Please submit papers proposed for publication by emailing your complete paper manuscript as one Word document to Jeanny S. Pontin. Your paper must include:

• title of paper
• names of author(s) and complete addresses with email address of each author
• keywords (up to 10 words)
• biographical notes of no more than 100 words for each author
• an abstract of no more than 150 words
• references (using the Harvard short reference system).

If graphics or photographs are included please submit them separately as EPS (graphics) or jpeg (photographs) formats.

Submissions to the regular issues are welcome at any time.

Publication Process

1. Please format your paper using the provided Microsoft Word template. If you have any questions about using the style sheet or other aspects of this template, please direct them to the Editor. Your finalized paper, in this Word format, should be submitted to the Journal.
2. Papers which are received will be sent to reviewers. You will be informed if your paper has been accepted as submitted, accepted subject to revisions, or rejected.
3. If your paper is accepted subject to revisions you will be asked to return it with revisions. The Editor will either return it to you in PDF format for your final approval, or ask you to convert the final version to PDF format, and submit it as final.
4. The paper will then be published.

Costs of Publication
This e-journal is available to readers on the internet at no cost. Authors are charged publication fees based on the length of their papers.

Publishing fees are US$380 for six pages or fewer, or $500 for papers from 7-15 pages in length. The fee for manuscripts which are longer than 15 pages will be an additional $100 per extra page. Copy editing may be required for some submissions. e-Cognito can provide copy editing and related services. Contact us for information on fees for such services.

An initial fee of $100 must be included with the submission using the Submission Form. If the paper is accepted the author will be billed for the remainder of the fee prior to publication. You may also pay by major credit card, by completing the Submission Form, or send email to info@spottedcowpress.ca, to arrange such a transaction by telephone.

Copyright
Authors will retain copyright of their papers. However, authors whose papers are accepted will be asked to agree to a license through Creative Commons which will provide public access to the paper on the internet and also protection of the author's work.

Archives
Journal archives will be archived electronically and will be available on the e-Cognito site.