Global politics posts new short-form articles to the site each week. The emphasis of these articles is to provide a punchy summary of an interesting idea or to help draw attention and analysis to an interesting piece of news.
Formatting
Length of the Article
We accept submissions between 400-800 words. No referencing is needed. Include any hyperlinks in parenthesis next to the statement you want linked, with the statement bolded, eg:
There are many search engines available on the Internet, but I prefer to use Google. (www.google.com)
Style
Be concise, and get to the point quickly. Less is more. Hyperlinking is also encouraged, especially to other articles on the GP site if they relate to your topic, but not obligatory. Unlike our longer articles, feel free to insert your personal views and opinions, just make sure they are clearly stated and well written. We prefer to publish interesting arguments supported by evidence, not tiresome rants.
Text/paragraph
Please submit articles written in Verdana font, size 10.
Lines should be single-spaced. Also, on Microsoft Word, please check that under Format, Paragraph, on the ‘Indents and Spacing’ tab, spacing Before and After are both set to zero.
Subtitles should be in bold, with a single line space before the subsequent paragraph.
New paragraphs should not be indented, but separated from the previous paragraph/subtitle by a single line space.
Summaries
Please provide the following:
- A very short (one sentence) ‘hook’ to accompany the article title on the Magazine’s front page.
- Biography: Articles are accompanied by a brief (1-2 sentences) bio of the author. Please include where you work/study plus anything else of interest/relevance.
Post-submission: Spreading the word
We rely on our writers and readers to encourage their politically inclined and involved friends to write for us and visit our website. Therefore, we strongly request that you post a link to your article once it is published on any social networking sites you belong to, whether facebook, twitter, etc. Email your family and friends that you’ve been published on the site. Increased traffic to the site will help us receive more submissions which allow us to keep up our weekly publication schedule. We would very much appreciate it.
Process
Please send your submission as a word document to submissions@global-politics.co.uk.
We will check submissions for both quality and style. Any minor changes we will make ourselves before publishing the article. If there are any more major changes we think need to be made, we will work with you towards a finished article.
The editors of Global Politics have the final word on publication – if the editing process takes some time, we may decide to delay publication until a later week.
Once an article is submitted it will go onto our front page and will stay in the site’s archive as the site is updated.
Good luck with your writing – and welcome to Global Politics!
