Submission Guidelines

Articles can be submitted anytime. Send your article to info@plainviews.org.

Articles are limited to approximately 500 words and should fit into at least one of the categories below. The editors will determine in which category your article will appear, should it be accepted for publication.

Editorial content is divided into the following categories.

Professional Practice: Core values of chaplaincy, i.e., clinical issues, best practices, cutting edge programs, and areas of specialization.

Advocacy: Legislation or regulation that impacts chaplains and other spiritual care providers, promoting chaplains as integral members of the interdisciplinary care team, and spiritual care as a crucial component of healthcare.

Education & Research: New trends in certification, cultural diversity training, professional and bio-ethics, programs to bring chaplains and local clergy together, news of research programs underway or completed, and research that demonstrates the link between spirituality and healing.

Spiritual Development: Care of the soul and spirit, self-care for the caregiver, how chaplains can maintain their own spirituality in the midst of suffering.

While editors read each submission, considerations of space and appropriateness make it impossible for us to guarantee publication. If your article, commentary, or letter to the editor is selected for publication, you will be contacted via e-mail before publication. PlainViews permits the reproduction of articles published here, with acknowledgement of the author and the source.

All submissions may be edited and republished by PlainViews or The HealthCare Chaplaincy in any format.

Contributors must attribute any submission material that has been published elsewhere or is subject to copyright protection, in whole or part.