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Principia: A Journal of Classical Education

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Principia publishes articles, editorials, policy research, and reviews related to the history, theory, practice, and pedagogy of classic liberal arts education and contemporary classical schools. Published two times a year, the journal provides a peer-reviewed forum for practitioners and scholars to investigate the long tradition of education that extends from ancient Athens to contemporary K–12 schools and colleges.

General Information

Types of manuscripts considered:

• Article: 8000-word limit, inclusive of critical apparatus, abstract, and keywords
• Book review: 1,500-word limit, inclusive of critical apparatus.

All manuscripts must be original, unpublished work and not under consideration by any other publication.

Manuscripts should be prepared in Word format (.doc or .docx), and submitted by email to the General Editor at principiajournal@gmail.com.

Article manuscripts are subject to anonymous review. There should be no mention of the author(s) in the text or the notes. Article submissions must include a brief abstract (150 words) and up to ten key words.

The email accompanying the manuscript should include

• Title of the article
• Name(s) and academic affiliation(s) of author(s)
• Author contact information, including email, phone number, and mailing address

Author must obtain any necessary permissions for use of copyrighted material contained within their article.

Page Formatting

• Articles should be set in 12-point Times New Roman font, with 1-inch margins.
• Spelling should be consistently American as per Merriam-Webster or consistently British as per OED; articles should not alternate between American and British conventions.
• Use Oxford commas.
• For eras, use BCE and CE.
• Omit the possessive s on all words ending in s — hence, "Aeneas' son" and "Jonathan Edwards' thought". See CMOS 7.22.
• Spell out numbers less than 100, unless they are a percentage (e.g., "5 percent") or a page number.
• Use italics, not quotation marks, for foreign words and phrases.
• Provide translations of all foreign languages (except for short, standard phrases).
• Place single and double quotation marks outside periods and commas, but inside colons and semicolons.
• Use double quotation marks except for quotes within quotes.
• First paragraphs of articles, sections, subsections are flush left; indent subsequent paragraphs and differentiate major and minor headings.
• Use footnotes, not endnotes.
• Double space both text and footnotes.
• Footnotes should be flush left
• Place footnote callouts after punctuation.
• When a primary text is first cited, provide full citation information in a footnote and a parenthetical reference in the running text. All subsequent citations of the source will occur by parenthetical reference in the running text: e.g., (Il. 10.45-53), (Aen. 6.112-23), (Suet. Aug. 44).
• Initial citations of primary texts should include the abbreviated title; subsequent citations merely need book and section/line references when citing the same source.
• Secondary sources should always be cited in footnotes.
• Provide short form citation rather than ibid.
• Place tables, figures, or other graphics at the end of the article in the same file. Be prepared to provide the original file used to produce the figure or graph.

Citations and Bibliography

Principia follows the Notes and Bibliography format from The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition:

Full citations should be provided for the initial footnote of each new source. All subsequent citations should be in short form. Since all the publication information is provided in the full citation, Principia does not call for bibliographies.