You are invited to join the GAINS community of authors and editors!
The writing and editing staff of Connections & Reflections, the GAINS Quarterly seeks to embody IPNB principles in the process of developing each Quarterly. We strive to have a FACES* (flexible, adaptive, coherent, energized, and stable) experience with one another, filled with COAL* (curiousity, openness, acceptance, and love).
We seek to foster creativity, respect, teamwork, and good humor, while we hone the neuroscience and deepen the applications about which we are writing. We feel that if we are able to embody these principles in the creation of the Quarterly, this will show in the finished product - and we may be contributing to a more awake and compassionate world just in the way we work together. Sometimes, the result has been so integrative that we feel like the edition has been written by one mind with many hands.
Since drafts are submitted 30 days before the publication date, there is ample time for a back-and-forth editing process, one that continues until both the author and the editor are satisfied with the final article/poem/personal experience/cartoon. In both content and style, we seek to offer our readers sustenance for their right and left hemispheres, so that learning can be whole brained enough to lead to changes in the way we work and live.
Now for the nuts and bolts...
For authors, you are invited to submit a theoretical article, research results, case study, poem, cartoon, personal experience, work of art, photograph, or other creation related to the next Quarterly's theme (see below).
To begin...
• Consult this page of the website for the theme of the upcoming Quarterly.
• Submit a proposal at least 45 days before the publication date to Bonnie Badenoch, the Quarterly editor-in-chief.
When your proposal is accepted...
• Submit a clean draft at least 30 days before the publication date to Bonnie.
• Word count for most articles is 2,000-2,500 words, about four single-spaced pages with 1" margins, Times New Roman 12 pt, without headers, footers, or other formatting. It makes it much easier for the editorial staff to put your submission into the Quarterly format if the draft is unformatted when we receive it. Personal experiences and other non-article submissions are usually shorter than 2,000 words.
• For articles, use APA style for in-article citations and references. (See Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition.)
• Articles are generally illustrated by the editing staff, but if you have pictures you want included, submit them as jpeg files.
• Include a short biography, about 5-10 lines, 10 pt.
What to consider when writing articles...
• Clear, accurate understanding and expression of the IPNB principles underlying the application, along with the neuroscience that supports the principle. You won't be in this alone since our editorial staff will be happy to help flesh out the science.
• A writing style that supports both a right and left hemisphere experience for our readers.
What happens next...
• Receipt of your article will be acknowledged immediately.
• An initial edit will be completed and returned to you for your review and reworking as needed. We will continue in this back-and-forth process until we're all happy with the text. Then illustrations and formatting will be added and returned to you for final approval.
• Your work will be published as the authors and editors celebrate another successful journey together.
For editors, if you would like to join the editorial staff of the Quarterly, email Bonnie so a conversation can begin. Thank you!
The next edition of Connections & Reflections will be published on January 15, 2009. The theme is Play, and our advisory board contributor will be Allan Schore. Proposals are due December 1st, with drafts due December 15th.
*Daniel J. Siegel (2007), The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being
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