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CALL FOR PROPOSALS: INKSHED PUBLICATIONS ABOUT INKSHED PUBLICATIONS The primary reasons for this publication series are related to Canadian academics' and teachers' need for an ongoing vehicle to create and maintain the dialogue on current scholarship, research, and theory in the domains of language study; composition studies; rhetorical studies; the study of texts and how they are composed, read, and used; the study of literature and response to literature; pedagogy in English studies; language arts and English education; media and communication studies; and related fields. We believe our first priority should be to provide Canadian scholars and teachers with an opportunity to address other Canadians. We also believe that these same scholars should have some means of addressing the international community of scholars. In order to ensure that the series deals with the most current and engaging issues in our field, we wish to see publications written primarily by Canadians, edited and reviewed by Canadians, but addressed to both a national and international audience. That is, we wish to recognize that much of the work being carried out in Canada is not only part of the Canadian conversation, but is among the most innovative work being done in English studies internationally as well. We envision publications which report on current research (in its broadest definition), scholarship, theory, and the analysis of emerging conceptual constructs, while recognizing the potential influence these constructs on classroom practice. The publication series attempts to provide a venue for alternative conceptualizations of language and discourse which challenge traditional theories and their attendant pedagogies, as well as to give voice to emerging, different, and marginalized discourses. PUBLICATION PROPOSALS Inkshed Publications will publish both monographs and edited books. The editors are also interested in alternative formats. All formats must be book-length (100-200 pages). Edited Volumes: We envision the edited books to be made up of approximately 200 pages (typescript, which is approximately 250 pages manuscript) with articles from six or eight different authors. These books will be edited by members of the community who make proposals. Those proposal should include a prospectus (10-15 pages) describing the intent of the book as well as the rationale for addressing the topic(s) in the book. The proposers should also suggest names of possible contributors to the book as well as the possible topics those contributors will discuss. For these volumes, prospective editors need not have contacted the possible contributors to submit a proposal, or, for that matter, need to have all of the contributors selected. Furthermore, prospective editors may suggest an idea for a volume without having particular contributors identified. In these cases, the managing editors can send out a call for papers on the topic of the volume on behalf of the editors. Decisions about the final papers for the volume will be made by the editors/proposers, in consultation with the managing editors. Monographs: Monographs, either singly- or multiply-authored will also be part of the publication initiative. We are looking for extended discussions of topics important to the Inkshed community. These monographs will, typically, be about 100 pages long (typescript, i.e., about 125 pages manuscript). The topics covered by the monographs should be focused and of scholarly and pedagogical importance to the Inkshed community. Proposals for monographs should include a 10-15 page prospectus describing the topic and its relevance as well as the theoretical perspective to be taken in the book. The proposal should also include a preliminary table of contents. The decisions of which monographs will be published will be made by the managing editors after the proposals have been sent out for review. Alternative formats: The editors are also interested in formats other than the two listed above and are interested in receiving proposals for such alternative formats. The format must be of book-length (100-200 pages), be appropriate in terms of scholarly and pedagogical significance, and be publishable. Proposals for such volumes should include a 10-15 page prospectus describing the topic and its relevance as well as the theoretical perspective to be taken in the book. All proposals should be in a form that can be copied to be sent out for review. If you have any questions, please contact Sandy Baardman at the address listed below. FAXED PROPOSALS OR PROPOSALS SENT OVER E-MAIL WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED DUE TO POOR REPRODUCTION/FORMATTING. *** DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS IS SEPTEMBER 8, 1995 *** Please submit three copies of each proposal to: Inkshed Publications c/o Sandy Baardman 340 Education Bldg. University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 phone: 1-204-474-9034 fax: 1-204-275-5962 e-mail: [log in to unmask] Previous and upcoming titles: WRITING INSTRUCTION IN CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES (1994) by Roger Graves CONTEXTUAL LITERACY: WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM (1994) edited by Catherine Schryer and Laurence Steven GENDER AND ACADEMIC WRITING (forthcoming, 1995) by Jaqueline McLeod Rogers CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN THE THOUGHT OF KENNETH BURKE (forthcoming, 1995) by Martin Behr, edited by Richard M. Coe INTEGRATING VISUAL AND VERBAL LITERACIES (forthcoming, 1996) edited by Will Garrett-Petts and Donald Lawrence