As a purely administrative matter, we would like to outline the editorial process at AAJ. Our goal here is to make this process as transparent, consistent, and clear as possible.

Most pieces submitted to AAJ are published as is, with no changes or editorial contact. Therefore the information on this page will not be relevant to most AAJ contributors.

However, certain submissions may trigger one of three possible types of editorial intervention:

• The editorial staff at AAJ may perform minor alterations to the piece at hand, in order to correct errors in grammar, punctuation, etc; or to fix style problems. In this case, you will not receive notification that your writing has been revised, because these revisions will be relatively small. You can, of course, observe your material in its final form when it appears on the site. These kinds of changes are most frequently employed with CD reviews. Please feel free to offer any commentary you wish to the Managing Editor.

• The editorial staff may contact you directly with a request to revise your submission. At the time of contact, your piece will be withdrawn from publication. In this case, we'll provide you with the very specific considerations which merit your attention. Often these suggestions derive from material made explicit in the guidelines pages. If you choose to revise your piece, simply resubmit the revised version in a timely fashion, and it will be published at AAJ. You may wish to get in touch with the Managing Editor if you need to discuss any details about any specific editorial suggestions offered in the initial contact.

• The editorial staff may contact you directly to let you know that your submission is not acceptable for publication at AAJ without substantial revision; essentially it would require a total rewrite. We will offer very specific justifications for this decision. Pieces in this category will not be published at AAJ, unless you wish to perform radical revision and resubmit your work in a dramatically altered form.