Submissions

Author Registration

To register as a potential author for publication in the c2c Journal, please fill out the following form. This information will be kept strictly confidential and will be used only by members of the editorial board for the purpose of determining your suitability as an author for a quarterly issue or specific piece of commentary. Only authors who are determined suitable by the editorial board will be contacted.

Submissions

If you are interested in writing a piece for an upcoming issue of c2c, or a column or book review between issues, we would be very pleased to hear from you. If you would like to register as a potential author, please fill out the form on this page and send us some information about yourself including relevant experience and your desired topic to write about (i.e. foreign policy etc.). You will be contacted should our editors feel that there is an opportunity for you to write an article on the topic of your interest.

We Welcome…

• • The editorial board of c2c is interested in well-expressed, insightful, original thoughts regardless of nationality, political background or political preferences and ideological labels. The piece must be accessible to an intelligent, interested audience, capable of understanding a sustained discussion, but not necessarily familiar with the terms used in a specific field.
• • Essays, thoughtful commentaries and reviews on Canada, including her domestic politics, developments outside of Canada of interest to Canadians and non-Canadians alike, and on culture (high or popular), foreign affairs, and faith or any combination of the above, with an eye to broadening the national debate by exploring principles of democratic governance, individual freedom, free markets, environmental stewardship, peace and security.
• • As a rule, try to avoid: articles too suffused with policy-heavy analyses or recommendations. There are other excellent publications that specialize in policy. c2c aims to provide thoughtful commentary on and reviews of issues, events, trends and books, not to necessarily analyze legislation or policy. That said – if you can come up with a new angle or fresh thinking on a topic much debated, for example, health care –feel free. Exceptions to the rule are thus welcome.

Submission Procedures

There are two ways to submit your piece. The best way is to propose a topic and then receive feedback from the editorial staff via email. This will not guarantee that c2c will publish a given piece, but it will give you an initial indication before investing too many hours on your submission.

The second option is to write a full draft of your piece and then submit it by using the posting tool on this page. The editorial staff will review your submission and let you know whether it will be considered for publication. Please include your e-mail address in the body of any attachments. Please note that c2c does not consider articles that are simultaneously under consideration for publication elsewhere.

On commentary published between our quarterly issues, timeliness is critical. Is there a recent news item that has sparked your interest and will make your piece more timely to the reader? If so, it has a better chance of succeeding. Book reviews are of course exempt from this.

Guidelines

All submissions should be e-mailed to editors@c2cjournal.ca. Submissions should be attached in Microsoft Word format.

If you have not already registered as a writer, please indicate your name, writing experience, and expertise in the subject, as applicable. If a review of a book, also include full details about the book including (Canadian) publisher, price (in C$ – make sure the book will available in Canada when reviewed), number of pages and publication date. Manuscripts submitted for consideration must be accompanied by a separate page containing the author’s address, telephone number(s), and e-mail address.

c2c uses the Canadian Press style, except where it is excessively politically correct. In terms of word length, guidelines for full issues are as follows:*

• • Full Articles: 1,500-2,500 words
• • Short Analysis: 1,000-1,500 words
• • Book Reviews: 1,200-2,000 words
• • Q & A: Various length

In terms of word length, guidelines for commentary/book reviews are as follows:*

• • Commentary: 750 to 1,250 words
• • Book Reviews: 1,000-1,500 words

*Note we do not require nor desire footnotes or endnotes. Think essay-style and not policy or academic style when writing up your piece. We trust that authors will be able to back up their assertions if challenged.