Submission Guidelines

​To maintain anonymity in the review process, please put names, affiliations, telephone numbers, fax, e-mail address, and preferred mailing address on the Title Page. Citations to an author's own works should be made in a way that does not compromise anonymity.

​​Include author's institutional affiliation, preferred mailing address, telephone numbers, and e-mail address. Include an Author's Biography of 125 words or less.

​​Include a Cover Letter stating that the manuscript is of original content and has not been published, nor is under consideration elsewhere. Indicate whether the manuscript is a: research article, short reflection article, interview, book or film review, or creative work.

​​All submissions should be made electronically in MS Word (.doc or .docx) format, double-spaced, including quotations, endnotes, references, captions, and heading in 12 point Times New Roman font. One inch-margins should be used on all sides. Use consecutive numbering. Do not justify margins nor turn on automatic work hyphenation.

​​All submissions are double-blind peer reviewed. Submit your work in English, Spanish, or Indigenous/Native languages (with translation into English or Spanish).

​​All submissions are welcome and published at the discretion of the editors.

​​We are interested in review of works reflecting new trends, both criticism and creative works, on Latin American and U.S. Latino topics that evaluate for scholarship and the teaching and learning process. We encourage submissions by scholars, graduate students, and community members.

​​Follow MLA or APA style. Endnotes should be at end of article, numbered consecutively throughout article in superscript numerals. Insert brief parenthetical acknowledgements in the manuscript wherever another's words, facts, or ideas are incorporated. A list of works cited, alphabetized according to authors' last names, should be appended at the end of the article.

​​All images, charts, graphs, and tables should be separate from the main article. Indicate approximate placement of each by using a clear break in the body of the article, inserting corresponding numbers as indicated on images. All images must be in JPEG (JPG) or TIFF format with a minimum resolution of 400dpi. Inclusion of illustrations is not guaranteed.

​​It is the author's responsibility to obtain permissions to reprint. Include a letter for permission for all borrowed illustrations, tables, figures, or other material. Original images (photography, slides, and artwork) will be kept for up to three months from date of publication, then returned to contributor.

​A​uthors may provide a list of up to three individuals whom they feel woudl be appropriate reviewers. Include names, institutional affiliations, mailing and electronic addresses. The editors are not bound by these suggestions; however, they will respect requests for exclusion of specific reviewers.