Call for Participants and Mentors for AMTE Manuscript Review Groups at the 2026 Annual Conference

Submit Interest by Tuesday, January 6 for AMTE Manuscript Review Group

We are once again offering the opportunity for early career or novice authors and mentors to participate in Manuscript Review Groups (MRG) at the 2026 Annual Conference. 

 Call for Early Career & Novice Author Participants:

Call for Manuscript Mentors:

 We are seeking applications for participation from early career AMTE members or AMTE members new to publication who are interested in having one of their manuscripts reviewed. The goal of this program is to support AMTE members by providing a safe and encouraging environment to receive feedback on a manuscript. 

Each MRG will ideally consist of three members: one AMTE member that is relatively new to publishing (e.g., doctoral student, early career), the mentee,  and two other AMTE members, the mentors. Each MRG will be tasked with reviewing one manuscript, submitted by the mentee.

We are seeking AMTE members who will be attending the 2026 Annual Conference and would be willing to serve as AMTE Manuscript Mentors. Reports from past MRG mentees unanimously indicated that the guidance they received from mentors was invaluable, so please consider volunteering for this important and meaningful service!

Each MRG will ideally consist of three members: one mentee (e.g. an early career AMTE member or a member who is a novice author) and two other AMTE members. Each MRG will be tasked with reviewing one manuscript, submitted by the mentee. There will be an MRG specifically for doctoral students who are looking to publish work from their dissertations.

The goal of this program is to support early career and novice author AMTE members by providing a safe and encouraging environment to receive feedback on a manuscript.

Participants in this program agree to the following timeline:

MRG Timeline

Prior to the conference

  1. Tuesday January 6, 2026: Manuscript abstracts and applications are due.

  2. Thursday January 8, 2026: MRGs are created and all participants are notified.

  3. Make email introductions with the group.

  4. Monday January 19, 2026: Authors must send manuscripts to their MRG for review.

  5. All members of the MRG read the manuscript and prepare feedback.

At the conference

  1. MRGs set up a meeting time during the Annual Conference, February 5-7, 2026, that works for all members of the MRG.

  2. At the scheduled time, the MRG will provide feedback and support on the manuscript.

After the conference

  1. Respond to survey about the MRGs

Applications, which include an abstract, are due by Tuesday January 6. Please do not begin the application until after you have your abstract ready to submit. Questions can be directed to Travis Weiland tweilan1@charlotte.edu or Katrina Rothrock rothroks@uwec.edu.

Anyone interested should apply using the Google form at the link below: 

https://forms.gle/dViWwjisNriHZgw98

Anyone interested in serving as a Manuscript Mentor should complete the Google Form by January 6: https://forms.gle/JVCoA74FZm25ygPX8 

In addition to responding to the survey questions, please also send a copy of your CV to Travis Weiland tweilan1@charlotte.edu and Katrina Rothrock rothroks@uwec.edu. Your CV will be used to attempt to give the early-career and novice author members of AMTE access to mentors with similar types of past publication experiences. Questions can be directed to Travis Weiland or Katrina Rothrock.