Publishing Opportunities with NCTE Journals

NCTE offers 12 professional journals that cover all grade levels and practically every area of interest in the English language arts. With NCTE journals, educators have access to cutting-edge ideas, stay informed of important educational news, and keep up-to-date on professional development opportunities. In addition, several NCTE affiliate and assembly publications have calls for manuscripts for issues on a variety of themes. Share your knowledge and experience by responding to one of the many calls for manuscripts for NCTE journal publications today!

Language Arts is a journal for elementary and middle school teachers and teacher educators. It provides a forum for discussions on all aspects of language arts learning and teaching, primarily as they relate to children in grades PreK—8. Issues discuss both theory and classroom practice, highlight current research, and review children's and young adolescent literature. Published in September, November, January, March, May, and July. Submission Guidelines

Theme:  "Communities of Inquiry"
Deadline:  November 15, 2007
Publication Date:  March 2009

Voices from the Middle devotes each issue to one topic or concept related to literacy and learning at the middle school level. Each issue includes teachers' descriptions of authentic classroom practices, middle school students' reviews of adolescent literature, a technology column, and reviews of professional resources for teachers. VM also explores the connections between the theory and practice of each issue's topic. Published in September, December, March, and May. Submission Guidelines

Theme:  "At the Crossroads: Decision Making for Literacy Development"
Deadline:  December 1, 2007
Publication Date:  December 2008

English Journal is for English language arts teachers in junior and senior high schools and middle schools. EJ presents information on the teaching of writing and reading, literature, and language. Each issue examines the relationship of theory and research to classroom practice and reviews current materials of interest to English teachers, including books and electronic media. Published in September, November, January, March, May, and July. Submission Guidelines
 

English Leadership Quarterly is a publication of the Conference on English Leadership (CEL), and helps department chairs, K-12 supervisors, and other leaders in their role of improving the quality of English instruction. ELQ offers short articles on a variety of issues important to decision makers in the English language arts. Published in August, October, February, and April. Submission Guidelines

Talking Points is an online journal published in May and
October by the Whole Language Umbrella (WLU) conference of NCTE. TP helps promote literacy research and the use of whole language instruction in classrooms. We invite submissions from professionals across the educational spectrum, including classroom teachers, teacher educators, researchers, and educational advocates/ activists. Manuscripts are accepted at any time. Submission Guidelines

School Talk is a six-page newsletter designed specifically to help elementary classroom teachers bridge the gap between the ideal and the real world of teaching. Presented in a friendly, informal voice, each issue focuses on one particular topic and deals in practical terms with questions that teachers everywhere are asking. Published in October, January, April, and July. Submission Guidelines

Classroom Notes Plus is a quarterly collection of innovative classroom ideas for middle level, junior high, and high school English language arts teachers. Published in August, October, January, and April. Submission Guidelines

College English is for the college scholar-teacher and publishes articles about literature, rhetoric-composition, critical theory, creative writing theory and pedagogy, linguistics, literacy, reading theory, pedagogy, and professional issues related to the teaching of English. Each issue also includes opinion pieces, review essays, and letters from readers. Contributions may work across traditional field boundaries and authors represent the full range of institutional types. Published in September, November, January, March, May, and July. Submission Guidelines

Teaching English in the Two-Year College
TETYC is for two-year college teachers and those teaching the first two years of English in four-year institutions. Articles range in all areas of composition (basic, first-year, and advanced); business, technical, and creative writing; and the teaching of literature in the first two college years. Topics also include staffing, assessment, technology, writing program administration, speech, journalism, reading, ESL, and other areas of professional concern. Published in September, December, March, and May. Submission Guidelines

College Composition and Communication
CCC invites submission of research and scholarship in composition studies that supports college teachers in reflecting on and improving their practices in teaching writing. The field of composition studies draws on research and theories from a broad range of humanistic disciplines and within composition studies, a number of subfields have also developed, such as technical communication, computers and composition, writing across the curriculum, research practices, history of composition, assessment, and writing center work. Published in September, December, February, and June. Submission Guidelines

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Research in the Teaching of English
RTE is a multidisciplinary journal composed of original research and scholarly essays on the relationships between language teaching and learning at all levels, preschool through adult. Articles reflect a variety of methodologies and address issues of pedagogical relevance related to the content, context, process, and evaluation of language learning. Published in August, November, February, and May. Submission Guidelines

English Education is published by the Conference on English Education (CEE) and seeks articles focusing on issues related to the nature of our discipline, especially as it spans all levels of instruction, and the education and development of teachers of English at all levels. Published in October, January, April, and July. Submission Guidelines