EDITORIAL POLICY
Public Diplomacy Magazine adheres to historian Nicholas J. Cull’s model of public diplomacy. To learn more about contemporary public diplomacy and its components, please refer to the executive summary of Cull’s report Public Diplomacy: Lessons from the Past.
Articles are evaluated and scored by the Editorial Board in a blind review process, with the following taken into consideration:
Is the submission in review relevant to the theme?
Does this submission present a strong argument? [The main arguments of this piece are clear, compelling, logical, and well-evidenced.]
Does this submission make good use of sources? [Everything that needs to be cited is cited. Citations are properly done]
Is this submission well-written? [This piece conveys its arguments in a well-articulated way].
Is this submission largely free of grammar or technical errors? [This piece needs very little grammatical revision.]
Does this submission contribute to the field of public diplomacy? [The author displays originality of thought and employs a novel analytical approach to his/her argument • One or more of the following public diplomacy components are discussed: Listening, Advocacy, International Broadcasting, Cultural Exchange, Exchanges].
The Editor-in-chief, in consultation with the Editorial Board, holds final authority for accepting or refusing submissions for publication.
Authors are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of their statements. Public Diplomacy Magazine Staff Editors reserve the right to make changes in accordance with PD style specifications.
Copyright of published articles remains with Public Diplomacy Magazine. No article in its entirety or a part thereof may be published in any form without proper citation credit.
STYLE GUIDE
We encourage the submission of case studies, working papers, interviews, book reviews, comparative studies, policy analyses, and histories of public diplomacy as practiced internationally and RELEVANT to each issue’s theme.
Please follow the MLA Style Manual in regard to style and bibliography, and include endnotes and an author’s biography.
Submissions must be between 500 and 2,000 words.
All manuscripts must be typed in 12 pt. Times New Roman font, double-spaced, and saved as a Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) file, not as a PDF.
Please include all notes and citations as endnotes. See an example here.
Periods should be followed by one space.
Please use the Oxford comma, a.k.a. the serial comma.
CORRECT: “Red, white, and blue.”
INCORRECT: “Red, white and blue.”
Be sure punctuation is inside quotation marks.
CORRECT: “Nice to meet you,” she said.
INCORRECT: “Nice to meet you”, she said.
Please use Americanized spellings where appropriate, such as “color” instead of “colour.” When referring to a name, such as “UK Energy Research Centre,” the original spelling should be used.
To format abbreviations, such as “Jan.,” or “US,” correctly, refer to this list.
IMAGES/ARTWORK: Please do NOT embed graphics in the text. If submitting imagines or artwork, they must be sent as separate, high-resolution files, clearly labeled (e.g. "Figure 7").
In your manuscript, please indicate the desired placement of each graphic and include a brief caption.
Authors must have legal rights to all photos and other graphics and attribution must be included.
When including photographs, cite the source and seek permission from the photographer when necessary.
Photographs must be a minimum of 800dpi.
RESOURCES
Please refer to the GLADD Media Reference Guide- Transgender Issues for helpful information on how to fairly and accurately write on LGBT issues.
To learn more about traditional United States Public Diplomacy, please refer to the United States Department of State’s Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs homepage.