To publish an article in Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, you must be a member of the International Carnivorous Plant Society. Only occasionally will the editors permit or invite a contribution from a nonmember.

Articles that are less than 3000 words (the equivalent of 4 pages) can be submitted directly to an editor. If you wish to write a much longer article, it would be best to first contact one of the editors to determine if the piece is appropriate for Carnivorous Plant Newsletter.

Instructions to Authors--by the editorial staff--

All contributions must include a cover letter. Use the cover letter to declare whether your manuscript is a full article or short communication (e.g., News & Views or announcements). It may take up to a year for a contribution to be published, and any manuscript may be edited to some degree prior to publication. Brief and clear writing will result in the minimum number of editorial changes. Authors will be contacted only if the editorial modifications are significant. The editors of Carnivorous Plant Newsletter reserve the option of requesting external peer reviews, especially for papers of scientific merit. If certain external peers should be excluded from the reviewing process, this must be stated in the cover letter. The date your manuscript was originally received by Carnivorous Plant Newsletter (important only for some scientific research papers) will be published along with your submission only if you request this in the cover letter.

All contributions must have a full title. If references to botanical taxa are made in the title, the scientific names of their families should appear in the title (in brackets)---if you do not, we will insert it. Every article must be accompanied by a list of authors that should include the addresses of all authors. Indicate which author should be contacted if our editorial staff requires more information. If possible, include an e-mail address for this author. If you do not wish your mailing information to appear in Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, please indicate so in your cover letter. Keywords for articles will be selected by the editors. Scientific plant names accepted by the authors of a manuscript must be set in a type which is clearly different from the type used for names that are either rejected or cited as synonyms. Full citation of all literature quoted in the text must be provided in a section following the text of the manuscript. All illustrations, diagrams, and tables must include descriptive captions. Include these captions at the end of your manuscript (after the literature citations).

No matter how brief, all submissions must be typed or printed from a computer. Since your manuscript will be scanned, use twelve-point or larger type and make sure the print is clear and free from defects. Typists should use a fresh, clean ribbon. It is preferred that manuscripts longer than 250 words be submitted on a 3.5 inch computer disk (Macintosh or PC format). The computer files should be in Microsoft Word (.doc), rich text format (.rtf), or ASCII text (.txt). Include the name of the word processor and version used. Submissions on computer disk must be accompanied by a printed hard copy. Alternatively, manuscripts may be submitted electronically via e-mail. Such electronic submissions may be in either ASCII text (.txt) or rich-text format (.rtf), and may be uuencoded at your option.

Slides, quality prints, or artwork may be submitted. Page costs for illustrations are high and since the duplication and printing process may render apparently fine images unattractive, your photographs may not be published. If your submission is accompanied by more than one photograph, number them so they match the figure legends on your manuscript. To avoid damaging prints, number their backs lightly with a permanent marker. Photographs without supporting text are discouraged. To protect against loss, you should retain your original photographs and submit to us duplicate prints or slides. The editorial staff will assume your illustrations are duplicates---they will not be returned unless requested in your cover letter.

All manuscripts and graphical material submitted for publication must consist of original, unpublished material free of any copyrights. If copyrighted material is submitted, it must be accompanied by a written expressed license to reproduce it in Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, signed by the copyright holder. All material intended for publication in Carnivorous Plant Newsletter should be submitted to one of the addresses below.

c/o Barry Rice P.O. Box 72741 Davis, CA 95617 USA

--or--

c/o Jan Schlauer Zwischenstr. 11 60594 Frankfurt Germany