Column Guidelines
Each issue of The Journal for Quality and Participation currently features the columns described below, which are open to submissions:
In My View
Personal perspectives to stimulate thinking, change — and even controversy.
Word limit: 2,000.
Voices From the Field
Conclusions and recommendations from the real world.
Word limit: 1,500.
Profundity
“The quality or state of being profound; thoughtful, philosophical or deep matters.”
Word limit: 800.
Occasionally, an author offers his/her own column for a year of publication. If you would like us to consider a new column, please submit a complete set of four installments of the column. In lieu of that, please contact the editor [need email link here] to make special arrangements. Columns of this nature generally should be 1,200 or fewer words.
News for a Change features one column in each issue that is open for author participation.
The Help Desk
This should provide one useful “how-to” suggestion, related to the application of quality and participation tools. Your submission must have at least one, but no more than two, illustrations that tie to an example in the article.
Word limit: 1,000.
Book Reviews
Although we have an official book reviewer, we are always interested in receiving unsolicited reviews from our readers. We use the following rating scale in News for a Change reviews:
Five stars: Pick it up today.
Four stars: Overnight it.
Three stars: Snail mail it.
Two stars: Is it at the library?
One star: Never mind.
In addition to the actual review, we require the information shown below:
- Complete title of the book.
- High-resolution, color photo of the book cover (300 DPI).
- Author.
- Publisher.
- Copyright date.
- ISBN.
- Format (hardcover or paperback).
- Number of pages.
- List price.
Book reviews should be approximately 500 words.
