Write for NAFSA

Prepared for NAFSA: Association of International Educators

You may wish to request NAFSA Style: A Guide for Writers and Editors, available from NAFSA Publications at 1.866.538.1927. The price of the book is $10 and is item number 2010.

Please type and complete all sections. Incomplete proposals will not be reviewed.

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Principal Author
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Author's Background
Author's current occupation (including name and location of employer, job title, and brief job description):*

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Pertinent organizations or associations of which author is a member or officer

Proposed Publication
Working Title (not to exceed twelve words):*
Is the proposed title a revision of a title previously published by NAFSA? Yes No
If you marked "yes" above, what was the name of the original publication, who were its authors, and when was the original publication published?

If the proposed publication is a revision of a previously published title, what is the rationale for revising the title at this time?

Proposed Table of Contents.*
Proposed format of publication (select one): Book or manual Periodical Article Pamphlet Working Paper Video CD-ROM
Date of submission (if approved):*

Co-authors, with professional titles and affiliations:*

Contributors and extent of each contribution:*

If proposed work will require use of copyrighted materials, describe such materials and identify copyright holder. (Securing copyright permission is the responsibility of principal author.)*

Copyright questions aside, if principal author or co-authors have previously published or made available material that closely resembles material to be included in this work, identify the material and summarize the facts of its previous appearance.

Describe in detail the subject of the proposed work. Discuss what is distinctive about the approach, material, organization, emphasis and philosophy of the proposed work. If previous editions have appeared, how does the proposed work differ from those? Why were the changes made to the previous edition?*

In the space provided below, describe in detail your work to a potential publisher. Your response should discuss at least the following items:*

Identify the primary audience of the proposed work.
Identify other potential audience(s) of the proposed work.
Identify the important or unique features of the proposed work in and of itself.
Identify three or four main points that make the proposed work unique and valuable to the field of international educational exchange.

List and rank in order of important works that compete with or are similar to the proposed work.*

In the space provided below, describe in detail research you have conducted to determine the potential market for the proposed work. For example, have you contacted the appropriate NAFSA section(s) and described the proposed work; if so, what was the response? Or have you polled other colleagues about the proposed work; if so, what was the response? Please attach to this form written responses from the NAFSA section(s) or other colleagues. Please cut and paste from an e-mail. If you would like some assistance in completing this question, please feel free to contact the Publications Department at the NAFSA office.*

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You may instead choose to mail your completed proposal form to: NAFSA Publications, 1307 New York Avenue, NW, Eighth Floor, Washington, DC 20005.

*Notes to Authors and Contributors

Job Descriptions of participants: As determined by NAFSA Publications, the author is the person who assumes primary responsibility for organizing project work plan, outlining content, designating work assignments, keeping in touch with co-authors and contributors, adhering to editorial timeframe, receiving, and organizing all text for submission to NAFSA Publications. This person will write a significant portion of the completed text. A co-author is a person who researches and writes a significant portion of the completed text, and who assumes a share of the author job tasks named above. The author and co-author will mutually determine, in writing, what the co-author is expected to do. A contributor is a person who serves as a resource for original material in the book, who contributes one or more quotes, who provides expert advice or counsel, or who acts as an information resource for preparation of written text. A contributor may agree to submit a small portion of original text, by pre-arrangement with the author.

Honoraria for services performed: NAFSA is able to assign authors and co-authors honoraria to be specified in signed letters of agreement. Contributors will not receive honoraria. Honoraria will be based on a formula developed and reassessed each fiscal year by NAFSA Publications.