Submission Guidelines
Magazine
Length: Maximum 3,000 words
Images: 1 cover picture REQUIRED, no more than 5 images per article; all images must be public domain or you must have ownership of publishing rights
Academic Referencing Style: Strict adherence to the EH Style Guide for referencing sources and creating bibliography
In each issue (except the third), there will be 8 articles split among the following types of article. In your pitch email you MUST mention the category you are submitting for.
- Analytical/argumentative
- Writers will analyse a historical event, or document, or person and present an argument
- This is the format best suited for hardcore historians
- Narrative
- Writers will create a narrative, based on a person or more abstract, out of a historical event
- This is the format best suited for those who want to tell a story rather than make an argument
- Opinion
- Writers will posit opinions based on the theme (e.g. article: “the importance of declassified documents on cold war research”, book reviews of relevant books)
- This is the format best suited for writers who want to talk about the theme’s historiography rather than history itself
Online
Length: Maximum 5,000 words
Images: 1 cover picture REQUIRED, no upper limit on images in article; all images must be public domain or you must have ownership of publishing rights
Academic Referencing Style: A “Reading List”/bibliography at the end of the article is required; referencing/footnotes not necessary
How to Submit
To send us a pitch, email us at: easyhistorymag@gmail.com
You MUST follow the correct email and pitch formats, or you risk your pitch being rejected unread.
Email Format
Subject line: Issue you are pitching for (if for online, write “online”): “Proposed Name of Article”, Your Name
Example: Online, “Personal Accounts of the Bangladesh Genocide”, John Doe
Body must include:
- Your name and university (if applicable)
- The pitch itself ATTACHED AS A DOCUMENT
- A small section (4-5 lines) for an “About the Author”
Pitch Format
Please download and fill out the following word document. All pitches must be either .pdf or .docx – anything else will be deleted unread.
