Introducing Bookends of School Leadership, AWSP’s print newsletter! We wanted a tangible way to keep you informed and inspired, highlighting key AWSP programs, professional learning, and the incredible work of school leaders like you. With so much happening, we know emails and e-newsletters can be easy to miss—so consider this your “in case you missed it” resource, delivered straight to your hands. Stay connected, stay inspired, and keep leading strong! Bookends is here twice a year to "bookend" your year and support you along the way.
We are always looking for contributors for Bookends and other blogs, newsletters, and more!
Bookends has a friendly, professional tone. We do not publish research papers or journalistic pieces. Your article should tell a story, share an idea, or highlight an achievement others can learn from.
Our ideal piece entertains, inspires, and offers tools, tangibles, and takeaways.
A short list of references/citations is acceptable on occasion. However, Bookends is a trade publication and not a professional journal. We aren’t looking for pieces reading like a formal research paper.
Consider using less formal language, like Example B, when mentioning research.
Our staff will edit your article for readability, grammar, and flow. If the edits are minor and include things like minor grammar fixes, typos, punctuation, etc., we’ll typically just make those and move the article forward. More extensive edits will be sent back for the author to review and approve.
Sometimes there’s just something missing or a little off and our staff will work with the author to improve the article. The editor-in-chief has final decision over what version prints, but if an author isn’t comfortable with the edits, we will withdraw the article for publication if the parties can’t come to an agreement. This is very rare.
If you have a piece to contribute that doesn’t quite fit the above criteria, consider submitting it for our e-newsletter or blog. We love accepting articles for those, too! Please reach out to Caroline for inquiries.
Please reach out to Marketing & Design Director, Caroline Brumfield or Communications & Digital Media Coordinator, Mishele Barnett.
