This is a minimalist class file for formatting manuscripts in the style described the American Psychological Association (APA) 6th edition guidelines. Perhaps someday the more traditional (and capable) apa.cls will gain support for the 6th edition of the APA guidelines, in which case you should probably use it instead. But in the mean time, this class may be useful. Here's a sample document to get you started: \begin{verbatim} \documentclass{apa6e} \usepackage{apacite} % This is not done automatically! \bibliographystyle{apacite} \title{A simple, correct explanation for every aspect of mental function} \shorttitle{Psychology: the end} \author{Over J.~Optimistic\\Pie in the Sky University} \authornote{\dots} \abstract{\dots} \begin{document} \maketitle I have discovered a truly remarkable theory which this example is too small to contain. \bibliography{my-refs} \end{document} \end{verbatim} This class file is licensed under the 2-clause BSD license, which basically means you can do whatever you want with it, so long as you leave my copyright on it and don't expect there to be any warranty. However, if you're going to make any changes, then it would probably be less confusing all around if you either send those changes to me to incorporate into the 'official' version, and/or change the name of any 'unofficial' versions to something besides apa6e.cls. Have fun, -- Nathaniel J. Smith