Author Guidelines and Submissions PLEPY

We welcome contributions to Practical Literacy: the Early and Primary Years. 

Authors of articles published in our journals retain the right to self-archive the final draft of their articles in their institution’s e-repository. 美姬社区does not give permission to archive copy-edited published versions of articles published in our journals.

We welcome submission of articles, especially those in line with each issue’s proposed theme. Under the editorial of each issue of Practical Literacy: the Early and Primary Years the theme for the next couple of issues with due dates is listed. Articles should be between 500 and 1,500 words and be appealing and useful to classroom teachers. The aim of Practical Literacy: the Early and Primary Years is to enhance classroom practice in literacy teaching.

 

Practical Literacy is designed to inspire and assist early years and primary school classroom teachers to enhance their literacy teaching. We therefore welcome practice-oriented contributions of between 500 and 1500 words that address the journal’s broad aim or the issue’s theme specifically.

Please note it is not necessary for submissions to be related to the theme of an issue, we are happy to receive submissions on a range of literacy topics. See author guidelines below for help with formatting, style and content. Articles should be sent as Word files. High quality photos or illustrations are highly encouraged, and should be sent as separate files.

We strongly encourage teacher education students and graduate students to think about writing for this publication. Contributions can be emailed to the co-editors: robyn.english@education.vic.gov.au or nthompson@csu.edu.au

 

*submission needs to include the mailing address for the author to receive a hard copy of the journal

Upcoming Issues:

THEME   DEADLINE PUBLICATION DATE
Planning for literacy learning
In this issue we are looking for articles that describe and explore approaches to planning that are collaborative and innovative. This might include ways to plan for assessment-responsive teaching and to cater for diversity.
 		   1 February 2025 June 2025

Special Edition
We are planning a special 美姬社区50th anniversary issue for October 2025 in which the theme will relate to the essential role played by professional associations. In her Donald Graves address at the National Conference, Dr Lucinda McKnight challenged us to retake our profession and that inspired us to foreground this in our golden anniversary year.

 

     1 June 2025                                                                 October 2025                                                                                     
Literacies for Social Justice
In this issue we invite contributions that showcase the ways that teachers might foster social change, challenge inequalities and interrogate power structures through their literacy teaching. 
 		   1 October 2025 February 2026