Special Opportunity to Publish: Child Survival Journal

Child Survival Journal Submissions

The Journal: The Child Survival Journal is a new and innovative student-based national journal under the direction of the Roosevelt Institute. The purpose of this journal is to foster awareness as well as a new academic perspective on child survival and rights issues among college students (undergraduate and graduate) in the United States.

Eligibility: Undergraduate and graduate students from an accredited U.S. college/university.  

Topic: The new Child Survival Journal is calling for submissions from students that are passionate about the profound development issues affecting global youth. The topic of our first journal will be open and general to give students the chance to write about a region/problem they are most knowledgeable about.

Basic Format

1. Submit in MS Word format, or in rich text format.
2. Make sure to include a title page and use the title and page number as a header on all pages.
3. Include a name and contact information on front page, including a short bio.
4. Pictures and graphs are welcome.
5. Keep overall format simple, but follow a standard Chicago format—submissions will be re-formatted for publication.

Citation Style: Please use Chicago Style citation. 

Papers (2 options)

·        Policy Memo

·        Write a policy memo of up to 800 words in length.

·        Make sure you are including a summary and background of the topic, the issues associated with the topic, the options and solutions available, and a final recommendation.

·        Use Chicago-style bibliographic references for your work.

·        Policy Research Paper

·        Research papers should be at least 3,000 words, but should not exceed 8,000 words.

·        Make sure you include a summary of the topic and a background of all literature and other sources researched.

·        Include a methodology and results section of your research that will help you prove your final recommendation(s) at the end of the paper.

·        Add a comprehensive list of available solutions before you write your recommendation(s).

·        You can use established policy/scholarly research to help you develop your own research design and come up with a results section. These sections will help validate and give more substance to the most crucial part of the paper: the recommendation(s).

Deadline for submissions: (February 1st, 2010)

Submit papers to: Marcelo Ostria