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

Fifty-first issue

Coordinating Editor: Mark Swenson

• Call for proposals: Monday, January 4, 2021
• Second call for proposals: Monday, January 25, 2021 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Friday, February 5, 2021
• Proposals accepted: Friday, February 12, 2021
• First draft due: Friday, March 12, 2021
• Second draft due: Friday, April 9, 2021
• Publication date: Monday, May 10, 2021

Fiftieth issue

Coordinating Editor: Eric Hanson

Note: Issue dates adjusted to skip one quarter's publication.

• Call for proposals: Monday, October 5, 2020 July 6, 2020
• Second call for proposals: Monday, October 26, 2020 July 27, 2020 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Friday, November 6, 2020 August 7, 2020
• Proposals accepted: Friday, November 13, 2020 August 14, 2020
• First draft due: Friday, December 11, 2020 September 11, 2020
• Second draft due: Friday, January 8, 2021 October 9, 2020
• Publication date: Monday, February 8, 2021 November 9, 2020

Forty-ninth issue

Coordinating Editor: Peter Murray

• Call for proposals: Monday, March 30, 2020
• Second call for proposals: Monday, April 20, 2020 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Friday, May 1, 2020
• Proposals accepted: Friday, May 8, 2020
• First draft due: Friday, June 5, 2020
• Second draft due: Friday, July 3, 2020
• Publication date: Monday, August 3, 2020

Forty-eighth issue

Coordinating Editor: Brighid M. Gonzales

• Call for proposals: Monday, January 6, 2020
• Second call for proposals: Monday, January 27, 2020 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Friday, February 7, 2020
• Proposals accepted: Friday, February 14, 2020
• First draft due: Friday, March 13, 2020
• Second draft due: Friday, April 10, 2020
• Publication date: Monday, May 11, 2020

Forty-seventh issue

Coordinating Editor: Péter Király

• Call for proposals: Monday, September 30, 2019
• Second call for proposals: Monday, October 21, 2019 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Friday, November 1, 2019
• Proposals accepted: Friday, November 15, 2019
• First draft due: Friday, December 13, 2019
• Second draft due: Friday, January 10, 2020
• Publication date: Monday, February 10, 2020

Forty-sixth issue

Coordinating Editor: Sara Amato

• Call for proposals: Monday, July 1, 2019
• Second call for proposals: Monday, July 22, 2019 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Friday, August 2, 2019
• Proposals accepted: Friday, August 9, 2019
• First draft due: Friday, September 6, 2019
• Second draft due: Friday, October 4, 2019
• Publication date: Monday, November 4, 2019

Forty-fifth issue

Coordinating Editor: Eric Hanson

• Call for proposals: Monday, April 1, 2019
• Second call for proposals: Monday, April 22, 2019 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Friday, May 3, 2019
• Proposals accepted: Friday, May 10, 2019
• First draft due: Friday, June 7, 2019
• Second draft due: Friday, July 5, 2019
• Publication date: Monday, August 5, 2019

Forty-fourth issue

Coordinating Editor: Junior Tidal

• Call for proposals: Monday, December 31, 2018
• Second call for proposals: Monday, January 21, 2019 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Friday, February 1, 2019
• Proposals accepted: Friday, February 8, 2019
• First draft due: Friday, March 8, 2019
• Second draft due: Friday, April 5, 2019
• Publication date: Monday, May 6, 2019

Forty-third issue

Coordinating Editor: Peter Murray

• Call for proposals: Monday, October 1, 2018
• Second call for proposals: Monday, October 22, 2018 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Friday, November 2, 2018
• Proposals accepted: Friday, November 9, 2018
• First draft due: Friday, December 7, 2018
• Second draft due: Friday, January 11, 2019
• Publication date: Monday, February 11, 2019

Forty-second issue

Coordinating Editor: Andrew Darby

• Call for proposals: Monday, July 2, 2018
• Second call for proposals: Monday, July 23, 2018 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Friday, August 3, 2018
• Proposals accepted: Friday, August 10, 2018
• First draft due: Friday, September 7, 2018
• Second draft due: Friday, October 5, 2018
• Publication date: Monday, November 5, 2018

Forty-first issue

Coordinating Editor: Ron Peterson

• Call for proposals: Monday, April 17, 2017
• Second call for proposals: Monday, April 30, 2017 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Friday, May 11, 2017
• Proposals accepted: Friday, May 18, 2017
• First draft due: Friday, June 8, 2017
• Second draft due: Friday, July 6, 2017
• Publication date: Monday, August 6, 2018

Fortieth issue

Coordinating Editor: Ruth Kitchin Tillman

• Call for proposals: Friday, December 29, 2017
• Second call for proposals: Friday, January 19, 2018 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Tuesday, January 30, 2018
• Proposals accepted: Tuesday, February 6, 2018
• First draft due: Tuesday, March 6, 2018
• Second draft due: Tuesday, April 3, 2018
• Publication date: Friday, May 4, 2018

Thirty-ninth issue

Coordinating Editor: Terry Reese

• Call for proposals: Monday, September 25, 2017
• Second call for proposals: Monday, October 16, 2017 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Friday, November 3, 2017
• Proposals accepted: Friday, November 17, 2017
• First draft due: Friday, December 8, 2017
• Second draft due: Friday, January 5, 2017
• Publication date: Monday, January 29, 2018

Thirty-eighth issue

Coordinating Editor: Carol Bean

• Call for proposals: Monday, June 12, 2017
• Second call for proposals: Monday, July 3, 2017 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Friday, July 14, 2017
• Proposals accepted: Friday, July 21, 2017
• First draft due: Friday, August 18, 2017
• Second draft due: Friday, September 15, 2017
• Publication date: Monday, October 16, 2017

Thirty-seventh issue

Coordinating Editor: Sara Amato

• Call for proposals: Monday, March 13, 2017
• Second call for proposals: Monday, April 3, 2017 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Friday, April 14, 2017
• Proposals accepted: Friday, April 21, 2017
• First draft due: Friday, May 19, 2017
• Second draft due: Friday, June 16, 2017
• Publication date: Monday, July 17, 2017

Thirty-sixth issue

Coordinating Editor: Peter Murray

• Call for proposals: Thursday, December 15, 2016
• Second call for proposals: Thursday, January 5, 2017 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Tuesday, January 17, 2017
• Proposals accepted: Monday, January 23, 2017
• First draft due: Monday, February 20, 2017
• Second draft due: Monday, March 20, 2017
• Publication date: Monday, April 17, 2017

Thirty-fifth issue

Coordinating Editor: Ruth Kitchin Tillman

• Call for proposals: Monday, September 26, 2016
• Second call for proposals: Monday, October 17, 2016 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Friday, October 28, 2016
• Proposals accepted: Friday, November 4, 2016
• First draft due: Friday, December 2, 2016
• Second draft due: Friday, December 30, 2016
• Publication date: Monday, January 30, 2017

Thirty-fourth issue

Coordinating Editor: Andrew Darby

• Call for proposals: Monday, June 20, 2016
• Second call for proposals: Monday, July 11, 2016 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Friday, July 22, 2016
• Proposals accepted: Friday, July 29, 2016
• First draft due: Friday, August 26, 2016
• Second draft due: Friday, September 23, 2016
• Publication date: Monday, October 24, 2016

Thirty-third issue

Coordinating Editor: Ron Peterson

• Call for proposals: Monday, March 14, 2016
• Second call for proposals: Monday, April 4, 2016 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Friday, April 15, 2016
• Proposals accepted: Friday, April 29, 2016
• First draft due: Friday, May 20, 2016
• Second draft due: Friday, June 17, 2016
• Publication date: Monday, July 18, 2016

Thirty-second issue

Coordinating Editor: Meghan Finch

• Call for proposals: Monday, December 14, 2015
• Second call for proposals: Monday, January 4, 2016 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Friday, January 15, 2016
• Proposals accepted: Friday, January 22, 2016
• First draft due: Friday, February 19, 2016
• Second draft due: Friday, March 18, 2016
• Publication date: Monday, April 25, 2016

Thirty-first issue

Coordinating Editor: Terry Reese

• Call for proposals: Monday, September 21, 2015
• Second call for proposals: Thursday, October 8, 2015 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Friday, October 23, 2015
• Proposals accepted: Friday, October 30, 2015
• First draft due: Monday, November 23, 2015
• Second draft due: Monday, December 21, 2015
• Publication date: Monday, January 25, 2016

Thirtieth issue

Coordinating editor for issue #30: Carol Bean

• Call for proposals: Thursday, June 11, 2015
• Second call for proposals: Thursday, July 2, 2015 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Monday, July 13, 2015
• Proposals accepted: Monday, July 20, 2015
• First draft due: Monday, August 17, 2015
• Second draft due: Monday, September 14, 2015
• Publication date: Monday, October 19, 2015

Twenty-ninth issue

Coordinating editor for issue #29: Sara Amato

• Call for proposals: Wednesday, March 11, 2015
• Second call for proposals: Wednesday, April 1, 2015 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Friday, April 10, 2015
• Proposals accepted: Monday, April 20, 2015
• First draft due: Monday, May 18, 2015
• Second draft due: Monday, June 15, 2015
• Publication date: Monday, July 13, 2015

Twenty-eighth issue

Coordinating editor for issue #28: Heidi Dowding

Special issue on diversity in library technology.

• Call for proposals: Wednesday, December 10, 2014
• Second call for proposals: Monday, January 5, 2015 (if necessary, adjusted from 31-Dec-2014)
• Proposals due: Monday, January 12, 2015
• Proposals accepted: Monday, January 19, 2015
• First draft due: Monday, February 16, 2015
• Second draft due: Monday, March 16, 2015
• Publication date: Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Twenty-seventh issue

Coordinating editor for issue #27: Terry Reese

• Call for proposals: Monday, September 27, 2014
• Second call for proposals: Monday, October 6, 2014 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Friday, October 24, 2014
• Proposals accepted: Friday, October 31, 2014
• First draft due: Friday, November 21, 2014
• Second draft due: Friday, December 19, 2014
• Publication date: Monday, January 19, 2015

Twenty-sixth issue

Coordinating editor for issue #26: Kelley McGrath

• Call for proposals: Monday, June 9, 2014
• Second call for proposals: Monday, June 30, 2014 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Friday, July 11, 2014
• Proposals accepted: Friday, July 18, 2014
• First draft due: Friday, August 15, 2014
• Second draft due: Friday, September 12, 2014
• Publication date: Monday, October 20, 2014

Twenty-fifth issue

Coordinating editor for issue #25: Dan Scott

• Call for proposals: Monday, March 10, 2014
• Second call for proposals: Monday, March 31, 2014 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Friday, April 11, 2014
• Proposals accepted: Friday, April 18, 2014
• First draft due: Friday, May 16, 2014
• Second draft due: Friday, June 13, 2014
• Publication date: Monday, July 14, 2014

Twenty-fourth issue

Coordinating editor for issue #24: Ron Peterson

• Call for proposals: Monday, December 9, 2013
• Call for proposals #2: Monday, December 30, 2013 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Friday, January 10, 2014
• Proposals accepted: Friday, January 17, 2014
• First draft due: Friday, February 14, 2014
• Second draft due: Friday, March 14, 2014
• Publication date: Monday, April 14, 2014

Twenty-third issue

Coordinating editor for issue #23: Shawn Averkamp

• Call for proposals: Monday, September 9, 2013
• Call for proposals #2: Monday September 30, 2013 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Friday, October 11, 2013
• Proposals accepted: Friday, October 18, 2013
• First draft due: Friday, November 15, 2013
• Second draft due: Friday, December 13, 2013
• Publication date: Monday, January 13, 2014

Twenty-second issue

Coordinating editor for issue #22: Sara Amato

• Call for proposals: Monday, June 10, 2013
• Call for proposals #2: July 5, 2013 (if necessary)
• Proposals due: Friday, July 12, 2013
• Proposals accepted: Friday, July 19, 2013
• First draft due: Friday, August 16, 2013
• Second draft due: Friday, September 13, 2013
• Publication date: Monday, October 14, 2013

Twenty-first issue

Coordinating editor for issue #21: Terry Reese

• Call for proposals: Monday, March 11, 2013
• Call for proposals #2: Monday, April 1, 2013
• Proposals due: Friday, April 12, 2013
• Proposals accepted: Friday, April 19, 2013
• First draft due: Friday, May 17, 2013
• Second draft due: Friday, June 14, 2013
• Publication date: Monday, July 15, 2013

Twentieth issue

Coordinating editor for issue #20: Peter Murray

• Call for proposals:     Monday, December 10, 2012
• Call for proposals #2:  Monday, January 7, 2013 (if necessary)
• Proposals due:          Friday, January 18, 2013
• Proposals accepted:     Friday, January 25, 2013
• First draft due:        Friday, February 22, 2013
• Second draft due:       Friday, March 22, 2013
• Publication date:       Monday, April 15, 2013

Nineteenth issue

Coordinating editor for issue #19: Andrew Darby

• Call for proposals: Monday, September 10, 2012
• Proposals due: Friday, October 12, 2012
• Proposals accepted: Friday, October 19, 2012
• First draft due: Friday, November 16, 2012
• Second draft due: Friday, December 14, 2012
• Publication date: Monday, January 14, 2013

Eighteenth issue

Coordinating editor for issue #18: Ron Peterson

• Call for proposals: Monday, May 28, 2012
• Proposals due: Friday, June 29, 2012
• Proposals accepted: Friday, July 6, 2012
• First draft due: Friday, August 3, 2012
• Second draft due: Friday, August 31, 2012
• Publication date: Monday, October 1, 2012

Seventeenth issue

Coordinating editor for issue #17: Tim Lepczyk

• Call for proposals: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
• Proposals due: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
• Proposals accepted: Tuesday, March 6, 2012
• First draft due: Tuesday, April 3, 2012
• Second draft due: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
• Publication date: Friday, June 1, 2012

Sixteenth issue

Coordinating editor for issue #16: Carol Bean

• 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

Coordinating editor for issue #15: Tod Olson

• 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