How to Contact the Editors
For further information, contact the respective editor:
| CEA Critic : e-mail: Daniel Robinson, Editor darobinson@mail.widener.edu |
or mail: Dr. Daniel Robinson Humanities Division Widener University One University Place Chester, PA 19013-5792 |
| CEA Forum : e-mail: Janine Utell, Associate Editor jmutell@mail.widener.edu |
or mail: Dr. Janine Utell Humanities Division Widener University One University Place Chester, PA 19013-5792 |
Guidelines for Submission to The CEA Critic
Founded in 1939, The CEA Critic publishes scholarly articles that focus on any texts or issues pertinent to the discipline of English in higher education.
The College English Association holds the copyright to all articles published in The CEA Critic . For permission to reprint articles or to use them in class, please contact the editor at the address below.
If you would like to submit an essay for publication in The CEA Critic , you may email submissions to the editor; you also may mail two letter-quality hard copies and a Word document on a CD-R. Manuscripts should be between 5,000 and 10,000 words, should be typed and double-spaced. Place any notes and the list of works cited at the end of your word-processing file—do not use the automatic note/reference function of your word-processing program. In other words, type reference numbers and endnotes as you would on a typewriter. But please keep in mind that note references interrupt your reader's experience and that MLA style discourages “lengthy discussions that divert the reader's attention from the primary text” (7.5.1). The editor asks that authors keep notes to a minimum and place reference numbers at the end of sentences.
Authors are responsible both for the accuracy of quotations and for representing source material fairly. The editorial staff will edit accepted manuscripts to conform to house style. Please prepare your submission in accordance with the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing , 3rd edition(2008).
The CEA Critic will publish only articles by members of the College English Association. Non-members are welcome to submit but must join the CEA in order for accepted submissions to be published.
Address submissions and inquiries about The CEA Critic to the editor:
Dr. Daniel Robinson
Humanities Division
Widener University
One University Place
Chester, PA 19013-5792
Phone: 610-499-4527
The editor will recycle submitted paper manuscripts.
Review Process for The CEA Critic
The editor will send submissions to members of the Editorial Board or to other qualified reviewers. The editor, however, reserves the right to reject submissions that he considers inappropriate for The Critic without sending them out for review. Unrevised conference presentations or unrevised graduate term papers are not appropriate for publication in The Critic . Essays on pedagogy or academia are appropriate for The CEA Forum .
Because our journal aims to publish stimulating literary criticism, reviewers will judge how compelling, coherent, scholarly, original, and important the submitted essays are.
The editor will recycle rejected submissions. The College English Association holds the copyright to all articles published in The CEA Critic . For permission to reprint articles, please contact the editor at the address above
Artwork, Photographs, and Permissions
The editors may accept photographs and artwork related to manuscripts. Only sharply focused black-and-white glossy prints can be considered.
Authors are responsible for ensuring that all persons in each photograph have given permission for the photograph to be published. If a manuscript with photographs is accepted for publication, you must submit the signed consent of each person in the photographs. Please include the name of the photographer (if other than yourself) or the source of the photograph so that the editors may give proper credit.
Illustrations should be camera-ready—either computer-generated or drawn on stiff paper with black, non-smudging ink. If text within an illustration requires editing, you must redo the illustration to accommodate those changes. You must also submit the written permission of students whose work is included in manuscripts and of the copyright holder when the article contains copyrighted artwork and/or more than brief excerpts of published material.
Guidelines for Submission to The CEA Forum
Click here for downloadable guidelines for The CEA ForumNews
The Web Manager welcomes news from CEA affiliates: meeting announcements and calls for papers, books published by members, and changes in affiliate leadership. Items from national or regional associations, including calls for papers and meeting announcements, are also accepted subject to space and time constraints. Members are encouraged to send any news and links they feel may be of interest to the organization.
- Announcements of forthcoming meetings and conventions—including call for papers and names(s) of principal speaker(s), if possible.
- Names of recipients of awards or prizes.
- Copies of publications produced by your regional chapter.
Send news and letters to the Web Manager/Associate Editor at the following address (email is preferred):
Dr. Janine M. Utell
Humanities Division
Widener University
One University Place
Chester, PA 19013-5792
Phone: 610-499-4527
jmutell@mail.widener.edu
Longer Articles
Click here for downloadable guidelines for The CEA Forum
We also invite teacher-scholars of college English to submit praxis-oriented pieces for consideration to The CEA Forum, the organization's peer-reviewed online journal for the teaching and learning of English studies.
Contributions are sought examining classroom praxis, offering best practices and pitfalls, teaching strategies, and case studies. Pieces that focus on all areas of the teaching and learning of English studies, including syllabi and assignments, are welcome.
We also welcome short reviews of recent publications of interest to CEA members; contributors are welcome to suggest publications, or to write expressing interest in getting an assignment (check out the list of Books Received).
Submissions will follow the same procedure of blind peer review asThe CEA Critic. The CEA Forum will publish only articles by members of the College English Association. Non-members are welcome to submit but must join the CEA in order for accepted submissions to be published.
Email submissions in MS Word or Rich-Text Format attachment to :
Dr. Janine M. Utell
Humanities Division
Widener University
One University Place
Chester, PA 19013-5792
Phone: 610-499-4527
jmutell@mail.widener.edu
Submissions must follow MLA style for documentation.
Contributors who would like their email addresses or websites provided in The Forum with their articles should indicate so at the time of submission. Contributors are also encouraged to include any hyperlinks (correct and complete) in their documents.
Both The CEA Critic and The CEA Forum are indexed in the MLA International Bibliography.
Book Reviews
CEA chooses books of general and professional interest to the association’s membership for review. Click here for a regularly-updated list of Books Received. Members are invited to contact Janine Utell if they are interested in writing book reviews, or have suggestions for books to be reviewed. Those interested are requested to include a CV with their initial note of enquiry.