SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
General Guidelines
Format
For written submissions:
Author’s Agreement
Along with the submission made, authors must submit a declaration guaranteeing the following:
Submission
- All submissions must be made in English.
- Submissions should not contain content that could be considered offensive, abusive, derogatory or potentially defamatory.
- The editorial board of Rightantra has absolute discretion in determining whether to accept a submission for publication.
- All works must be original, non-plagiarised, and unpublished, and not pending for review for any other Journal/ Forum.
- The theme for the piece must be Child Rights and Child Welfare, whether in association with any other contemporary issue or not.
- Submissions from persons of all courses and ages are accepted.
- Submissions in the form of articles, poetry, artworks, and other creative and literary works are accepted.
- The word limit for the submissions must be 1000 words. However, such limit may be extended for submissions, at the discretion of the editorial board.
Format
- All written submissions must be made in MS Word; all pictorial submissions must be made in PNG; and all audio-video submissions must be made by via a Google Drive (or other Cloud service) link.
- The piece submitted should not contain any direct or indirect signs of the author’s identification.
For written submissions:
- The main body of the article should be in Times New Roman, font size 12, with 1.5 line spacing, with justified alignment.
- Any footnotes should be in Times New Roman size 10, with 1.0 line spacing. Refrain from using speaking footnotes and endnotes.
- All headings should be in Times New Roman, font size 14 with justified alignment.
- The title should be in Times New Roman, font size 16, aligned to the centre.
Author’s Agreement
Along with the submission made, authors must submit a declaration guaranteeing the following:
- the originality of the piece and that it has not been submitted elsewhere;
- consent to refrain from submitting the piece elsewhere, if accepted for publication with Rightantra;
- consent to the publication of the submitted piece on the Rightantra website and in other Rightantra publications, provided that they are fully acknowledged as author;
- consent that Rightantra can publish the author’s name, position, and affiliation next to the blog post and also when cross-posting the publication via other social media such as Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn or similar media; and
- consent to changes in the nature of editorial modifications and that the editorial board shall have absolute discretion in the choice of the blog post title.
Submission
- All submissions must be mailed in Word Format (“.doc” or “.docx") or PNG Format as an attachment or as a cloud link to [email protected] with the subject “Submission for Rightantra: [Title]”.
- The mail must accompany the declaration, “Authors Agreement”, as an attachment in Word Format (“.doc” or “.docx").
- The body of the email must mention the name of the author(s), contact number, academic year, educational institution, title of the submission, and links to social media profiles (Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook).