How to Publish With Us

To publish a volume with the Suffolk Records Society please submit a proposal to info@suffolkrecordssociety.com

The proposal should include:

  1. A paper, no more than two pages long, justifying the publication of the particular document or documents. Why this selection? What is the historical value of this source for Suffolk and beyond? What are its strengths and weaknesses?
  2. An estimate of the length of the text and of the introduction (using the normal page size of recent SRS volumes). As a general guide 100,000 words take up approximately 200 pages, depending on layout.
  3. A short biographical paragraph about the editor(s).
  4. Samples of transcription and translation (four sides of A4 is enough) with facsimiles of the relevant originals.

This information will help the council of the Society to reach a formal decision at its next council meeting, in either January or May. Please note that the Society will not assign a volume to a particular year for publication, until a completed manuscript has been received and accepted by the co-ordinating editor.

Notes for the guidance of new editors will be sent to them as soon as a proposal has been accepted.

 

To publish a digital piece of work with the Suffolk Records Society please submit a proposal to info@suffolkrecordssociety.com.  A digital edited piece can vary from a single page to a much longer submission such as the pieces we already have available on our website.

A short-piece proposal should include:

  1. A paper, no more than one page long, justifying the publication of the particular document or documents. Why this selection? What is the historical value of this source?
  2. An estimate of the length of the text.
  3. A short biographical paragraph about the editor(s).
  4. Samples of transcription and translation (minimum of 1 paragraph) with facsimiles of the relevant originals.

A long-piece proposal should include:

  1. A paper, no more than one page, justifying the publication of the particular document or documents. Why this selection? What is the historical value of this source for Suffolk and beyond? What are its strengths and weaknesses?
  2. An estimate of the length of the text and of the introduction.
  3. A short biographical paragraph about the editor(s).
  4. Samples of transcription and translation (two sides of A4 is enough) with facsimiles of the relevant originals.

More detailed notes regarding digital presentation will be given to editors on acceptance of the proposal.