Author Guidelines

Author Checklist

Respond to reviewer comments, point by point, in a memo to the editors. Please use one of the templates provided on the tab Peer Review Processes.
Prepare your manuscript in Word using one of the templates from the APA Sample Papers website. Please know that the LESLLA editors may make non-substantive editorial changes for consistency and clarity.
If you have figures, artwork, or photographs, save these as separate files. Indicate the caption in the manuscript itself.
Tables created in Word can remain in the manuscript.
Check your references. All sources cited in the paper must appear in the reference list, and any source listed in the references must appear in the manuscript.
Upload all files to your PKP portal.

Click HERE to watch a 17-minute video with an overview of the Author Checklist and an overview of resources on this website. Video Passcode: leslla2021!

1:53 Author Checklist
8:18 Overview of website / quick peek at PKP login
9:25 Author Guidelines
10:10 Sample paper templates for formatting your manuscript

14:23 Responding to reviewer comments point-by-point

Formatting your manuscript

📌 A great APA website that takes the headache out of paper formatting. Make yourself a nice cup of tea, and spend some time perusing this website. Check out the link to Sample Papers where you can download one of the Word files to use as a template and edit it to suit your own paper.

Nervous, overwhelmed by the minutiae?? If this your first time preparing a manuscript for publication, no worries! There are even annotated sample papers on that website that share some tips and tricks for formatting your manuscript.

📌The APA Style blog - Everything you need to know about APA formatting, 7th edition - This searchable resource provides style and grammar guidelines, as well as information on how to handle uncommon publications (e.g., How do I cite a government report?, etc.)

📌 Academic Writer Tutorial: Basics of Seventh Edition APA Style - Same information as above, but in tutorial style

📌 GUIDE - Discussion Phrases Guide (APA 7th Edition)

📌 GUIDE - Organizing Your Social Sciences Research Paper (University of Southern California Libraries)

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