We accept manuscripts from a variety of disciplines, as long as the work focuses on the Appalachian region. Major fields of interest include history, anthropology, folklore, literature, geography, economics, politics, education, ecology, and sociology. We like well-documented, well-developed articles that feature primary source research. We like photos or illustrations. The documentation style we use mostly follows Modern Language Association style, though we veer from it occasionally. We tend not to accept a 10-page conference paper, but much prefer the "long version" that allows a scholar to flesh out ideas. We are a peer-reviewed journal, so your work will be sent out to scholars for recommendations about acceptance, revisions, etc. The Appalachian Journal seeks genuine contributions toward a scholarly understanding of the Appalachian region and will consider articles from non-scholarly sources if the material is fresh and informative.

We also publish poetry, and we are interested in photographs, photographic essays, and/or images of artwork accompanied by an artist's statement about work's relevance to the Appalachian region.

For manuscript submissions of ARTICLES, we appreciate the writer who

1. sends a manuscript in BOTH electronic form and paper form. (Please send the text on a disk or CD, preferably in WordPerfect or Word. If you query the editor first, it is possible to send the article as an e-mail attachment. But we will not open uninvited attachments, so please query first.)
2. sends 3 hard copies that do not contain the writer's name.
3. includes a separate title page with the writer's return address, e-mail address, and a brief biographical note.
4. uses Modern Language Association documentation style, or the style appropriate to the discipline (Chicago, APA, etc.) .

We also are glad to see potential illustrations on a CD--with a page of captions and credit lines that identify the sources of the photographs or other illustrations. (Illustrations are not at all required for initial submissions. But if you send them, we prefer JPEG or TIFF files, scanned at 300 dpi.)

For POETRY submissions, we appreciate receiving a "batch" of several (5-7) poems
(one copy of each) and a short letter that includes a brief biographical note. We want only unpublished poems for consideration and do not want simultaneous submissions. Please include your e-mail address or a SASE to make it easy for us to acknowledge that we have received your work and have it under consideration.

Submit your work to
Sandra L. Ballard, Editor
Appalachian Journal
Belk Library / Box 32026
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608