We know we don’t work like a traditional journal. We’re very proud of that. But since it’s a different process, we wanted to explain how it usually goes. Our editorial pipeline usually works on shorter timescales than, say, an academic journal, but we are also grad students. Delays happen, but we will do our best to communicate and keep you updated. Don’t hesitate to email us if you have a question.

• Step 1: You send us something cool!
• Step 2: You should receive a quick email from the section head saying they got it. Depending on our schedule, you may also receive an estimate on how long it will be until they are able to return your draft with feedback and comments.
• Step 3: Submissions are reviewed by a team of at least two, including the section editor as well as an associate and/or assistant editors. Many of our contributors are publishing for the first time, and our feedback emphasizes helping you polish your arguments and ideas for an online venue.
• Step 4:  You will receive your draft back with a proposed date to return it to the editorial team. We usually suggest two or three weeks for a revised draft, but it’s something you can talk to with the editor. We want the timing to work for you.
• Step 5: Repeat Step 3 and Step 4, usually 2-5 times. We work in small writing iterations and not large-scale, all-suggestions-at-once “Reviewer 2” style. You might do more than five revision cycles, you might do just one or two. It all depends on the needs and schedule of both you and of the editorial team. You’ll be kept in the loop the whole time, though.
• Step 6: Once we’re happy with the piece, we’ll set a tentative publication date and your submission will move to copy-editing for final review. Copy editors just look for typos or small errors and make sure all the links work.
• Step 7: Your article is published on a Wednesday at noon thirty. We disseminate our articles on Facebook and Twitter.
• Step 8: Bask in your accomplishment, you awesome human-being. Coerce your friends, colleagues, and family into sharing and retweeting your article.
• Step 9: Your section editor should send you some forms to fill out at the time your piece is published. That’ll help ya get paid for your work. Because you should be paid for writing, academic, journalistic, any form of professional writing is labour!
• Step 10: We hope you enjoyed working with us and keep reading. We welcome repeat submissions, but we try to limit submissions from one single person to about once per year.