Best New Journal:
Interiors, Accepted by Kim Petit, part of the Bloomsbury Publishing group, the parent company that publishes Interiors and Material Religion

Best Special:
1st place South Atlantic Quarterly, Accepted by Michael Hardt, Editor in Chief
Honorable Mention: Material Religion, Accepted by Kim Petit, part of the Bloomsbury Publishing group, the parent company that publishes our journal Material Religion

Phoenix:
Exemplaria, Accepted by Patricia Ingham and Noah Guynn, Editors of Exemplaria

Voyager: 
Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Accepted by Deidre Lynch, University of Toronto, a long-standing member of our ECF editorial board

Distinguished Editor:
John Serio

Once again, CELJ will be offering display opportunities at MLA. We will display journals at our own booth as well as in the MLA-sponsored room where Chat With An Editor will be occurring. Please send up to 3 copies of your journal (they can be 3 copies of the same issue, or three different issues, or two of one and one of another)

Jacob Lang
UCLA English Dept.
149 Humanities Building
Box 951530
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1530

Please send materials before December 10. Given the holiday season, please allow for two weeks for packages to arrive. Overseas people should send Air mail, sea mail is not guaranteed to come in time even if you were to send them now.

Feel free to send brochures or other promotional material but I would discourage simply mimeographed paper as it is so hard on stand up and it tends not to be visible. Brochures that can stand up on a rack are preferred.

Presses who are members as presses--there are only two or three among our membership. can send three copes of any journal they publish.

January 6 and 7, 2012

Room 2A, Washington State Convention Center

To reserve a time to speak with an editor, please email Richard Kopley at rxk3@psu.edu.    

Thank you!

Fri., Jan. 6           

9 a.m.,  Marshall Brown, MLQ—reserved

9:20, Marshall Brown, MLQ

9:40, Marshall Brown, MLQ

10, Batya Weinbaum, Femspec

10:20, Batya Weinbaum, Femspec

10:40, Batya Weinbaum, Femspec

11, Caroline Hong, Journal of Transnational American Studies—reserved

11:20, Caroline Hong, Journal of Transnational American Studies

11:40, Caroline Hong, Journal of Transnational American Studies

12 noon, Jana Argersinger, ESQ and Poe Studies

12:20 pm., Jana Argersinger, ESQ and Poe Studies

12:40, Jana Argersinger, ESQ and Poe Studies

Sat., Jan. 7          

9 a.m., John Bryant, Leviathan

9:20, John Bryant, Leviathan

9:40, John Bryant, Leviathan

10, Nathan Grant, African American Review

10:20, Nathan Grant, African American Review

10:40, Nathan Grant, African American Review

11, Cat Tosenberger, Jeunnesse

11:20, Cat Tosenberger, Jeunnesse

11:40, Cat Tosenberger, Jeunnesse

12 noon, Malcolm Compitello, Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies

12:20 p.m., Malcolm Compitello, Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies

12:40, Malcolm Compitello, Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies

The November 4th, 2011 issue of the Times Literary Supplement will be the annual Learned Journals special feature. It will include reviews of a number of journals, and an advertising feature in which members of the CELJ can advertise at half the normal rate.

The TLS currently has circulation of approximately 32,000 per week, and a global estimated readership of 100,000 per week.

The exclusive rate available to CELJ members is £11 per single column centimetre (a saving of 50% off our rate card price). The minimum size available is 5cm x 6.3cm (2" deep x 2 1/2" wide) at a cost of £55 / $85.

The booking and copy deadline is October 21st. If you have any questions, please contact jonathan.drummond@the-tls.co.uk or telephone (0044) 207 782 4975.

Yours sincerely,
Jonathan Drummond
TLS Advertising Manager

CELJ announces its annual awards competition. The awards will be given out at MLA in Seattle, January 2012--winning journals should be prepared to send someone to the MLA to accept the award. Entries should be sent by September 6 to

Dr. Joycelyn Moody
Department of English
University of Texas at San Antonio
One UTSA Circle
San Antonio TX 78249-0643

Office phone is 210.458.6857.
Entries should indicate CELJ on the outside--marked as to be impossible
to miss.

No submission materials will be returned. E-submissions are not allowed except to offer an addendum; for example, an electronic journal might reasonably wish to email a link permitting access to its website. But each journal submitting materials, must supply a hard-copy document containing all necessary particulars, and informing us that electronic sources are also being submitted by e-mail, in time for the deadline.

In your cover letter, indicate the award category you wish to enter; electronic journals must provide access information as described above.

Journals may compete in only one category. Please send an e-mail to joycelyn.moody@utsa.edu indicating that your package is on its way; confirmation of receipt will be sent only by e-mail. To insure prompt delivery, send submissions by courier or first-class mail-but not by fourth-class surface mail-to the address below.
PLEASE NOTE: The address must conspicuously indicate "2011 CELJ Awards Competition."

2011 Award Categories:

Best New Journal
New journals with 3 years or fewer of publication history (2009–2011) are eligible. Print applicants must supply 4 copies of 2 different issues, 1 of which must be the most current issue. Electronic journals must specify which issue, along with the most current one, is to be judged. Submissions may include 4 copies of a letter from the editor, no longer than one page, introducing the new journal.

Best Special Issue
A fall/winter 2010 or a 2011 special issue may be submitted. Send 4 copies of the special issue or specify an electronic issue. No additional supporting documentation may be included.

Best Journal Design
Journals that have launched a new journal design within the previous 3 years (2009–2011) may submit. Print journals, send 4 copies each of the following: the last issue before the new design was launched, and 2 different sample issues of the new design. Electronic journals must provide access to the current website as described in "Rules of Eligibility for All Categories" above, and also make available the last website prior to present design--either by sending 4 copies on CDs or by providing a URL where the older site may be examined. Electronic journals must ensure that the submitted links work; non-working URLs will result in immediate disqualification. Part-print, part-electronic journals must advise and substantiate what components belong to which stage of the journal's development. Submissions may include 4 copies of a letter from the editor, no longer than one page, introducing the new design.

The Phoenix Award for Significant Editorial Achievement
Journals that have launched an overall effort of revitalization or transformation within the previous 3 years (2009–2011) may submit. This award goes to the most improved journal, regardless of its state at the time the renovations began. A weak journal that has become excellent is eligible, but so too is an admired journal that manages to become dramatically better. Submissions must feature significant editorial change and may also feature change in design and other aspects of the journal's publication. Print journals, send 4 copies of each of the following: the last issue before the launch of the revitalization or transformation, and 2 different sample issues of the revitalized or transformed journal. Electronic journals, please provide access to the current, revitalized website as described in "Rules of Eligibility for All Categories" above, and also make available the last website prior to present state, either by sending 4 copies on CDs or by providing a URL where the older site may be examined. Part-print, part-electronic journals must advise and substantiate what components belong to which stage of the journal's development. Submissions may include 4 copies of a letter from the editor, no more than one page, introducing the journal's changes.

Distinguished Editor
Any editor who has retired from an editorship within the previous 3 years (2009–2011) is eligible. The editor must be nominated by the new editor or by a member of the current editorial board. Send 4 copies of the nomination with supporting documentation. Supporting documentation may include any of the following: other letters of nomination by colleagues familiar with the editor's work; a brief C.V. in narrative format highlighting aspects of the editorship; selected sample issues of the journal illustrating key qualities of the editor's work; any other materials that can demonstrate the editor's influence on the journal's field of scholarship.

Codex Award
The recipient of the Codex Award will be selected from journals covering the period before 1500. The journal can be in any discipline—history, literature, the arts, music, or any other field—or be interdisciplinary, and it can cover any area of that world as long as the majority of that coverage is in the 'ancient' or 'medieval' periods. Specialized and general journals may apply; the award is for distinction within this historical field, not necessarily for comprehensive coverage of it.

Voyager Award
The recipient of the Voyager Award will be selected from journals covering the period between 1500 and 1800, the 'early modern' period. The journal can be in any discipline—history, literature, the arts, music, or any other field—or be interdisciplinary, and it can cover any area of that world as long as the majority of that coverage is in the 'early modern' period. Specialized and general journals may apply; the award is for distinction within this historical field, not necessarily for comprehensive coverage of it.

Celebrate the craft and business of CELJ Publishing at the MLA Convention. See the attached image for full details.

The December 2010 edition of Editor Calling, the Newsletter of the CELJ, is now available for download at the bottom of this post.

About:

• shaping an article submission
• selecting a publisher
• drafting a cover letter
• following style guides
• corresponding with editors
• ethical dilemmas
• trends in scholarly publishing
• and other issues in journal publishing

For the past ten years, in an effort to help younger scholars 
submitting their work to journals, the Council of Editors of Learned 
Journals, an Allied Organization of MLA, has sponsored "Chat with an 
Editor" at the MLA Convention. With so many requests from editors and 
authors to keep this program going, the MLA has stepped forward to officially sponsor these sessions, which will now take place in the room the MLA maintains for certain associated organizations.

The service gives scholars the opportunity to meet one-on-one with an 
experienced editor to discuss any aspect of the publication process. It 
is not an article vetting service, but rather a chance for authors to 
obtain advice on any aspect of writing, submitting, and publishing a 
journal article, in a neutral and friendly atmosphere. Advisors and 
advisees will meet in Room 408-A of the Los Angeles Convention Center. (Please note the chats will not take place in the book exhibit hall). In recent years, about half of the advisees have been graduate 
students and half have been assistant professors, postdocs, adjunct or part-time professors, and 
independent scholars.

What this service is:

• A chance to meet editors in a low-key, informational situation.
• A way to better understand the intricacies of scholarly publishing.
• A way to broaden your contacts and connectons in a particular field
• A means to further collegiality and scholarly exchange in our profession.

What this service is not:

• A substitute for a job interview at the MLA.
• An alternative to going through a journal’s normal referee process.
• Something that should be treated casually, i.e., please do not make an appointment if you think you might have to change it, and if you cancel please let the Chat Coordinator know in a timely fashion.

SCHEDULE OF CHAT ADVISORS

Friday January 7
9-10 Leslie Kreiner Wilson, Americana: The Journal of American Popular Culture

10-11 Thomas Beebee, Comparative Literature Studies

11-12 Karen Alexander, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society

12-1 Logan Browning, SEL: Studies in Englsih Literature




Saturday Jan 8


9-10 Davis Wiseman, Hispania
10-11 Anna Faktorovich, Pennsylvania Literary Journal
11-12 John Bryant, Leviathan
12-1 Pamela McCalum, ARIEL

MAKING YOUR RESERVATION

To reserve a free 20-minute meeting time, email Professor Nicholas Birns of Eugene Lang College, The New School, at birnsn@newschool.edu. Supply your name, affiliation, and position 
(graduate student, assistant professor, independent scholar, etc.), and 
indicate three times in order of preference (1 = most preferred), or 
indicate that any time is okay.

The last day to make a reservation is Saturday, December 18. You will receive 
confirmation of your meeting time by December 20-22 at the latest, or 
somewhat earlier if the slots "sell out" and the schedule can be 
finalized. Once the schedule is full, a wait list will be made, and 
these advisees will be given meeting times as cancellations create new 
openings.

Because of the popularity of this program, it is advisable to make 
your reservation as soon as possible.

Dear CELJ Member,

The Times Literary supplement invites you to participate in the next Learned Journals / CELJ issue on November 5th 2010.

With an estimated international readership in excess of 100,000 and extra copies of the paper available at the MLA Conference, this provides an ideal platform from which to market your journal at a special advertising rate.

The exclusive rate available to all CELJ members for this edition is just £11 ($17.38 US dollars) per single column centimetre (a saving of 50% off our rate card price).

Prices have been held from 2008!

The minimum size available is 5cm x 1 column (2 ½” wide x 2” deep) just £55/$86.90 (+VAT).

Booking and copy deadline for this issue is October 28th, please find specification details and booking information in the documents attached.

If you have any further questions, please contact me on tel: +44 (0)20 7782 4974,
fax: +44(0) 20 7782 4966, or email: linsey.kenhard@newsint.co.uk

Yours sincerely

Linsey Kenhard
Display Advertisement Sales Manager