Calls for Manuscripts
There are no active themed calls for Voices from the Middle
Editors Shanetia Clark, Robyn Seglem, and Matt Skillen have finished reviewing manuscripts for their tenure, which will conclude with the June 2026. Questions for the incoming editors may be directed to voices@ncte.org. For more information, read the submission guidelines.
Most recent call for manuscripts from the outgoing editors:
Volume 33: Fiercely in the Middle
Volume 33 of Voices from The Middle celebrates the work of Kass Minor, Teaching Fiercely: Spreading Joy and Justice in Our Schools.
As we wrap our term as editors, we want to take a moment to celebrate you: our readers and our writers. This final year is devoted to what Kass Minor calls “teaching fiercely”: “To teach fiercely is to be in community with your students and yourself; it’s stepping outside yourself and looking into your soul. And not just your teaching soul, but your soul soul, because those two things aren’t separate.” During our tenure at Voices, we have had the opportunity to glimpse so many beautiful souls, and we have delighted in sharing these souls with our readers. But we also know that in the day-to-day grind, while we may admire the souls of others, as teachers, we often don’t stop to look into our own souls. Further, we recognize that current times are trying times in the field of education. As such, we can’t help but be drawn to Minor’s “structured generator of hope” as a way to transform dominant school cultures—that are standardized, competitive, and transactional—into places of future goodness—places that are humane, collaborative, and relational. Thus, this year we ask you this year to dream with us and imagine ways that ELA teachers can teach fiercely and make change in our middle level classrooms. We hope to explore ways to nourish the young adolescents we teach so that they are prepared and excited to do the work needed to change our world. We want you to share rituals that prepare students for collective collaboration. And most of all, we want to inject joy, justice, and agency into our students’ everyday lives.