INSIGHTS SUBMITTING GUIDE
YAIA's blog, Insights, publishes commentary and analysis of international affairs. We are interested in high-quality, thoughtfully written pieces, providing unique perspectives on contemporary issues. Whether you are an undergraduate student, or early- to mid-career professional with postgraduate studies, research, government, or think-tank experience, we highly encourage you to submit a piece if you have an interesting take on contemporary issues facing Australia, the Indo-Pacific, or the world.
GUIDELINES
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Other style requirements:
LENGTH: 700 - 900 words
TITLE:
Choose an engaging title to accompany your article
REFERENCING
Articles should not contain any formal academic referencing (bibliographies and footnotes) but should instead use hyperlinks. Please ensure that entire sentences are not hyperlinked, only the relevant subject words. As far as possible, please use references that are free to access (no paywalled newspaper or journal articles).
IMAGE:
Please attach a preferred image to be published alongside your article. Please ensure that it is a high-quality, landscape image, and licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons licence (providing full attribution and a hyperlink to the original source).
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY:
Include a one line biography to be published alongside your work with your relevant academic and professional details
SUBJECT MATTER:
We publish articles on a range of topics related to international relations. These include, but are certainly not limited to: geopolitics, climate change, technology and cyber, cultural diplomacy, social movements, the economy, and multilateral engagement. If you are unsure whether your article's subject matter will be appropriate for Insights, please send an email to publications@youngausint.org.au
BEFORE YOU SUBMIT
EDITING
Please ensure that you have edited, fact-checked and spell-checked your work. As a volunteer-run organisation, we do not have the resources to provide extensive feedback, so any submissions that are not up to standard will not be published. Insights uses the ABC Editorial Style Guide.
PUBLISHING AGREEMENT
Read and agree to our Publishing Agreement.
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Please state that you have read and agreed to our Publishing Agreement in the email submitting your article.
HOW TO SUBMIT
Please submit your work in a Word or Google Doc format to publications@youngausint.org.au
Submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis. We will endeavour to get back to you as soon as possible.
We request that you do not submit your work to Insights whilst it is under consideration for publication elsewhere, and vice versa.
DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed on Insights remain the personal views of the authors, and not reflect those of Young Australians in International Affairs, the author's employers, or any other organisation they are affiliated with.
**Please note that Insights only publishes original content**
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