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Submission Guidelines
General Guidelines
All manuscripts should be submitted electronically as Microsoft Word 2007 (or later)
attachments to Professor Robert Blaisdell ([email protected]) and include a working e-mail address and telephone number for both the student and
mentor. Submissions should be in 12-point font and double-spaced throughout in a legible
typeface like Times New Roman or Cambria. Please submit a "hard" copy in the Honors
House Room M377.
Lists of Works Cited
The biggest problem with our submissions is that the citations are woefully insufficient.
Articles should include a list of Works Cited and be properly referenced according
to the guidelines of the Modern Language Association, American Psychological Association,
or other citation system appropriate to the discipline for which they were written.
A list of urls in not acceptable.
We do not publish:
- Computer science papers that consist mostly of many pages of code
- Art reviews of exhibits that are no longer running
- Class assignments that are letters to officials
- Papers that are basically biographies of famous persons
- Class journals
We are unlikely to publish:
- Papers that are hand-written, unless they include exceptionally beautifully drawn
diagrams
- Overviews of topics, unless they include a summary of recent developments in the field
- Art history papers that have no illustrations of the work being discussed
- Papers by students we have already published, unless they are really much better than
other related submissions for that issue
- Personal essays, unless they also make an argument about a topic
What we are looking for:
- Articles approximately 3,000-5,000 words, which may include notes, diagrams, and/or
illustrations
- An argument, not just a summary of other's arguments
- In-paragraph citations that are clearly connected to the Works Cited list
- As few reference sources as possible
Deadlines
August 1 for the Fall issue and February 1 for the Spring issue.
Recognition
Students whose work is published in Distinctions are honored at a ceremony each semester
attended by the President and Provost. Distinctions is an excellent entr e into publishing
your work and is an asset when you transfer to a four-year college or enter the workforce.
Students are also offered the opportunity to present their work at the Northeast Regional
Honors Council Conference held annually each spring, and at a local CUNY Honors Conference
held the first Friday in May.
For Further Information
Contact Distinctions editor Prof. Robert Blaisdell ([email protected]) or visit the Honors House in M-377.
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