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Author's Guidelines The Shape of Enrichment is a quarterly publication dedicated to environmental enrichment for animal caretakers. It is an international open forum, presenting articles from researchers, curators, keepers, volunteers, and others involved in animal care. Guidelines for authors are presented below. For more information, view the sample article or contact the editors at shape@enrichment.org. ARTICLE CONTENT Articles concerned with any aspect of animal enrichment are accepted. Please restrict articles to ideas that you have triedñwhether successful or not! (Untried suggestions are appropriate for publication in Letters to the Editors.) Since our focus is enrichment, be sure to explain how the animal(s) benefit, react, etc. Feature articles cover a variety of enrichment categories (or one which is not covered in the specialized columns) as well as related issues such as beginning an enrichment program. Columns include enrichment focusing on: food and food presentation (Food for Thought); browse (Browsing); enclosure design and construction (Building for the Future); and animal training (In Training). The Challenges column offers readers the opportunity to present their enrichment challenges (i.e. problems, questions) to our network of enrichment experts. Questions are posed anonymously to a variety of appropriate persons. Answers are forwarded to the person(s) requesting information and published in an upcoming issue. SUBMISSIONS Articles of any length are acceptedñfrom 200 to 1,500 words are preferred, but articles both shorter and longer have been published. Technical papers are accepted. However, these must be rewritten into an appropriate format. The editors will rewrite technical papers at the author's request. Articles need not be polished or even completed before submission. One of our favorite articles started as notes on a paper towelñliterally! The editors are always willing to work with prospective authors to produce the final version. Articles may be submitted in a variety of formats: ï e-mail: shape@enrichment.org ï 3.5-inch, Mac- or IBM-formatted floppy (MSWord, Word Perfect, Clarisworks) and/ or hard copy mailed to: 1650 Minden Dr., San Diego, CA 92111 U.S.A. Original black-and-white photographs and drawings may be submitted directly or as Jpeg, Tiff, or Photoshop files. REVIEW PROCESS & DEADLINES All articles are edited for readability, grammar, spelling, etc. and then forwarded to the Consulting Reviewers. The reviewers comment on content and request clarification or more information where appropriate. These revisions and comments are forwarded to the author. The graphic layout is completed using the authors' final versions, with occasional copy and/or layout edits. As this process can require several weeks to complete, the deadline for each issue is the first of the month of the preceding issue: ï February 1 for the May issue ï May 1 for the August issue ï August 1 for the November issue ï November 1 for the February issue General Information: shape@enrichment.org Webmaster: webmaster@enrichment.org