{"id":205,"date":"2016-04-01T09:41:46","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T09:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/english\/?page_id=205"},"modified":"2023-02-04T03:08:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T03:08:09","slug":"contribute","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/english\/contribute\/","title":{"rendered":"Contribute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>King\u2019s English\u00a0<\/em>provides a means of sharing current research, ideas and activities in and around the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcl.ac.uk\/artshums\/depts\/english\/index.aspx\">Department of English<\/a> at King&#8217;s College London. Our readership encompasses the staff, student and alumni bodies of the department, as well as interested readers throughout\u00a0and beyond academia, literature and the arts.<\/p>\n<p>Just like the department at King&#8217;s, the\u00a0blog entails both rigour and creativity.\u00a0While we are non-prescriptive with regard to content and style, existing\u00a0blogposts should\u00a0give a good sense of\u00a0how to compose a contribution: what to write about, how to write, and where these decisions veer from conventions of\u00a0academic practice.<\/p>\n<p>Blog posts on <em>King&#8217;s English<\/em> represent the views of the individual authors and neither those of the department, nor of King&#8217;s College London.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To contribute a post to the blog, please contact the <\/strong><strong>editors Alexander Giesen and Samantha Seto at blog.english.kcl@gmail.com.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Style Guide<\/h3>\n<div>\n<div>From our ongoing experiences editing the blog and communicating with writers, we have put together\u00a0the following\u00a0style pointers\u00a0and some useful links on academic blogging.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong>Length:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Generally, blog posts should be between 800 to 1,000 words.<\/li>\n<li>In exceptional cases, we may consider a longer post. Please contact us at blog.english.kcl@gmail.com to discuss this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Structure:<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Bring\u00a0lucid examples and ideas to the front of your writing: the first paragraph is what will be seen on the blog homepage.<\/li>\n<li>Posts don&#8217;t need an argumentative structure, introduction or conclusion. They can be a meditation, a conversation, or a story.<\/li>\n<li>Shorthand your ideas through\u00a0images, links or other interactive media.<\/li>\n<li>Whilst your jumping off point might be a book, event, performance or talk, your post\u00a0should have a thrust and identity of its own, moving beyond it\u00a0towards a broader, stand-alone piece.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Grammar:<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Let paragraphs and sentences punch in on verbs,\u00a0nouns and\u00a0prepositions, dropping\u00a0conjunctions where you can.<\/li>\n<li>You might use\u00a0shorter, more conversational sentences than in research\u00a0publications.<\/li>\n<li>Signal field-specific\u00a0terms or writing styles for the non-specialist reader.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Only exceptionally will we use endnotes on the blog. Readers aren&#8217;t expected to follow up on research outside of your post, so make sure that it contains everything\u00a0they need to appreciate what you are saying.<\/li>\n<li>You can use hyperlinks to direct readers to other online sources (articles, media, events and so on) and create conversations with other bloggers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Capitals, acronyms, accents, etc:<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Acronyms should be used with the non-specialist in mind, but can be hyperlinked. Don&#8217;t separate with full-stops (eg. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcl.ac.uk\/artshums\/depts\/english\/study\/pgt\/progs\/perf\/index.aspx\">MA in Performance Studies)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t accent words that have found their way into the English language (eg. cafe). If using\u00a0loan words please italicise.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Formatting contributions:<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Please underline anything that can be hyperlinked, and include the URL in brackets in the body of the text.<\/li>\n<li>Please send your images\u00a0alongside your contribution, in the email, marking in brackets in the body of the text\u00a0if you have a preference on where these images are placed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>On academic blogging:<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>An <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.lse.ac.uk\/impactofsocialsciences\/2015\/10\/26\/why-academics-and-students-should-take-blogging-social-media-seriously\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a> on the pros\u00a0of academic blogging.<\/li>\n<li>Some examples of the most popular<a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2013\/04\/the-best-academic-blogs\/274954\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0academic blogs<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/higher-education-network\/blog\/2013\/dec\/13\/how-to-academic-blogging-tips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tips<\/a> on academic blogging.<\/li>\n<li>An article from our founding editors Penny Newell and Ella Parry-Davies, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/higher-education-network\/blog\/2014\/jul\/21\/10-ways-make-public-engagement-work-for-you\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8217;10 ways to make public engagement work for you&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0and some resources related to their training programme <a href=\"https:\/\/researchwithreach.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Research with Reach<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>A spotlight on Melissa Terras,\u00a0Professor of Digital Humanities in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slais.ucl.ac.uk\/\">Department of Information Studies<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/\">University College London<\/a>, and Director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/dh\/\">UCL Centre for Digital Humanities<\/a>, who blogs <a href=\"http:\/\/melissaterras.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>King\u2019s English\u00a0provides a means of sharing current research, ideas and activities in and around the Department of English at King&#8217;s College London. 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