Author Guidelines
What is The Philanthropist?
The Philanthropist is a quarterly e-review providing a forum for thoughtful discussion and debate about the nonprofit world in Canada. It publishes articles and useful information directed towards practitioners, scholars, supporters, and others engaged in the sector.
Publishing frequency
- We publish four issues a year.
Language
- We publish articles in their original language (French or English).
Theme
- Each issue has a theme and we are looking for articles related to the theme. Check with us for upcoming themes. We also consider articles that are not related to the theme.
Journalistic rather than academic
- The Philanthropist began as a scholarly journal, and while we continue to publish occasional scholarly pieces, our new review has a more journalistic tone. We are looking for articles that explore new ideas or approaches, and different perspectives from readers in various parts of the sector. The site is interactive and people can post comments on specific articles, so we encourage a style that is lively and promotes dialogue and discussion.
Length
- 3000 - 4,000 words, although we occasionally publish longer pieces.
Audience
- We are looking for articles that will be of interest to a range of people connected to the sector: Boards, staff, volunteers, donors, financial advisors, government officials, scholars and researchers, and others with an interest in the sector. We occasionally publish articles directed to specific constituencies.
- We are looking for high quality, well-written articles and can offer editorial support as well as copyediting.
Editorial Review
- Articles are reviewed by an Editorial Committee, copyedited, and proofread.
Other
- We do not publish notices about courses, upcoming events, job opportunities, advertising, or breaking news items.
- If you have an idea for an article, please contact us to discuss.
Authors are asked to prepare manuscripts using the following guidelines.
- Keep it clean and simple - our designer will layout your article for you to meet The Philanthropist style guidelines.
Author Bio
The author(s) must supply a brief (25 word) bio giving name, rank, institution, institutional address, and email address. Author information and bio should be entered in Step 2 of the online submission process, and not as part of the submission file itself. For example, Rowland Lorimer is Director of the Master of Publishing Program and Professor of Communication at Simon Fraser University, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3. Email: lorimer@sfu.ca .
General Formatting
Authors are advised to follow as closely as possible the Chicago Manual of the Style, with necessary variations to suit Canadian spelling practices and The Philanthropist style. Please see recent Philanthropist volumes for current style and formats being followed. If you are unsure, please contact the Managing Editor: managing_editor@thephilanthropist.ca .
Layout
- The text should be double-spaced.
- Start each paragraph at the margin (no tabs to indent first line). Place an extra blank line between paragraphs to separate.
- Dashes should be keyed in as double-hyphens with no space at either end. For example: word--word.
Heading Styles
- First level headings: (Boldface, first word capitalized, justified at left margin, on a separate line)
- Second level headings: (Plain type, first word capitalized, justified at left margin, on a separate line)
- Third level headings: (Italic type, first word capitalized, justified at left margin, on a separate line)
Citations in the Text
- If the work has more than one author, give all the names the first time the work is referred to, then et al. thereafter.
- When titles of journals or books are mentioned, they should be italicized, not underlined.
- If the citation follows a quotation, place the parentheses after the quotation marks but before the end punctuation. For example: ''for the future of telecommunications'' (Smith, 1987, p. 42).
Figures and Images
- Upload any figures or images separately as "supplementary files." Please follow the online instructions.
Use of Notes
- Footnotes are not used in this format; only endnotes are used.
- Do not use automatically formatted endnotes. Notes should appear at the end of the text and before the references (typed in a regular text). Endnote numbers in the text should be regular text formatted as superscript.
- Use of notes should be very sparing. They should be used only where additional explanations are absolutely necessary and cannot be incorporated in the text. Maximum: 10.
- Notes should be listed after the text and before the list of biographical references.
- The heading for the notes should be bold and left-justified, as Notes.
References
- Following the Notes, list only those works actually cited in the text.
- The heading for the references should be bold and left-justified, as References.
- Double space all entries.
- Begin each entry at the margin and indent the subsequent lines by 1/2 inch; i.e., hanging indent.
- Separate the main items in each entry by periods (i.e., name of author, title of book, etc.) Leave one space between a period and next part of the entry.
- Publication date should be in parentheses following author name. Title of book should be in italics and only the first word and first word after a colon should be capitalized (see examples above).
- For articles, the title should be in plain text, with only the first word capitalized; the title of the periodical or edited book should be in italics.
- For journals the volume number of the periodical volume is in italics, with the issue number in plain text and parentheses. Page numbers are given at the end of the reference but without the requirement for 'page'' or 'p.' See examples below.
- The formats must be strictly adhered to in terms of punctuation and order of the items within each entry:
Book
Klein, Naomi. (2000). No logo: Taking aim at the brand bullies. New York, NY: Picador.
Article in a book
Garnham, Nicholas. (2004). The information society theory as ideology. In F. Webster (Ed.), The Information Society Reader (pp. 165-183). London, UK: Routledge.
Article in a journal
Aronczyk, Melissa. (2009). How to do things with brands: Uses of national identity. Canadian Journal of Communication, 34(2), 291-296.
Government document
Royal Commission on newspapers. (1981). Report. Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada.
Website
Gurstein, Michael. (2000). Effective use: A community informatics strategy beyond the digital divide. First Monday, 8(12). URL: http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue8_12/ gurstein/index.html [March 4, 2005].
Submitting
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
2. The submission file is in word.doc or RTF document file format.
3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
4. The text is double-spaced, uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
