The Kent Archaeological Society Magazine and Newsletters offer a wide range of article opportunities for contributors. These cover special features, newsworthy finds and discoveries, interviews, employment within the historical/archaeological profession, initiatives to increase participation and understanding, and special events.

The core of the content will remain research articles. These can be submitted by professional bodies such as Commercial Archaeological Units or Council Teams, or by others such as amateur archaeologists, local societies, academics, research students and local historians.

In order to keep the newsletter and magazine running in a timely and productive manner, please see the following notes on submission of articles. These notes form a minimum expectancy for anyone wishing to publish in the magazine or newsletter. They are not meant to be in any way restrictive, and so if there are any queries or issues following the guidance, please contact the magazine editor for assistance.

This guidance will ensure that the publications:

• Publish brief excavation reports (interim or complete) and historical studies concerned with the archaeology and history of the county of Kent. This includes historic regions within the county boundaries.

• Are written in a style and for an audience to help achieve the magazine and newsletter aims.

• Minimise the effort required for all parties from author to publication.

The limit on magazine and newsletter size necessitates shorter articles. There is not scope for full final reports or longer articles. For submission of such work, please contact the Archaeologia Cantiana editor, Jason Mazzocchi at jason.mazzocchi@kentarchaeology.org.uk

Sentence long summaries of excavations, events, or news should be noted as such. These will be used in a segment of the magazine dedicated to short informative notes.

The Kent region covers both the modern and historic county boundaries, so long as relevance is attributed.

We are keen to promote any discussion of Kents material past. Articles of an unorthodox or controversial nature will be considered so long as they are based upon strong evidence and have sound bibliographical sources, and do not offend readers.

Articles should be written with our diverse readership in mind. This includes all levels from professional archaeologists and historians to students, amateurs and local interest enthusiasts.

Articles must provide content which will entice and enthuse readers. This includes both a regular readership and new readers alike. The significance and interest of the article should be clear, topical and appealing. Whilst remaining professional, the material should be provided in non-technical language to ensure wide understanding.

Articles should be suitably illustrated, labelled, and clearly referenced.

Articles should aim to be between 1000-2500 words in length with approximately 4-5 illustrations. Shorter articles can be submitted, and slightly longer ones will be considered.

References should be by means of endnotes. This may also include short comments not meant for the main body of text.

Articles should be submitted in digital format, preferably in word document format. If it is not possible for an author to produce digital text, text may be submitted in hard copy and the article can be digitised in-house. This must be in word-processed format, it will not be possible to transcribe hand written articles without prior discussion.

Please submit the main body of text, endnotes, figure captions and illustrations. If possible, please also provide a very brief biographical sentence including background and interests.

Illustrations can include photographs, maps, drawings and plans. Please remember to include scales and relevant legends. Illustrations are preferable in .tif or .jpg format though other image formats are acceptable.

Once an author has submitted an article, the magazine editor will consider the article for publication. Once publication is agreed, the magazine editor will respond to the author with any further changes, work or material required. The article will be made acceptable for publication and submitted to the designer for the relevant publication.

The magazine editor will supply the author with details of the publication date and with a copy of the article in completed form.

Authors may request publication in a particular edition or a particular section of the magazine or newsletter. This will be considered by the magazine editor.

Book reviews should aim to offer the reader information on the publication. It should be a brief description of the publication which will encourage a reader to decide whether it is something they wish to purchase or to read in a library etc. It should highlight the positive and negative aspects of the publication and may critique the work, and compliment the work but should not be offensive or a dedicated sales pitch. Please provide an image of the cover of the publication.

Book reviews should aim to be between 100 – 750 words, depending on relevance and size of the publication.

Each review should include the Author, Title, publisher, date of publication, number of pages, whether there are illustrations, figures, tables and bibliography, and the price.

Authors should ensure they have all the necessary permissions to publish material submitted to the Kent Archaeological Society. This includes all text and images. This material should have permission to be reproduced by the Society in print and by electronic media on the world wide web. Kent Archaeological Society is unable to obtain copyright on your behalf.

As an author with the Kent Archaeological Society Magazine and Newsletters, you will retain the copyright to your text. However, the Society retains the rights to the design and implementation of the magazine and newsletter articles.

It is the authors responsibility to provide written permission from the copyright holders of  any text, art or images, or any other work that you want to use in your article which is not your own. It is therefore also the authors responsibility to  deal with any requests for reproduction fees.

We ask authors to sign an Author Licence (below), which is non-exclusive, and clearly sets out who owns the rights to the article.

These copyright regulations are for the magazine only.