The American String Teacher journal, or AST, is an award-winning quarterly journal published by the American String Teachers Association (ASTA) and featuring member-contributed content. All feature and forum articles are subject to a blind peer-review process to ensure that published content is appropriate for our readers and is of the highest quality.

Sections of the journal contributed by ASTA members include:

Association News
State and student chapter news items submitted to the AST editor or taken from state chapter newsletters.

Deadlines:
February issue = Nov. 1
May issue = Feb. 1
August issue = May 1
November issue = Aug. 1

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Columns
Columns are not subject to Editorial Committee review.

Deadlines: columns are accepted and published primarily in the order they are received. Because these items are not subject to Editorial Committee review, AST receives quite a number of submissions. Normal time between submission and publication is often up to one year.

Teaching Tips: ideas for teaching; can be based on one person’s personal experience; 750 to1,500 words.

Member2Member: expansion of teaching tips; shorter tidbits submitted by members; each contribution must be fewer than 500 words.

Master Class: usually written by a national ASTA award winner or other prominent, highly respected person; 1,500 to 2,500 words.
My Turn: an editorial opinion piece; limit to exactly one page in length (no more than 850 words)

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Articles
Feature and forum articles are subject to Editorial Committee Review (and should count toward tenure credit). See “Feature Article Submission Guidelines,” below, for a complete description of desired contents and submission requirements.

Deadlines: because of the Editorial Committee Review process, there is no deadline for article submissions. The Editorial Committee Review process may take from two to five months. After review, many authors are asked to revise their articles in some way, which adds to the production time. Criteria other than when the article was submitted are often used to determine which article is published in which issue. It is impossible, therefore, to provide an estimated time between submission and publication.

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Departments

Notes: compiled from news releases submitted to the National Office; contains such announcements as appointments, upcoming events for string teachers/players, competitions deadlines, awards, other news items.

Showcase: compiled from news releases submitted to the National Office; news of String Industry Council members.

Reviews: AST currently reviews books, music, CDs, DVDs, and software. To become a reviewer, contact: Marg Schmidt, reviews editor, at Margaret.Schmidt@asu.edu. To submit an item for review, send to:
            Marg Schmidt
            School of Music, Arizona State University
            40 Gammage Parkway
            P.O. Box 870405
            Tempe, AZ 85287-0405

Deadlines:
February issue = Nov. 1
May issue = Feb. 1
August issue = May 1
November issue = Aug. 1

Please note: AST receives more submissions than it can publish. Items submitted for the Departments section of the journal are cut first if space becomes limited in an issue.