Manuscript Submission Deadline: 12/21/2021
Manuscripts back to Authors: 1/31/2022
Manuscript Revisions Deadline: 3/1/2022
Publication: 4/1/2022
The intent behind Working Papers in Language and Linguistics is to provide a support structure beyond coursework for students to work toward publication. The papers are in preliminary form and subject to revision before publication in scholarly journals. Accordingly, the editors ask that you consult with your professor for suggestions for improvements/revisions before submitting your paper. Once you and your professor are satisfied with the paper, you can submit to the Editors in PDF or DOCX format.
The interests and work of both undergraduate and graduate students in the English department varies widely, and while WPILL is open to submissions of all types, topics most suitable for the journal revolve around research on or about language including analysis or metalinguistic analysis of language use in the following topics - writing, literacy, literature, linguistics, language learning, pedagogy, technical communication, and rhetoric. WPILL is especially interested in data-focused submissions which revolve around novel analysis of data or submissions with a specific and explicit research focus. If you have questions about the suitability of your topic or proposed topic or paper, please contact the editors prior to submission.
As a departmental publication, WPILL aims to mimic the experience of submitting to a scholarly journal in order to give students exposure to the peer-review process. As a result, if selected, your paper will be subject to a double-blind peer review, the results of which will be shared with submitting authors by the 1/31 deadline. If accepted, or accepted with revisions, you will then have two months (until 3/1) to make those revisions prior to publication. All submissions, even those which may be rejected or advised to revise and resubmit, will receive substantive feedback from multiple reviewers. As a note – submissions do not strictly have to emanate out of course work.
We request that authors follow the one-sheet style guide included below. As a departmental publication meant to serve students with a variety of publication goals, we have tried to accommodate both APA and MLA format:
In addition to our style, we ask that you anonymize your paper (generally, this means to replace every instance of your own name in the paper with "Author"), and include an abstract composed of no more than 300 words. We also ask that submitted papers be between 12-18 pages in length including the cover page and works cited (as well as any appendices).
Any questions? Please contact the Editors.
We eagerly await your submissions!