The Assembly publishes The ALAN Review three times each year (fall, winter, and spring) with a current circulation of 2,500. The journal contains articles on YA literature and its teaching, interviews with authors, reports on publishing trends, current research on YA literature, a section of reviews of new books, and ALAN membership news. An Electronic Archive of Past Issues is available.
Submitting the Manuscript. Beginning with the Fall 2009 issue, manuscripts should be submitted electronically to alanreview@lsu.edu. In the subject line please write: manuscript submission. All manuscripts should be composed and submitted in a recent version of Microsoft Word. Complete submissions include as attachments the following documents: (1) A complete manuscript with page numbers, but without references to the author(s). (2) A separate title page with author’s names, contact information, affiliation, and a short professional biographical sketch. In the case of multiple authors, the submitting email address will be considered the primary contact unless stipulated otherwise. And, (3) a brief statement that the article is original and has not been published previously in other journals and/or books.
Summer 2011 Theme: What does YA literature look like in spaces other than the classroom?
Young adult literature continues to permeate spaces other than the classroom: in libraries, bookstores, movies theaters, and the Internet. Consider the popularity of texts such as Twilight, Harry Potter, and The Diary of a Wimpy Kid(examples of books that have gone viral with young adults) and think about how these books and others like them develop communities of readers outside of the classroom. The theme of this issue asks us to explore the ways in which young adult literature functions outside of the classroom. What spaces, other than the classroom, do you use young adult literature? What have you learned from book groups, especially those involving adults, which read young adult literature? How has cyberspace influenced the way you discuss young adult literature? In what way or ways does young adult literature become part of a young adult’s life outside of school? This theme is meant to be open to interpretation, and we welcome manuscripts addressing pedagogy as well as theoretical concerns. General submissions are also welcome. Deadline: November 11, 2010
New Section
Got a story about young adult literature you’d like to share? We are starting a new section featuring brief vignettes (no more than 300 words) from practicing teachers and librarians who would like to share their interactions with students, parents, colleagues, and administrators with YA literature.