If you want to write for upcoming Issues:
Each issue has a broad organizing theme. We also welcome theme and article ideas for future issues.
Feature articles are up to 2,500 words in length; departments are 500-750 words long. Honoraria may be available according to the policies of Connecticut Explored.
The magazine does not use footnotes but does require authors to embed citations into their stories. Please become familiar with our style by reading stories from past issues available on our website. Authors are also required to provide images (if possible) or leads on images. Rights and reproduction fees are handled by CT Explored. Authors are not required to pay rights and reproduction fees. Authors may not obligate CT Explored to pay fees.
Submissions
Subscribers: Letters to the editor and story suggestions are welcome. Submit to publisher@ctexplored.org. or mail to Connecticut Explored, c/o Department of History, Central Connecticut State University, 1615 Stanley Street, New Britain, CT 06050.
Writers: Article proposals are welcome. Please submit a 200- to 250-word summary or abstract about your proposed article and one or two published samples (if any) to editor@ctexplored.org. Honoraria are offered according to Connecticut Explored’s policy.
1 page, 450-500 words = $100
2 pages, 750-800 words = $150
4 pages, 1,500 words = $200
6 pages, 2,500 words = $250
Upcoming themes:
All proposals must fit the broad theme of the issue. Please look at our past articles to make sure your topic does not duplicate articles we have already published within the last 10 years. If you have a different thesis or a different angle on a topic we have covered, you may submit your proposal, but tell us how it is different. Thank you!
Tentative themes: