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Submission Preparation Checklist

Please review the Atla Open Press House Style Guidelines prior to completing your submission.

Authors are required to comply with the following items or their submission may be returned.
This submission:

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • Is in Microsoft Word (DOCX), Open/Libre Office (ODT), or rich text (RTF) format.
  • Is single-spaced and uses a common font with consistently sized headings.
  • Conforms to Chicago Manual of Style in-text author-date formatfor citations.
    • Endnotes are only included for commentary or other ancillary, discursive, or explanatory content.
  • Image formats comply with the Atla Open Press Visual Materials Guidelines.
  • Image placement and captions are included within the text in compliance with the Atla Open Press Visual Materials Guidelines.
  • Conforms to the Committee or Group report template, as applicable. You may download the report template below.

Author Guidelines

Thank you for participating in an Atla Committee or Group. Your work is a valuable contribution to the Association and reflects the core purpose of Atla to promote worldwide scholarly communication in religion and theology by advancing the work of libraries and related information providers. If you have any questions regarding your submission, please e-mail connect@atla.com.

Deadlines

The following are responsible for submitting their reports to the annual Yearbook by July 15:

  • Interest Groups
  • Denominational Groups
  • Committees and Task Forces

All submissions must be completed by July 15.

Submission Instructions

To submit a manuscript: 

  1. Register and log into our Open Journal Systems (OJS) submission system.

  2. On the Submissions page click “Make a New Submission” in the blue box.

  3. In the Submission form that opens:
    1. select the type of submission you are making from the "Section" dropdown
    2. review and acknowledge the submission checklist
    3. upload your files
    4. add details about your submission

NOTE:

  • View a brief video tutorial on submitting to the Yearbook.
  • If there are multiple authors, only one needs to complete the submission process.
  • Accurate and complete information is the responsibility of the submitter. Atla is not responsible for any spelling errors or for the omission of names of presenters or authors. 
  • Following receipt, all submissions will be formatted according to the Yearbook style.