Special Collections (SCs) are collections of papers devoted to a particular topic, and edited by a team of guest editors. This usually means that authors are invited by the guest editors to submit to an SC. Nevertheless, contributions to Special Collections are subject to the usual editorial processes of peer review.

An important concern for SCs is to achieve a strong thematic unity, avoiding the impression of conference proceedings. The GLOSSA Contact policy is to prefer small SCs with papers that constitute a tight fit, over very general ones with contributions that are only loosely connected thematically. The papers in an SC should be strongly complementary, and 'talk' to each other. In short, an SC should avoid the impression that it is a collection of standalone papers on the same topic from different, insular perspectives.

The target size is up to 10 articles per SC; please describe your plan in more detail in case you would like to contribute a larger SC.

Each contribution to an SC will be reviewed according to the same standards as regular research articles. All proposals are evaluated by the GLOSSA Contact Editors. Once a proposal has been reviewed, the submitter(s) of the proposal will be informed of the Editors' decision.

The proposal should be sent to nlavidas@uoa.gr, is269@cam.ac.uk, igor.yanovich@univie.ac.at in a single file that does not exceed 15 pages.