Contribute

contributeresizeWriting Commons aspires to go beyond the limitations of traditional print textbooks or ebooks. In the spirit of the commons movement, which celebrates the wisdom of crowds, we invite our readers, particularly college faculty, to help us continue developing this resource, so that it meets the needs of students in diverse writing courses. By working collaboratively, we are hopeful that we can develop a new kind of writing textbook, a textbook not written by a single author in the old-school way but by us, by a crowd of people out there who think we need a new kind of writing text, one that is more interactive, more Web 2.0ish--a text that can be easily edited to meet your needs, a text that is readily available on your phone, PDA, or netbook, an expansive textbook that meets the needs of any college-level writer.

We aspire to work with teachers and  graduate students to continue developing Writing Commons so that it is a real-time writing resource for students and teachers. Please review our Guide for Authors page for specific details about how to choose a subject, submit an idea, and work through the review process with our editors.

We are especially eager to add new media and interactive elements. One of our short-term goals is to continue updating the site with podcasts, videos, and new articles so that Writing Commons serves as a useful text for writing across the disciplines. 

Ten Good Reasons for Contribute to Writing Commons

  • to publish

    • an opportunity to publish your scholarship quickly, widely, and competitively

    • Quicker turn-around time

    • rapid/widespread/worldwide dissemination

    • same rigor of peer review (as with traditional paper journals)

  • to network

    • contributing to Writing Commons means networking with our editorial board, which represents tenured expertise from a variety of disciplines, from composition and literacy studies to technology and virtual reality

  • to ask

    • tweet questions and link to the Writing Commons blog (Common Space) for answers and examples

  • to create

    • be a contributor to the open education/pedagogy conversation; creating resources and submitting them to WritingCommons.org is mutually beneficial

  • to interact

    • a new media format allows for instant, convenient interaction about published resources and works in progress

  • to collaborate

    • our collective agency in creating and publishing a resource like WritingCommons.org is inevitably stronger and more prolific than the individual scholarship of a lone writer

  • because we peer-review

    • WritingCommons.org submissions are subject to peer-review before the work is accepted as a contribution to the knowledge base

  • because it’s vetted

    • the core text of WritingCommons.org was originally published by a major publisher and awarded the Distinguished Book Award by Computers and Composition: an International Journal

  • because it’s free

    • What’s better than free, peer-reviewed, immediately accessible learning resources?

     

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    17 October 2010 Last Updated on 09 May 2012