jwAi Submissions

Submissions Now Welcome

The jwAi invites content that advances our understanding of writing today.

Please note that this page is for journal submissions, not conference proposals.

We are looking for articles that have the power to start, change, and end conversations.

At this time, we are especially interested in process-based assignments with lesson plans that could help writing faculty across the globe integrate AI into their classrooms.

  • Your submissions should use strong argumentation backed by compelling evidence.

  • They should not be under consideration or published elsewhere.

  • They should make a unique contribution to the conversation on writing in the age of AI.

  • They should be prepared for blind review.

Areas of Focus

We invite papers that address AI and writing thoughtfully, dynamically, and compellingly. To these ends, we are interested in topics that not only span but also go beyond this list of possibilities: 

Pedagogy 

  • Lesson Plans and Assignments using AI

  • AI Technology Case Studies for Assignments

  • Writing and Revising Exercises using AI 

  • Crafting Teaching Statements in the Age of AI

  • Revisiting Traditional Techniques with AI

Potential 

  • Identity, Class, Access, and Paywalls 

  • Ability, Disability, and Accessibility 

  • Inclusion, Exclusion, Bias, and Discrimination 

  • What's next? 

  • What is missing from the conversation? 

  • Who is not included in the conversation but should be or should not be and why? 

  • What has not yet been imagined? 

  • What possibilities are not being considered? 

Philosophy & Principles

  • Writing Program Mission, Vision, and Value Statements 

  • Writing Program Policies, Codes, Procedures 

  • Writing Centers and Tutoring 

  • What Instructors Owe Students 

  • What Students Owe Themselves 

  • What Students Owe Instructors 

  • What is good or bad, right or wrong with AI and writing? Why? 

Purview 

  • Inspiration, Creation, Consultation 

  • Use, Misuse, Abuse, Dependency 

  • Plagiarism and False Positives 

  • Censorship 

  • Accuracy, Inaccuracy 

Paradigms 

  • Embrace, Exile, Examine, Enhance, Explore, Exit, or Exist 

  • Authenticity, Originality, and Genuineness 

  • Tool, Resource, Mode, or Model 

  • Improving or Hindering Communication 

  • Improving or Hindering Collaboration 

  • The Nature of Work: Learning, Writing, and Thinking 

  • Bridging the Humanities and STEM 

Praxis 

  • Authors, Authority, and Authenticity 

  • Human, Humanity, and the Humanities 

  • The Writing Process

  • Inspiration, Discovery, Sources, and Sourcing 

  • Code, Coding, and Consultation 

Content Types

Articles

Original research into topics in writing and AI. Limit:10K words.

Approaches

Relay case studies and policy analyses on incidents and implementations related to writing and AI. Limit: 5K words.

Applications

Share your pedagogical experiences with using AI in the classroom, such as classroom case studies and lesson plans on particular platforms and services. Limit: 3K words.

Submissions

Please submit your manuscripts for consideration using the form linked below, which requires that you submit an abstract and upload a Word file prepared for blind review.

Formatting Notice

At the desk and peer review stages, submissions to the jwAi are not required to conform to a style guide for consideration. However, accepted manuscripts will be required to be revised to follow our style guide.

Deadlines

Only special issues dedicated to our conferences will have issue-related deadlines. All other submissions will be processed on a rolling basis.

Process

All published articles and approaches will have undergone a double blind peer review by at least 2 reviewers. After an initial pass for topic and journal suitability, our review process focuses heavily on argumentation, evidence, analysis, and source currency.

  1. All submissions will receive a desk review by an editorial staff member. If the submission meets the spirit of the journal’s mission and vision and meets the professional-level standards, practices, and conventions of its genre, then it will be distributed blind to at least 2 reviewers.

  2. Whatever the decision, reviewer reports will be made available blind to the author.

  3. If or when the submission moves to acceptance, then the production process will be initiated, which requires the submission conform to our style guide.

  4. Page proofs will be generated and provided for review and corrections.

  5. Once the proofs are approved, the publication license will be sent. When the agreement has been signed by the author, the publication will be generated and uploaded. Authors will be notified by email.