1. Publishing Your Work in The Leaflet
Mark Fabrizi
Editor, The Leaflet
NEATE Conference, Mansfield, MA
October 2017

2. What is The Leaflet? Professional journal of NEATE
Published for more than 100 years
Blind, peer-reviewed articles
New England focus

3. What does The Leaflet publish?
Articles: pages (2,500 – 3,000 words)
Fiction: pages (3,000 – 3,500 words)
Book reviews: 3-5 pages (900 – 1,200 words)
Literary analysis: pages (2,000 – 3,000 words)
Other submissions: Poetry, classroom ideas and suggestions, comics, web site reviews

4. Manuscript Guidelines
Double-spaced manuscripts (MS Word preferred)
Include a bio (about 50 words or so)
Use APA format for researched articles
submissions as attachments to Dr. Mark Fabrizi at

5. The Process What happens after you submit an article?
You receive an acknowledgement of your submission
I read the article, then send it to at least one reviewer
You are notified of the results after reviewers have given feedback
If it is published
I’ll you a proof – examine it carefully!
After publication, you’ll get two copies of the journal

6. Outcomes Decline Revise and re-submit
The manuscript was not right for us
Revise and re-submit
The core idea is strong
Enact any suggested changes you agree with (or argue your case!), then re-submit it
Publish with minor revisions or edits
We liked it—congratulations!
Enact minor revisions, or just surface edit, then send it back for publication

7. Things the reviewers look for…
Strong writing
Use an academic yet collegial tone
Avoid a pedantic tone or passive voice
Use inclusive, gender-fair language that avoids bias
Effective, proven ideas
Useful to classroom teachers
Interesting perspective
Connection to the theme
Helpful but not necessary

8. Conducting Research Action research
What are you doing in your own classroom?
Literature reviews
Best practices applied creatively
Empirical research
What works in other classrooms?
Get permission to use student work: Document everything!
Contextualize the research, especially any theoretical framework
Emphasize your unique perspective

9. Upcoming Themes
Theme: What’s new? Emerging research and blossoming ideas
Publication date: Spring 2018
Submission deadline: January 15, 2018
Theme: Fiction on the Fringe: Literature of the fantastic
Publication date: Fall 2018
Submission deadline: May 15, 2018
Theme: Honoring the old, welcoming the new: The place of classic and contemporary texts in the ELA classroom
Publication date: Winter 2019
Submission deadline: August 15, 2018

10. Good luck with your writing!
Questions?
What questions do you still have?
Good luck with your writing!