Write for Literacy Teaching and Learning

NEW! Online Manuscript Tracking System
Read More About Our New Submission Process Below

Contributions should focus on any aspects of early literacy development and may include reports of research; theoretical interpretations of research; reports of program evaluation and effective practice; and critical reviews, responses, and analyses of key conceptual, historical, and research perspectives. Manuscripts representing diverse methodologies including ethnographic, empirical, and case study research are encouraged.

Blind Peer Review Process
Literacy Teaching and Learning (LTL) is a peer-reviewed and refereed scholarly research journal, published online twice a year by the Reading Recovery Council of North America (RRCNA). All submitted manuscripts will be read by editors to determine suitability for publication. Authors will receive an acknowledgement when the submission is received and will be notified via email of the editors’ decisions.

LTL uses a blind review process. Editors will send authors feedback from blind peer reviews and, if necessary, specific suggestions for revision. Decisions for articles include:

• Acceptance, as submitted
• Preliminary acceptance, subject to approval by editors of revision and resubmission, based on reviewers’ feedback
• Rejection, with the possibility of resubmission after substantive revision; articles will be returned to reviewers for a second, thorough review process
• Rejection

The final article version will be forwarded to the RRCNA publications manager for technical edit, and authors will be contacted with any additional questions. A pdf file of the article will be emailed to authors for final approval, along with an assignment of copyright form, which must be returned prior to online publication.

Guidelines for LTL Authors

1. Write clearly, concisely, and use an active voice.
2. Be sure the message is clear and has a consistent focus throughout.
3. Include dialogue or samples of children’s work when possible. (LTL does not accept photography.)
4. Articles will be edited to fit space and style requirements.
5. RRCNA publications follow the style designated by the most recent edition of the Publications Manual of the American Psychological Association.
6. The RRCNA Style Manual provides additional guidance for authors.

NEW! How to Submit Articles for LTL
Manuscripts must be submitted via the LTL online manuscript submission and review system powered by eJournalPress. This user-friendly system will allow you to check the progress of your manuscript throughout the review process. Click on Author Instructions on the system homepage for easy-to-follow steps to set up your account and upload your electronic files to the web-based system.

IMPORTANT! Since our journal manuscript submission and review process is now totally web-based, all emails generated by the tracking system will come from a web address which may not be recognized or accepted by your email servers. In order to use the tracking system and ensure you receive all correspondence, you will need to add the following domain names to your email whitelist. If you use a university-based email system, ask your IT department to add these domain names to the mail server whitelist: ejpress.com and msubmit.net.

Please follow the most-recent APA style guidelines. Manuscripts must be double-spaced, should be no more than 30 pages (excluding reference list, tables and figures), and must be accompanied by an abstract of no more than 250 words. No identification of the author(s) and affiliations should appear anywhere in the manuscript, including running headers and footers. Do not embed tables and figures within the manuscript itself. Each supporting graphic must be uploaded as a separate file.

Submit Manuscript to Online System 

Questions?
Email the RRCNA publications manager

Editorial Team/Editorial Review Board