SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

o   Submissions will not be returned.

o   Send two copies of each manuscript typed and double-spaced. Also send a 3.5-in. disk or CD

o   May send manuscript via email.

o   Use Microsoft Word.

o   Number all pages.

o   MLA format preferred.

o   Manuscripts generally should be no longer than 8 typed pages.

o   Include your school affiliation, work and home telephone numbers, and email address on a cover sheet only.

o   Place the title of the article on each sheet.

o   Multiple submissions of a manuscript are permissible, but writers must notify FEJ if the article is accepted for publication elsewhere.

o   Provide release statements for all copyrighted materials.

o   General submissions welcomed.

The FEJ accepts ideas and/or manuscripts for the following:

Guest editorial/letters to the editor.  Comment on any aspect of the FEJ.  We may edit your comments as required by space constraints.

Features: Send us essays that reflect what you teach and why you teach (with an emphasis on how being a teacher in Florida affects you).  How do you adjust your classroom to meet current educational requirements? Theme issues can submit material based on the theme.

Original artwork/cartoons/poetry.  Send us your best artwork, cartoons, and poetry. All artwork is printed in black and white. Submit drawings on 8.5-in. x 11-in. unlined paper or on CD. The artist should sign drawings.

Book reviews:  Tell us about a practitioner’s book that has been especially helpful to you in the classroom, or tell us about the best contemporary young adult literature you have encountered.

Teaching  tips:  Share with your fellow teachers items you have used successfully in your classroom: lessons, books, Web sites, classroom management techniques, etc.

Copy this: Simply send us one of your favorite original assignments. Include background information on yourself and guidelines for the assignment (appropriate grade level and time management).

Online information: Send any new relevant online information. Include who and what the site could be geared for and how you have used it.

News and Views: Provide information on any new state or national legislation that is relevant to our profession; you may state your opinion on it, or simply relay the facts.

For themes and deadlines or to submit manuscripts, contact:  Tamara Doehring, Managing Editor Florida English Journal    Melbourne High School 74 Bulldog Blvd Melbourne, FL 32904   email to: Tamaradoe@aol.com   Receipt of manuscript will be acknowledged.