Writing Opportunities

Op-Ed: Opinion piece on a topic regarding radical practice or a piece of legislation impacting social welfare practice.
Requirements: 750-1000 words

Bibliographies/Resource Lists: Research a topic regarding radical practice or a piece of legislation impacting social welfare practice.
Requirements: Must contain at least 20 resources. Resources should be in APA format. Include a one-page introduction to the issue.

Notes from the Street: Share how you have been organizing in your own community around radical practice issues. This may include an analysis of how to work in solidarity with affected groups.
Requirements: 750-1000 words

Teaching Resources: Focused class activities/assignments related to radical practice.
Requirements: Include a detailed explanation of the activity/assignment, how it relates to radical practice, and how it might be incorporated into class curriculum.

If you have other ideas for a possible submission that does not fit into one of the aforementioned categories, please email info@socialwelfareactionalliance.org to share your idea.

Submission Details: Email submissions to info@socialwelfareactionalliance.org. Please allow 2-3 weeks for a response.

The only journal of its kind in the United States, the Journal of Progressive Human Services® covers political, social, personal, and professional problems in human services from a progressive perspective. The journal stimulates debate about major social issues and contributes to the development of the analytical tools needed for building a caring society based on equality and justice. The journal’s contributors examine oppressed and vulnerable groups, struggles by workers and clients on the job and in the community, dilemmas of practice in conservative contexts, and strategies for ending racism, sexism, ageism, heterosexism, and discrimination of persons who are disabled and psychologically distressed. A member of the JPHS editorial collective serves on the SWAA National Steering Committee and many members of the Board of Consulting Editors are SWAA members.

Soapbox Article: Opinion piece
Requirements: Typically under five pages (double spaced). These may use some references but are not driven by literature reviews. These can address hot topics and read like a “letter to the editor”.

Notes from the Field: Article that discusses radical practice of human services, social justice activism, consumer justice, or ethical practice of human services that is perceived as a departure from professional norms. These read more like a qualitative study and may contain reference to strategies employed by radical social workers or social justice activists.
Requirements: Up to 20 pages double-spaced, written in APA format. If clients/inmates/service users/research subjects are being depicted, there would need to be a confidentiality arrangement and note about that in the article to ensure confidentiality, and the individuals would need to have given consent to be written about in an article. However, if those individuals are co-writing the article, their consent would be implied when they sign the copyright agreement to publish the article.

Submission Details: Visit https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journalCode=wphs20 for more information about submitting a manuscript for publication.