Call For Journal Papers

Each fall the Society publishes "A Journal of Franklin County History." Papers may be submitted throughout the year on the following topics:

-Politics

-Culture

-Science

-Education

-People

-Religion

Articles may address Franklin County’s role in national events or look at Franklin County history from a comparative perspective.

Submitted essays will be reviewed by the Franklin County Historical Society—Kittochtinny’s Publication Committee.

Essays should be no more than 30 typed, double-spaced pages (12,000 words) including endnotes; shorter works are welcomed. All works should be prepared according to Kate L. Turabian’s, A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 7th edition (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007).

Submissions should be sent to history@franklinhistorical.org.

All submissions should include a cover letter containing the title of the essay and the author’s address, phone number, and email address.

FORMATTING:

Please format your paper in a word document (Word or Google Docs)

Please use Chicago-style endnotes www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html

Please only space one time after sentences.

Please use Word or Google Docs references tool to create your endnotes