Call for Submissions: The Writing Instructor
Topic: “The Future of Writing Instruction”
Initial Deadline: February 15, 2001
General Editors: David Blakesley and Dawn Formo
http://www.writinginstructor.com
The Context
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The Writing Instructor is a refereed, networked journal and
digital community sponsored inter-institutionally by Purdue
University and California State University, San Marcos. Published
as a print journal until 1996 and making its digital debut in
March 2001, TWI aims in its new format to bring much-needed
coherence to the broad and influential developments in the
teaching of writing that have occurred over the past twenty
years, with the aim of setting the stage and marking a precedent
for the future of writing instruction as a pedagogical and
scholarly enterprise conducted in a variety of media for a
diverse constituency across a wide range of venues. To accomplish
this goal, we hope to take advantage of the many resources
available to us as our field manifests itself in the digital
space of the Internet. TWI’s Editorial Board consists of
distinguished teachers and scholars in the field, with expertise
in the teaching of writing at all levels of instruction, from
K-12 through college.
The Topic
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“It is by examination of the past that we divine and judge the
future,” wrote Aristotle. To celebrate its resurrection twenty
years after it was founded, TWI’s digital debut will include
invited reflections from noted scholars on our discipline’s
recent past, live chats, video interviews, and an online
conference. We also announce an open call for essays, reviews,
letters, viewpoints, model exercises, hypertext projects and
other media on the topic of “The Future of Writing Instruction.”
To borrow Joyce Carol Oates’s phrasing in her characterization of
the Elvis/Dylan watershed moment, we ask, in short, “Where are we
going, and where have we been?”
Possible topics include but are not limited to the following
general areas (in nonhierarchical order):
* The Evolution of Process and Post-Process Models of Composing
* Gender Issues in the Teaching of Writing
* The Continuing Relevance of Rhetoric and Its History for
Writing Instruction
* Multicultural Issues in Writing Instruction
* New Strategies for Teaching Writing
* Writing Center Theory and Practice
* The Politics of Writing Instruction
* Writing in the Digital Age
* Oral Historiography
* The Role of First-Year Composition in the University
* Second Language Writing
* Communication Across the Curriculum
* K-12/College Articulation
* Visual Communication and Rhetoric
* The Convergence of Media in the Writing Classroom
* New and Re-Articulated Research Methodologies in Writing
Instruction
* The Role of the Writing Program Administrator
* Teacher Training
* Writing Outcomes
* Who Teaches Writing and Why?
* Writing Instruction in 2020
* Writing, Reading, and Literacy
* Multimedia Writing
Format
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The rapid emergence of electronic publication and networked
communities makes for a bewildering array of possibilities and
challenges for writing instructors. Our worlds have become wider
and more complex, not simply because of theoretical developments
in the field, but because the media for expressing and sharing
them have become vastly dispersed in new technologies; the
demands on student writers, more varied; information about the
teaching of writing, more readily available; the function of
writing and communication in the digital world, perhaps less
certain but just as critical for human relations as ever. With
this in mind, TWI provides digital spaces for activities and
entities such as the following:
* Refereed Projects: research articles, hypertexts, and other
media that bridge writing theory and practice; discuss from
historical and theoretical perspectives the discipline’s past and
future; or explore or display the role and status of the writing
instructor. (~6,000 - 11,000 words)
* From and For the Classroom: classroom practices and
assignments. (Up to 1,500 words)
* Reviews: text and hypertext reviews of books, journal issues,
web projects, and other and media relevant to writing
instruction. (~1,000 - 5,000 words)
* Viewpoints: commentary on the nature of writing and writing
instruction. (Up to 2,000 words)
* Readers Comment: letters and comments on TWI articles,
projects, or events. (Up to 500 words)
* Ask the Professor, WPA, Writing Center Consultant, or Student.
(Up to 500 words)
* Interviews: text or video interviews with noted writing
instructors. (Contact us)
* Announcements and Calls for Papers. (Up to 250 words)
TWI does not have a specific word-length or node-number
requirement, but we encourage you to keep the suggested length in
mind as you prepare your submissions for review.
Submission Guidelines
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Questions about the topic or the review process should be
directed to Dawn Formo at editor@writinginstructor.com or by
snail mail to The Writing Instructor, c/o Dawn Formo, Literature
& Writing Studies Program, California State University, San
Marcos, San Marcos, CA 92096-0001. Phone: 760.750.4199
Essays, reviews, letters, viewpoints, model exercises, hypertext
projects, and other media submitted for consideration should be
sent via e-mail (as a URL or an attached file) to David Blakesley
at blakesle@purdue.edu. (Authors who submit by regular mail
should include three copies of the printed material and a
computer disk (in PC format, either 3.5” or 100 MB Zip) with the
material in electronic format.) A cover letter/e-mail message
should identify the author’s name and full contact information
(including phone and fax numbers and e-mail and mailing
addresses) Because all submissions are reviewed anonymously in a
blind, refereed process, authors should make every attempt not to
include identifying names in the text of the submission. Once a
submission is accepted for publication, authors will be assigned
to work with an online editor to prepare it for electronic
publication.
Electronic submissions may be in HTML, Microsoft Word,
WordPerfect, or Acrobat format. When the submission includes
images, video, or audio files, upload them to an FTP site or
website, then submit the FTP address or URL to the editor. In all
cases, a cover letter/e-mail should identify all technical
information about the files being submitted (their format, size,
etc.) If the submission includes multiple files (e.g., more than
two), send them as a zipped file.
For additional information, recommended style guides, and length
suggestions, review the Submission Guidelines at TWI’s website,
http://www.writinginstructor.com or contact David Blakesley at
help@writinginstructor.com; by mail at the Department of English,
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907; by phone at
765-494-3772; or by fax at 765-494-3780.
Submissions received by February 15, 2001 will have priority for
the inaugural issue. Those received after February 15, 2001 will
be considered for publication in an ongoing process of review.
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