Code4Lib Journal Deadlines

See also Code4Lib Journal Voting

Formula for calculating deadlines

A rough guideline based on recent issues:

Weeks before	Task	Day offset	On
-18	Call for proposals	-126	Monday
-14	Proposals due	-94	Friday
-13	Publication of previous issue	-91	Monday
-13	Finish voting on proposals; notify authors	-87	Friday
-9	First draft due	-59	Friday
-5	Second draft due	-31	Friday
0	Publication	0	Monday

Note: Week numbers assume week begins on Monday.

See also: Code4Lib_Journal_Email_Templates (formerly at Templates for Email Responses)

Deadlines for Issues

Editors: see also http://tomkeays.com/library/c4ljpubdate/ for Tom's calculator

Sixteenth issue

• Call for proposals: Monday, September 26, 2011
• Proposals due: Friday, October 28, 2011
• Proposals accepted: Friday, November 4, 2011
• First draft due: Friday, December 2, 2011
• Second draft due: Friday, December 30, 2011
• Publication date: Monday, January 30, 2012

Fifteenth issue

• Call for proposals: Monday, June 27, 2011
• Proposals due: Friday, July 29, 2011
• Proposals accepted: Friday, August 5, 2011
• First draft due: Friday, September 2, 2011
• Second draft due: Friday, September 30, 2011
• Publication date: Monday, October 31, 2011

Fourteenth issue

• Call for proposals: Monday, March 21, 2011
• Proposals due: Friday, April 22, 2011
• Proposals accepted: Friday, April 29, 2011
• First draft due: Friday, May 27, 2011
• Second draft due: Friday, June 24, 2011
• Publication date: Monday, July 25, 2011

Thirteenth issue

• Call for proposals: Monday, December 6, 2010
• Proposals due: Friday, January 7, 2011
• Proposals accepted: Friday, January 14, 2011
• First draft due: Friday, February 11, 2011
• Second draft due: Friday, March 11, 2011
• Publication date: Monday, April 11, 2011

Twelfth issue

• Call for proposals: Monday, August 16, 2010
• Proposals due: Friday, September 17, 2010
• Proposals accepted: Friday, September 24, 2010
• First draft due: Friday, October 22, 2010
• Second draft due: Friday, November 19, 2010
• Publication date: Monday, December 20, 2010

Eleventh issue

• Call for proposals: Monday, May 17, 2010
• Proposals due: Friday, June 18, 2010
• Proposals accepted: Friday, June 25, 2010
• First draft due: Friday, July 23, 2010
• Second draft due: Friday, August 20, 2010
• Publication date: Monday, September 20, 2010

Tenth issue

• Call for proposals: Monday, February 15, 2010
• Proposals due: Friday, March 19, 2010
• Proposals accepted: Friday, March 26, 2010
• First draft due: Friday, April 23, 2010
• Second draft due: Friday, May 21, 2010
• Publication date: Monday, June 21, 2010

Ninth issue

• Monday, November 9, 2009 -- Call for proposals
• Friday, December 11, 2009 -- Proposals due
• Friday, December 18, 2009 -- Finish voting on proposals, notify authors
• Friday, January 15, 2010 -- First draft due
• Friday, February 12, 2010 -- Second draft due
• Monday, March 15, 2010 -- Publication date

Eighth issue

• Monday, July 27 -- call for proposals
• Friday, August 14 -- proposals due
• Friday, August 21 -- finish voting on proposals; notify authors
• Friday, September 25 -- first draft due
• Friday, October 23 -- second draft due
• Monday, November 23 -- publication

Seventh issue

• Monday, February 16 -- call for proposals
• Friday, March 20 -- proposals due
• Monday, March 30 -- publication of issue 6
• Friday, March 27 -- finish voting on proposals; notify authors
• Friday, April 24 -- first draft due
• Friday, May 22 -- second draft due
• Monday, June 22 -- publication

Sixth issue

• Monday, November 10 -- call for proposals
• Friday, December 12 -- proposals due
• Monday, December 15 -- publication of issue 5
• Friday, December 19 -- finish voting on proposals; notify authors
• Friday, January 23 -- first draft due
• Friday, February 20 -- second draft due
• Monday, March 30 -- publication (originally scheduled for March 23)

Fifth issue

• Monday, August 18 -- call for proposals
• Friday, September 12 -- proposals due
• Friday, September 19 -- finish voting on proposals; notify authors
• Monday, September 22 -- issue 4 published
• Friday, October 17 -- first draft due
• Friday, November 14 -- second draft due
• Monday, December 15 -- publication

Fourth issue

• Friday, May 16 -- call for proposals
• Friday, June 20 -- extended proposal deadline (originally 6/13, before issue 3 is published)
• Friday, July 18 -- first draft due
• Friday, August 15 -- second draft due
• Monday, September 22 -- publication

Third issue

• Wednesday February 13th -- call for proposals
• Friday March 14th -- proposals due (after con, before issue 2)
• Friday April 25 -- first draft due
• Saturday June 21 -- publication (tentative)

Second issue

• Friday November 9th -- call for proposals
• Friday January 11 -- article draft deadline (or Thurs Jan 21, from EM)
• Thursday February 21 -- revisions/second draft deadline
• Friday March 21 -- publication (tentative)

First issue

• Friday August 31st -- call for proposals
• Friday October 12th -- article draft deadline
• Monday December 17th -- publication