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Author Guidelines

The editors will consider original articles (5000-7000 words) on any aspect of children’s literature. We welcome submission of research articles or critical reflections on creative writing and processes that explore creativity, the nature and processes of writing, or investigation of issues in writing for children and young people.  

Please submit your essay via the OJS site.  If you don't already have a login, please contact the journal manager, Kristine Moruzi, at kmoruzi@deakin.edu.au. 

Attach a title page with the title, abstract of 250 words, name of author, address for correspondence, email address, phone number, and a brief biographical statement of 100 words. The author’s name should appear only on the title page, not on the essay. Each page of the manuscript should be numbered. Please use double-spacing throughout. 

Please use the MLA 9 style guide. We use the in-text style of referencing, with citations in the body of the essay. Endnotes appear at the end of the essay and before the Works Cited list. 

AI usage (adapted from COPE)

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT or Large Language Models in research publications is expanding rapidly. We follow COPE guidelines to state that AI tools cannot be listed as an author of a paper. These tools cannot meet the requirements for authorship as they cannot take responsibility for the submitted work. As non-legal entities, they cannot assert the presence or absence of conflicts of interest nor manage copyright and license agreements.

Authors who use AI tools in the writing of a manuscript, production of images or graphical elements of the paper, or in the collection and analysis of data, must be transparent in disclosing in the Materials and Methods (or similar section) of the paper how the AI tool was used and which tool was used. Authors are fully responsible for the content of their manuscript, even those parts produced by an AI tool, and are thus liable for any breach of publication ethics.

Authors submitting to Papers must include a disclosure statement if AI tools have been used in the development of any portion of the manuscript. 

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); paginated; and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • A declaration is included if AI tools have been used in the development of any portion of the manuscript. 
  • Prior to submitting, please contact the journal manager, Kristine Moruzi, to obtain a login.

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