to be appropriate to the style and content of Kaleidoscope will receive a blind assessment by two outside reviewers, (1) a faculty reviewer and (2) an advanced Ph.D. student.
In addition to our ongoing commitment to written scholarship, we are interested in ways scholars are exploring the possibilities of emergent forms of scholarship and embracing new technologies and media to present their research. For the first time in our history, Kaleidoscope is excited to welcome scholarship forms such as video/audio/photo of staged performance, experimental performance art, or web-based artistic representations of scholarly research. Regardless of form, all submissions should represent a strong commitment to academic rigor and should contribute to and advance salient scholarly discussions. Web-based scholarship should be accompanied by a word-processed artist’s statement of no more than five pages. We also invite web-based content that is supplemental to manuscript-based scholarship (e.g., a manuscript discussing a staged performance could be supplemented by video footage from said performance).
Submission Guidelines
Submitted manuscripts must not be under review elsewhere or have appeared in any other published form. Although there is no minimum page limit, manuscripts should be no longer than 25 pages (double-spaced) or 7,000 words (including notes and references) and can be prepared following MLA, APA, or Chicago style. Manuscripts should include an abstract of no more than 150 words. Title page information, including name, institutional affiliation, and contact information, will be acquired during the submission process, but should not appear anywhere in the manuscript itself. Kaleidoscope only accepts online submissions.
Submissions of manuscripts can be made by using the "Submit" link on the journal's home page.
Preparing Submission Materials
To submit your manuscript through OpenSIUC, click on “Submit manuscript” in the left sidebar. You will want to have the following materials ready:
- Contact information for you (and co-authors, if applicable)
- Article title
- Shortened article title (for running head)
- Key words
- Abstract (150-word maximum)
- Cover page footnote (could include a short description of your institutional affiliation, any acknowledgments to individuals who contributed to the article, and anywhere the article was presented prior to publication)
- Full text of submission (manuscript in Word Doc or RTF format which not does exceed 25 double-spaced pages or 7,000 words and does not include any identifying information about the author)
Publication
Authors are completely responsible for the factual accuracy of their contributions and neither the Editorial Board of Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research nor the Department of Speech Communication, Southern Illinois University Carbondale accepts any responsibility for the assertions and opinions of contributors. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to quote lengthy excerpts from previously published articles.
If you have questions or need assistance with your submission, please email the editor at kalscopejrnl@gmail.com