Our purpose
TEXT is an international peer reviewed journal published by the Australasian Association of Writing Programs. TEXT publishes academic and other material concerned with creative and professional writing programs in universities, tertiary colleges, and the community around Australia, the UK, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and from other English-speaking areas and programs.
TEXT includes research articles on creative and professional writing and processes, the teaching of writing, and allied topics. TEXT also includes creative work, book reviews, letters and notices. TEXT occasionally publishes specific-topic collections or longer works in its Special Issue Series.
Regarding creative work, TEXT considers contributions of stories, poetry, memoir, etc providing that the matter of the creative work concerns exploration of creativity, or the nature and processes of writing, or the nature and processes of the teaching of writing, or investigation of writers’ issues, lifestyles, or such like.
For queries about policy and processes at TEXT, contact the managing editors, Assoc. Prof. Julienne van Loon and Dr Ross Watkins at textmanagingeditors@aawp.org.au
Warranty of originality
Any author submitting work to TEXT warrants that the work:
- is an original work;
- does not include any material which shall give rights to action at Common Law or under Statute;
- does not include any material that is defamatory of any person, firm or corporation;
- is not in breach of copyright or any other rights which shall give rise to any action at Common Law or under Statute; and
- the Author has full power to make this agreement.
Authorship and co-authorship
All those attributed as author on a written contribution to TEXT are expected to have been actively involved in:
- the conception and design of the work and/or the methods/analysis contained within; and
- drafting of the work or reviewing it critically for important intellectual content; and
- final approval of the version to be published.
An attributed author must also agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work and ensure that questions related to the originality, accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
Those who do not meet all of the above criteria should be not acknowledged as authors. We encourage authors to acknowledge those who have made lesser contributions to a work via an Acknowledgements statement, to be included at the end of the work as per our Style guide.
We encourage collaboration and co-authorship, however it is the collective responsibility of the authors, not the journal, to determine that all people named as authors meet all four of the above criteria; it is not the role of journal editors to determine who qualifies or does not qualify for authorship or to arbitrate authorship conflicts.
Editorship and co-editorship
All those attributed as a general editor or guest editor of a general or special issue of TEXT are expected to have been actively involved in the following tasks relevant to the issue:
- soliciting of content and/or promotion of Reading Periods for a general issue; OR the formulation of an Expression of Interest and related promotion of Call for Papers for a Special Issue; and
- critical review of submissions; and
- management of the peer-review process; and
- initial approval of the content accepted for publication (noting that final approval rests with TEXT’s Special Issues Series Editors and Managing Editors).
In addition, in being named as a general or guest editor, a person must agree to being accountable for ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the issue be appropriately investigated and resolved.
Those who do not meet all of the above criteria should not be attributed as editors: we encourage other forms of contribution to an issue be acknowledged in the relevant editorial.
While we encourage collaboration and co-editorship, it is the collective responsibility of the agreed editorial team to determine that all people named as editors for a particular issue meet all of the above criteria.
Copyright
TEXT claims first publication rights, and copyright of all work published in TEXT remains with the author(s). As such, except as provided by the Australian Copyright Act 1968, no part of a publication may be reproduced, communicated to the public, except without the prior written permission of the copyright owner.
For permissions regarding republication of articles in TEXT, contact the author(s) directly and acknowledge that the work was first published in TEXT.
Submissions must be the sole work of the author(s) and not involve third parties with a claim to copyright. Permission to reproduce photographs and illustrations is the responsibility of the author(s).
For general introductory information about how copyright works, or about the Australian Copyright Act 1968, we encourage a visit to the Australian Copyright Council website at www.copyright.org.au
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Assisted Technology
We require authors to disclose whether they have used artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted technologies (such as Large Language Models (LLMs), chatbots, or image creators) in the production of submitted work. Authors who use such technology should describe how they used it and justify this use. For example, if AI was used for writing assistance, describe this clearly in a dedicated methods section. If AI was used for data collection, analysis, or figure generation, authors should clearly describe and justify this use in a relevant section of the work. Chatbots (such as ChatGPT) should not be listed as authors because they cannot be responsible for the accuracy, integrity, and originality of the work, and these responsibilities are required for authorship (see our Authorship and Co-authorship policies). Human authors are responsible for the academic integrity of submitted material. Human authors should be able to assert that there is no plagiarism in their work (see our Originality policy), including in text and images produced by the AI and must ensure there is appropriate attribution of all quoted material, including full citations.
Ownership, management and physical address of the journal
TEXT is published by the Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP) and is managed by a Managing Editor or Managing Editors who are appointed by the Committee of Management of the AAWP. Members of the TEXT editorial team are managed and appointed by the Managing Editors.
Managing Editors:
Associate Professor Julienne van Loon
Physical address: University of Melbourne, Grattan St, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia.
Postal Address: School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia.
Email Address: juliennev@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Ross Watkins
Physical address: University of the Sunshine Coast, 90 Sippy Downs Rd, Sippy Downs, QLD, 4556, Australia.
Postal Address: University of the Sunshine Coast, 90 Sippy Downs Rd, Sippy Downs, QLD, 4556, Australia.
Email Address: rwatkins@usc.edu.au
Conflict of interest policy
Our editors select reviewers who have suitable expertise in the relevant field. We are conscious of the potential for conflicts of interest to arise, and we are committed to work to avoid the potential for bias at every stage of the submission, review, revision, and publication process.
Our editorial team is also committed to ensuring that the potential for advertising, reprint or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions.
An editor at TEXT is not to be involved in decisions about papers which s/he has written him/herself or that have been written by family members, colleagues or HDR candidates at one’s own institution, or which relate to projects, products or services in which the editor has an interest. Further, any such submission must be subject to all of the journal’s usual procedures, and peer review must be handled independently of the relevant author/editor and their research groups.
Publication ethics policy
Our editors are committed to ensuring that the peer review process is fair, unbiased, and timely. We recognise that our work plays an important role in supporting and nurturing the Creative Writing discipline, but also that we have a responsibility to ensure that best practice in scholarly journal publishing is followed at every stage.
Our editors are committed to evaluating manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
Our editorial policies encourage transparency and complete, honest reporting. We ensure that peer reviewers and authors have a clear understanding of what is expected of them.
Our editors protect the confidentiality of all material submitted to the journal and all communications with reviewers, unless otherwise agreed with the relevant authors and reviewers.
While we consider carefully the advice provided by our peer reviewers, it is our editors who are ultimately responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published.
Preservation of content
TEXT Journal has been archived by the National Library of Australia’s Trove platform since 1997, effectively preserving access to all of our published content. Trove is a collaboration between the National Library of Australia, Australia’s State and Territory libraries and hundreds of cultural and research institutions around Australia, working together to create a legacy of Australia’s knowledge for current and future readers.
Trove is open to the public and accessible online at trove.nla.gov.au