Social Philosophy Today
The North American Society for Social Philosophy’s journal, Social Philosophy Today, began nearly thirty years ago drawing on top papers from the annual International Social Philosophy conference. The series, published electronically and available for print on demand, has developed into a well-respected, peer-reviewed annual journal that also accepts non-conference originated submissions. Each volume in the series focuses on a theme in social philosophy (the theme of the annual conference); all submissions are anonymously reviewed by at least two reviewers and authors are provided extensive feedback on their work. The acceptance rate for the series is approximately 30%.
The co-editors are Christopher Lowry and Geoffrey Karabin. Former editors include Joan Woolfrey, Gregory Hoskins, Zachary Hoskins, Karen Adkins, Creighton Peden, Yeager Hudson, John Rowan, Nancy Snow, Cheryl Hughes, and Jeff Gauthier.
Call for Papers
Social Philosophy Today, a double-blind peer-reviewed journal from the North American Society for Social Philosophy, welcomes article-length submissions at any time in any area of social and political philosophy, as well as shorter replies to previously published SPT articles. Accepted articles will be published online first before being placed in the next annual volume. Volume 41 will include a section on “Community, Identity, and Belonging” – the theme of the 2024 International Social Philosophy Conference. If you would like your article-length submission to be considered for this section, please indicate so and submit by December 31, 2024.
The maximum length for an article is 8,000 words, including notes and references, but 5,000-6,000 words is preferred. Articles must include an abstract at the beginning of no more than 200 words.
The maximum length for a reply to an SPT article is 4,000 words, including notes and references. Please include “Reply to ___” in the title.
To facilitate anonymous review, the author(s) should not be identified in the manuscript or in any electronic signature.
For citations, please use the Chicago Manual of Style author-date system.
Manuscripts should be submitted as Word files. They should be double-spaced, including quotations, notes, and references. Please use endnotes, rather than footnotes.
Submissions should be sent to SPTeditor@northamericansocietyforsocialphilosophy.org. If the submission is co-authored, please provide the name(s) and email address(es) of the co-author(s) in the text of your email message.
Submission of a manuscript to Social Philosophy Today is understood to imply that the manuscript is not under consideration by any other journal and is offered to Social Philosophy Today for first publication.
Rights and permissions: Authors of manuscripts accepted for publication are free to reuse their own articles in other publications they write or edit, and no further permission is required. We only require appropriate acknowledgement of the original publication of that item in Social Philosophy Today. For more information see www.pdcnet.org/socphiltoday/Rights-and-Permissions