37.2463, FYI: Journal of Second Language Writing - Call for 2027/28 Special Issue Proposals (Jrnl)

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Date: 23-Jul-2026
From: Yang Zhao [yang.zhao at elsevier.com]
Subject: Journal of Second Language Writing - Call for 2027/28 Special Issue Proposals (Jrnl)


Journal of Second Language Writing (JSLW) is accepting proposals for a
special topic issue to be published late 2027 or early 2028 from
interested guest editors. We seek proposals that address a theme that
will be of interest and relevance to the journal’s international
readership of L2 writing scholars. We are especially interested in
special issue themes that will highlight work in underrepresented
contexts and areas of inquiry in second language writing. Past and
upcoming special issues have addressed the following topics:
 - Teachers' Professional Knowledge and Instructional Practices across
Diverse Writing Contexts
 - Ecologies of multilingual writing
 - Emotions in teaching L2 writing
 - Generative AI in L2 writing
 - Critical language awareness
 - Innovation in L2 writing task design
 - L2 writing assessment in the digital age
 - Adult L2 writers with emergent literacy
 - Multimodal composing
 - Thesis and dissertation writing in a second language
 - L2 writing in computer-mediated contexts
 - Complexity in L2 writing
 - Corpus assessment in L2 writing
 - Exploring L2 writing-SLA interfaces
 - Textual appropriation and source use in L2 writing
 - Adolescent L2 writing in U.S. contexts
Articles to be included in the issue may be invited by the guest
editors, or the guest editors may put out an open call for papers for
the issue.
Proposal Content: Proposals should include: (a) a general description
of the issue and its potential contribution to the field; (b)
relevance and important features of the issue; (c) an outline of the
proposed authors and content (with abstracts), if the pieces are to be
invited; (d) a call for proposals/abstracts, if there will be an open
call for submissions; (e) name(s) and qualifications of the guest
editor(s), including relevant editing experience; and (f) a proposed
timeline. Please create one PDF document including each of these
elements with clear headers.
Guest editors: Guest editors should have previous experience with
journal editing and/or be making significant contributions via service
on a journal editorial board. Please note that we discourage SI
editors from authoring manuscripts in the SI beyond the introductory
editorial.
Deadline: Email proposals in a single PDF file to Xiaofei Lu
xxl13 at psu.edu by August 31, 2026.
Proposals will be screened initially by the journal’s editors and then
passed on to the editorial board for a second-stage review. The issue
will appear in late 2027 or in 2028. Please contact Dr. Xiaofei Lu
with any questions.
Aims and Scope of JSLW: The Journal of Second Language Writing is
devoted to publishing theoretically grounded reports of research and
discussions that represent a significant contribution to current
understandings of central issues in second and foreign language
writing and writing instruction. Some areas of interest are personal
characteristics and attitudes of L2 writers, features of L2 writers'
texts, L2 writers' composing processes, readers' responses to L2
writing, assessment/evaluation of L2 writing, contexts (cultural,
social, political, institutional) for L2 writing, L2 writing and
technology, and any other topic clearly relevant to L2 writing theory,
research, and instruction. Manuscripts should take care to emphasize
the pedagogical implications of the work.

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition
                     Writing Systems




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