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Manuscript preparation123Preparation, Submission and Publication ofManuscriptsThe Australian Community Psychologistpublishes work that is of relevance tocommunity psychologists and others interestedin the field. Research reports should bemethodologically sound. Theoretical or areareview papers are welcomed, as are letters,brief reports and papers by newer contributorsto the discipline. Contributions towards thefour sections of the journal are sought.The Australian Community Psychologist ispublished twice per year and online and isavailable via the website of the AustralianPsychological Society’s College ofCommunity Psychologists’ page (http://www.groups.psychology.org.au/GroupContext.aspx?ID=883).ArticlesContributions that are state of the art reviewsof professional and applied areas and reviewsand essays on matters of general relevance tocommunity psychologists. They are between4,000 and 10,000 words, including all tables,figures and references.Research ReportsThis section is for the publication of empiricalresearch reports relevant to communitypsychologists. They are between 4,000 and10,000 words, including all tables, figures andreferences.Practice IssuesThis section publishes individual manuscriptsand collections of manuscripts which addressmatters of general, professional and publicrelevance, techniques and approaches inpsychological practice, professionaldevelopment issues, and professional andpublic policy issues.Book ReviewsThe journal publishes book reviews of up to1,000 words. Books reviewed relate directly tothe major areas of practice in communitypsychology.Review and Publication of ManuscriptsThe acceptable word processing programmeformat is Microsoft Word. All manuscripts areto be submitted electronically to the:EditorLauren Breenemail: l.breen@ecu.edu.auIf authors experience any difficulty withelectronic submission, hard copy materialstogether with a disc copy should be sent to:Dr Lauren BreenCentre for Social ResearchSchool of Psychology and Social ScienceEdith Cowan University270 Joondalup DriveJOONDALUP WA 6027AustraliaAll contributions, including book reviews arehandled by an appropriately qualified AssociateEditor and all contributions are blind-reviewed.Articles submitted for review must be originalworks and may not be under considerationelsewhere.It is a condition of publication that authorsassign the copyright of their articles to theAustralian Psychological Society.All manuscripts for consideration forpublication in The Australian CommunityPsychologist must be formatted according to theinstructions for authors below.Instructions for AuthorsThe following constitutes advice to contributorsthat is relevant generally to all journal sections.Every submission must include:1. A cover letter stating the section of thejournal to which the author(s) wish to submitthe article.2. The complete manuscript including titleThe Australian Community Psychologist Volume 21 No 1 June 2009