Individuals wishing to propose a chapter to 20UNDER40 will undergo a two-step peer-review process.

STEP ONE: Submit a 1-2 page (double-spaced, one inch margins, 12 point font) chapter proposal via our electronic submission process by 11:59 p.m. EST on Monday, August 31, 2009. Authors will be notified of their acceptance status on or before September 25, 2009. Successful chapter proposals will identify a problem within the field and pose a solution; highlight a need and articulate a new vision, and/or; debunk an accepted theory or practice and posit a new one. Please include your name and email address on each page of your chapter proposal.

STEP TWO: Selected authors will be invited to submit full chapters for a second round of peer-review. Full chapters (4000-6000 words) are due from invited authors on or before January 15, 2010. Guidelines for full chapter submissions will be sent to invited authors. Twenty of the full chapters received by invited authors will be selected for publication. The target date to notify invited authors of the status of their full chapter submissions is April 30, 2010.

All chapter proposals must include an electronic submission coversheet.

The core ideas of all chapter proposals/full chapters must be the original work of the author. Chapter proposals/full chapters must be written in English. Multiple chapter proposals are permitted—please submit each proposal separately. Submissions must be electronic word processor documents (i.e. Microsoft Word documents). Please use the following format to label your submission: “LASTNAME.doc”. Do not send “.docx” files.

20UNDER40 aims to be a readable volume of essays published for an educated, though not overly academic, audience. This volume is designed to serve a broad inter-generational readership including: artists, teaching artists, arts administrators, arts advocates, and arts researchers—as well as non-arts individuals ranging from parents to national policymakers. While 20UNDER40 will not restrict contributors to any particular tone or mood, we suggest prospective authors craft their prose using language that would be suitable for publication in The New York Times.

20UNDER40 welcomes chapter proposal submissions from individuals practicing at all levels—and in all capacities—within the field of the arts and arts education. In order to be eligible for inclusion in 20UNDER40 an author must be under the age of forty by the chapter proposal submission deadline (August 31, 2009).

Please note the submission deadline for 20UNDER40 has now passed.