Guidelines for Submitting Papers for VISTAS
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Preparation of Your Paper
- Prepare a paper of 5,000 words or less targeting an issue currently important to the practice of counseling (at any level or in any setting). Pay particular attention to expressing the importance of your topic and how the outcomes of your research or the program or practice you describe can be adopted or adapted by other counseling professionals. [ Coming soon: Click here to get a list of topics that are of particular interest for inclusion in VISTAS 2012.]
- If your paper is based on a conference presentation, under the title of your paper, include a line that states: “Paper based on a program presented at the [year] [association] Conference, [location], [date].”
- At the beginning of the paper, include a brief bio for each author using the following format:
[Last name], [First name and Initial], is a [title/position] at [Institution/ Organization]. [Maximum of two sentences describing experience, expertise, and/or research interests].
- Use a straightforward, informative approach that is interesting and grammatically correct.
- Follow current APA guidelines for citations and references.
- Diagrams, charts, etc., may be used only if they are an integral part of the file and do not require special software to be opened.
- If your paper is based on a conference presentation, handouts that you will be offering to participants may be included as appendices to your paper.
Important : To be selected for inclusion in the VISTAS 2011 digital publication, your article must contain accurate, substantive, and useful information in addition to meeting the above technical criteria. If your article is accepted, only minor editing and formatting will be done before it is entered into the publication. Therefore, it is crucial that you use your best writing skills and do a final proofing of your article before you submit it.
Submission of Your Paper
Email your paper as an MS Word (2007 or earlier please) attachment to VISTASOnline@comcast.net .
Your paper must be emailed to us by November 1, 2011 . An email notifying you that your paper has been received will be sent within one week of receipt of your paper.
All submissions will be reviewed by a panel of ACA professional leaders, scholars, and subject matter specialists; the selection process meets the established guidelines for peer reviewed/refereed publications.
Notification of the final disposition of your submission will be e-mailed in mid-January, 2012. Papers selected for inclusion in VISTAS Online will be copyrighted by ACA. A release form, granting copyright permission to ACA, will be forwarded to authors upon acceptance of their papers. The form must be signed and returned before the article can be included in VISTAS Online.
Please direct all VISTAS questions to VISTASOnline@comcast.net . Directing questions to ACA staff will result in a delayed response.
