"a special issue for" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to express that something is specifically targeted or designed for a particular purpose or group. Example: This edition of the magazine includes a special issue for educators, highlighting new teaching strategies and resources.
Mr. Kerry's Catholicism is a special issue for the church, Archbishop Chaput said.
The magazine, Charlie Hebdo, had announced a special issue for publication Wednesday, renamed "Charia Hebdo," a play on the word in French for Shariah law.
There was a special issue for the Islands; the observe side of it has the complete or shertened inscription CORFU/CEFALONIA/ZANTE in three lines.
Eugenie is currently editing a special issue for the International Journal for Public Administration in the Digital Age and a book entitled, National Security and Counterintelligence in the Era of Cyber Espionage.
Several Meeting Supplements are planned for 2013, including a Special Issue for the World Congress on Vaccines, Immunization and Immunotherapy (9 3).
Papers are requested for a special issue of the Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature & Culture (JSRNC) on "Religion and Climate Change" and a possible book.
The brothers also helped with a special issue of Martha Stewart Living for the iPad, which featured a time-lapsed cover of a peony unfurling.
His remark was made in the context of a special issue of W magazine, for which 17 artists, including Mr. Close, were asked to make works around her.
A call for papers has also been announced for a special issue of Sustainability, focusing "On the Socioeconomic and Political Outcomes of Global Climate Change": http://www.mdpi.com/si/sustainability/climate_change.
In 2003, Madonna fans were asked to vote for their Top 20 Madonna singles of all time for a special issue of Q magazine dedicated to Madonna.
For a special issue of the journal Electronics, Moore was asked to predict developments over the next decade.
