The Forum

In Collaboration with The Bristorian, CLAHSoc is pround to present 'The Forum'

A section dedicated to all things ancient and classical. This new section promises to explore the intricacies and phenomina of the ancient world.

Obsessed with all things Roman? A keen reader of Sappho? Want to philosophise over Plato's republic?

Pitch your ideas at:

thebristorian.submissions@gmail.com

Become a Contributor

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Submission Guidelines

Essays

Do you have an academic essay or piece of coursework that scored a high 2:1 or above? If so, we’d like you to contribute it! Essays submitted from your course must be based on questions which aren’t set repeatedly each academic year e.g. are unlikely to be set again

Articles

800-1,000 word article about historical events, texts or anything relating to the ancient world. Remember to pitch your ideas to The Bristorian first before you start writing.

Book and Film Reviews

You might want to write a review for a book or film inspired by the ancient world. If you want to write one about the books or films we will be reading/watching during either our book club or film nights please let one of the CLAHSoc committee know.

How to Pitch

Before you begin to write anything for the Bristorian, we encourage writers to ‘pitch’ to us. In keeping with standard journalism practices, writers must ‘pitch’ ideas which then get ‘commissioned’ by the publication.

Alternatively, editors will post a ‘call-out’ on the Bristorian Contributors page for specific articles they want to be written, which then get commissioned. You can write for the Bristorian through either format.

As part of this pitching process, we ask writers to email us, titling their email subjects with “PITCH:” and then the headline of their article.

E.g. Subject: PITCH: The Parthenon Marbles: Should they be returned?

As part of your pitch, we’d like:

A working title

A brief description of what you’d like to write

Rough word count and structure

All pitches can be sent to thebristorian.submissions@gmail.com

After Sending Your Pitch:

Once you’ve sent your pitch, you will be contacted by The Bristorian Editorial Team who will discuss your ideas in further detail, set a deadline and commission you to write your piece

During your writing process, it may be helpful to take a look at The Bristorian Style Guide, which sets out rules on grammar, format and punctuation for your submission

Once you’ve submitted your first draft, an editor will look over your piece, provide edits and feedback, and then the piece will be uploaded to The Bristorian site

During the editing process, editors may ask for clarification or changes to your work, so please be responsive