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Editorial Guidelines




Guide to Preparing Manuscripts


DifferenTakes

A publication of the Population and Development Program at Hampshire College


Editorial Policy

Manuscript Submissions
Payment and Kill Fee
Style Guide


DifferenTakes is an investigative series of issue papers framed by progressive feminist analysis published by the Population and Development Program (Pop/Dev) for media, policymakers, advocacy organizations, activists, scholars, students and teachers.

The central purpose of DifferenTakes is the advancement of reproductive, social, and environmental justice and the critical analysis of population control ideologies, policies and practices. DifferenTakes articles cover a broad range of topics including militarism, immigration policy, the anti-abortion movement, coercive contraception, new reproductive technologies, the prison-industrial complex, queer and youth issues and human rights in the U.S. and abroad. They are designed to bridge the activist/academic divide by presenting cutting-edge political research and reflection in an accessible way. DifferenTakes authors have included eminent national and international activists, writers, scholars, and students.

DifferenTakes seeks articles that offer no more than 1,200 words on relevant issues and controversies. A clear, approachable journalistic style is preferred for all articles. And in some cases, first-person narratives are accepted for publication. The introduction should state the targeted issue and its significance for progressive activism on the themes cited above. The paper should conclude with concrete ideas for change.



Manuscript Submissions


Before submitting a manuscript, please send a query to Betsy Hartmann at popdev@hampshire.edu with the following:

* a cover letter explaining your proposed topic and its relevance to our audience;
* an outline and summary of the paper;
* a timeline for completion of the manuscript and important considerations—such as an election, political anniversary, major conferences, etc—for the timing of its eventual publication (n.b.: Publication most often occurs roughly two months after a completed, contracted manuscript is submitted); and
* any publishing credits, activist or academic experience in the field.

We will contact you by email if your proposal fits within our editorial priorities and will send you a contract to sign. Please keep in mind that we are a small staff of two, publishing about twelve papers a year, which means we often must pass up important and well-written papers.



Payment and Kill Fee


Authors receive a $150 payment after the final version of the manuscript is accepted. We reserve the right to void the agreement and not publish the paper if the piece does not meet our requirements or is not received by the due date. Our kill fee is $50. We make final judgments in the editing of all articles.

DifferenTakes is committed to working with first-time authors and students. Editors assign up to four issues a year to authors with no previous publishing credits.

Manuscripts should be submitted electronically to popdev@hampshire.edu. The manuscript should be submitted in a single MS Word file with any accompanying tables and figures in the same document as the manuscript text.





Style Guide


The Population and Development Program at Hampshire College uses endnote standards based on the standards of South End Press, Boston, MA. Endnotes should appear at the end of the article in standard numerical form. An endnote immediately following the same reference should be identified as “Ibid., 21.”

Sample endnote guidelines:

Journal Article

By Author(s):
Rupsa Mallik, “A Less Valued Life: Population Policy and Sex Selection in India,” Center for Health and Gender Equity, Vol. 3, No.5 (October 2002), 41.

By an Organization:
World Health Organization, “Safe Abortion: Technical and Policy Guidance for Health Systems,” Issues Quarterly (March 2003), 10.

Unpublished Article:
Rupsa Mallik, “The Two-Child Norm and Incentives and Disincentives in Population Policies in India,” (unpublished document, May 2002), 2-3.

Website Article

General:
National Network of Abortion Funds, “Justice Demands Abortion Funding,” (April 19, 2000), www.nnaff.org/justicedemands.html.

Book

Betsy Hartmann, Reproductive Rights and Wrongs (Boston, MA: South End Press, 1995), 45.

Article within an Edited Book:
Synthia Chandler and Carol Kingery, “Speaking Out Against State Violence: Activist HIV-Positive Women Prisoners Redefine Social Justice,” in Jael Silliman and Annanya Bhattacharjee, eds., Policing the National Body (Boston, MA: South End Press, 2002), 19.

Media

Video:
“Population Policy: Children as Disqualification,” Frontline (originally aired August 18, 2005).

Print:
Rama Lakshmi, “A Choice Between Politics, Progeny in India,” The Washington Post, October 21, 2004.

Email:
“Depo study – USAID Guidance,” (FHI News email, August 31, 2004), news@fhi.org.

Law
Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997, Public Law 105-115, 105th Congress.