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Newsletter submission guidelines

The International Newsletter is a platform for IEATA® professional, student, and supporting members to connect, exchange ideas, network, and stay current on the latest developments in the field of expressive arts. It is published biannually by the IEATA® PR & Publications Committee.

Submissions are welcome from any current IEATA® member and from those in the larger expressive arts community upon Committee approval.

Deadlines

Fall edition: Submission deadlines October 20
Summer edition: Submission deadline April 20

Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis.

We accept submissions for...

Notes from the Field

Reflections or commentaries concerning the process of engaging in the expressive arts from the viewpoint of artist, student, intern, consultant, educator, therapist, client, activist, and more.

Student News, Views & More

Reflections or commentaries concerning issues, views, and the perspectives of those currently enrolled as students in expressive arts programs.

Professional Exchange

Professional reflections or commentaries concerning new approaches, certification, trends, historical reflections, ethics, and other developing issues from practitioners, educators, consultants.

Book Reviews

Short reviews of new books in the field of expressive/creative arts and related topics that provide both descriptive and critical commentary concerning the books’ relevance to expressive arts practice.

PLEASE NOTE: Book reviews written by people other than the authors themselves are published as free submissions. Book excerpts with links to purchases are considered advertisement and follow different criteria.

Creative Contributions

We welcome artistic contributions in single or multiple modalities that inform or depict expressive arts work. Contributions may include:

Visual artwork
Poetry
Creative writings
Audio
Video
Any art form that can be linked in a digital format
Articles, Blog posts, Abstracts, etc.

How to send us your work

Please send all submissions to publications@ieata.org and follow these guidelines:

All submissions must be electronic/digital. We do not accept hard copy submissions*
All submissions must have “IEATA Newsletter” as the subject line
Written documents should be sent as a .doc or .pdf attachments
Images should be sent as .JPG or .PNG files, minimum 1280 pixels, maximum weight 4mb
Video should be sent as .MOV or .MP4 files, maximum frames 30fps
Audio should be sent as .MP3 or WAV files
Article Submission Specifics:
- Title all submissions: Full Name-Title of Work-IEATA NEWSLETTER
- Length – maximum 1800 words
All languages accepted!

*A note on editing: All submissions will be reviewed for length, relevance to the scope of our practice, coherence, and ethics, and are subject to editing at the editors’ discretion. However, if a submission requires a more extensive edit, contributors shall be notified by the editors prior to finalization.

Simultaneous Submissions: Contributors must notify the editors if a submission to the IEATA® Newsletter has simultaneously been submitted to another publication or if a submission to the IEATA® Newsletter has been previously printed in another publication.

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If you are interested in advertising with our IEATA® Newsletter for private practice, workshops, art installations, services, educational resources and classes, and artwork and books, please contact the IEATA® PR and Publications team for a price list at publications@ieata.org. Member and non-member prices are available.

Advertisement submissions must be PDF, JPG, or PNG file formats and should be emailed to publications@ieata.org.

Payment is due at the time of submission and can be made online or by check, which can be remitted to: International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA®), P.O. Box 40707, San Francisco, CA 94110-9991 USA