Special issues from Critical Inquiry in Language Studies

Special issue information

CILS publishes one special issue each year through an unsolicited submission or an open call.

The next open call submission deadline is Jan. 1 for publication in 2025.

Guidelines for special issue proposals:

Special issue proposals (maximum 5 pages in length, following APA7th edition guidelines) should articulate a specific topic and/or area of the field of critical applied linguistics and articulate a clear connection to the aims and scope of the journal.
Proposals should include the following sections:
- General Description of the Issue and Potential Contribution to the Field
- List of Contributors and Abstracts
- Proposed timeline
- Qualifications of the Guest Editor(s), including a current CV
Suggested number of manuscripts is 4 (inclusive of Guest Editorial introduction); each special issue can include a maximum of 115 pages (maximum of 25 pages per article, inclusive of all figures, tables and references);
All manuscripts must undergo double-blind peer review by a minimum of 3 qualified reviewers;
After undergoing the above review process, the issue is subject to final editorial review, which potentially includes rejection; and,
Should any manuscript be rejected by the CILS editorial team, it may be invited to be revised and resubmitted to a regular issue.

For more information about special issues, please contact the editors.