The Language and Literacy Spectrum is a peer-reviewed journal published annually and available online. The readership consists primarily of practicing teachers and literacy specialists. The editors welcome manuscripts focused on classroom practice, research, and theory in literacy. We encourage submissions from practitioners, literacy researchers, and presenters from the NYSRA conference.

Who Can Submit?
Anyone may submit an original article to be considered for publication in The Language and Literacy Spectrum provided he or she owns the copyright to the work being submitted or is authorized by the copyright owner or owners to submit the article. Authors are the initial owners of the copyrights to their works (an exception in the non-academic world to this might exist if the authors have, as a condition of employment, agreed to transfer copyright to their employer).

General Submission Rules
Submitted articles cannot have been previously published, nor be forthcoming in an archival journal or book (print or electronic). Please note: "publication" in a working-paper series does not constitute prior publication. In addition, by submitting material to The Language and Literacy Spectrum, the author is stipulating that the material is not currently under review at another journal (electronic or print) and that he or she will not submit the material to another journal (electronic or print) until the completion of the editorial decision process at The Language and Literacy Spectrum. If you have concerns about the submission terms for The Language and Literacy Spectrum, please contact the editors.

For more information go to, https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/lls/

Members can access the the most recent volume as well as publications for the past several years by logging in and going to this page. 

Senior Editors:
Nance S. Wilson and Katarina Silvestri

Editorial team: 
Alex Corbitt, Gillian Mertens, Keith Newvine, Casey Pennington, and Dianne Wellington

Call for Manuscripts Deadline: February 1, 2025

The editors of The Language and Literacy Spectrum, the journal of the New York State Reading Association, invite submissions of manuscripts for peer review. We define literacy broadly to include reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing, and creating in many different modes and for many different purposes in order to interact with the world.

The Language and Literacy Spectrum is a peer-reviewed journal published annually and available online. The readership consists primarily of practicing teachers and literacy specialists. The editors welcome manuscripts focused on classroom practice, research, and theory in literacy. We encourage submissions from practitioners, literacy researchers, and presenters from the NYSRA conference.

Manuscripts may be submitted here:

http://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/lls/

Before you begin to submit a manuscript for review, please be sure you have the following items:

* Manuscript title

* An abstract (separate from the
   manuscript body)

* Manuscript in Microsoft Word
   format (with no page numbers))

* Manuscripts must follow APA 7

* Manuscripts should run between 3,000 and 10,000 words not including tables, figures, images, and/or references.