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Works of original scholarship published in volume 4 of Journal of the Mormon Social Science Association will receive a $500 honorarium for the author (or to be divided among coauthors) upon publication.^*

Journal of the Mormon Social Science Association (JMSSA) is the official publication of the Mormon Social Science Association. We welcome papers from all social science disciplines, as well as work in other disciplines using a social science approach. We accept original research, synthetic reviews, and theoretical or methodological essays on topics relevant to all aspects of the Latter Day Saint movement.

We encourage submissions from students, junior scholars, and underrepresented voices in Mormon Studies. We will not consider papers simultaneously submitted elsewhere, or previously published work. The journal is atheological and nonpolemical.

All submissions are screened by the editor(s) or editorial board to determine their suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are forwarded for peer-review. Subsequent to peer-review, papers may be rejected, returned for revision and possible resubmission, or accepted for publication.

All submissions must be accompanied by an abstract not to exceed 250 words. Abstracts should state the research question(s), identify basic methods, and summarize main findings.

Footnotes should be used sparingly, and only for essential clarification. The journal conforms to the “author-date” citation system outlined in the Chicago Manual of Style, 18th edition (Chapter 13).

^*Members of the MSSA Board of Directors and MSSA officers are not eligible to receive a JMSSA honorarium. An article coauthored by an MSSA officer or member of the Board of Directors is likewise ineligible for an honorarium. An author may receive a JMSSA honorarium no more than once in a three-calendar-year period. An article is not eligible for an honorarium if any of its coauthors has received a JMSSA honorarium within three years of submission. These restrictions apply only to eligibility for the honorarium and do not affect an author’s eligibility to submit manuscripts to or publish in JMSSA.