Code4Lib Journal Deadlines

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

Seventh issue

• Monday, February 16 -- call for proposals
• Friday, March 20 -- proposals due
• Monday, March 23 -- 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