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Potential authors, please send your work using the guidelines outlined below. To circumvent the potential of a high volume of submissions, we respond only to authors whose work we want to consider for publication. We’ll review your work as quickly as possible; however, it could take us 2-3 months to respond. We apologize that we will not be able to respond to emails or calls. We do not accept simultaneous submissions; if you have sent your query or manuscript to other publishing houses, please refrain from submitting.
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