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Homeplace: Instructions for Authors

The editorial team welcomes submissions from academic scholars, community scholars, and folklife enthusiasts, in a variety of media. Appropriate topics include – but are not limited to – foodways, folklore, arts and crafts, music, local history, local historic sites, and unique communities. In general, Homeplace does not publish original art, memoirs, family history, genealogy, fiction, poetry, or family letters. If you have an idea that doesn’t appear to fall under the scope of the magazine, please contact the managing editor, Melody Herr ().

All submissions must be original, i.e., not previously published or posted online.

There are no submission charges or publication charges. Please note that you will not receive payment for your publications in Homeplace.

The editorial team is committed to supporting equal opportunity in alignment with the University of Arkansas's Fayetteville Policies and Procedures 214.1.

Specifications

Homeplace welcomes submissions for the following sections:
  • Articles – peer-reviewed, scholarly articles; submit on journal’s website
    Word Count: 2000-4000 words
    List of Citations: required; Chicago Manual of Style
    Text: Calibri font, 12-point preferred; double-spaced; MS Word file or PDF
    Images: optional (limit of 8); captions and credit lines required; please include the images at the end of the text file
  • Field Notes – reports and updates on work and events across the region; not peer-reviewed; submit on journal’s website
    Word Count: 200-800 words
    Text: Calibri font, 12-point preferred; double-spaced; MS Word file or PDF
    List of Citations: not required
    Images: optional (limit of 4); captions and credit lines required; please include the images at the end of the text file
  • “Cut Your Teeth” features – instruction-type articles or videos centered on sharing a skill (e.g., recipes and cooking techniques, how to conduct an interview, caring for family photographs); submit text on journal’s website – contact the editorial team about submitting videos (email)
    Word Count: 2000-4000 words
    Text: Calibri font, 12-point preferred; double-spaced; MS Word file or PDF
    List of Citations: not required
    Images: highly encouraged; captions and credit lines required
    Video: optional; please contact the editorial team about submission; note that you will need to provide a transcription before the video is posted on the Homeplace website
  • “Primary Source” features – interviews (text, audio/podcast, video) with artists and tradition-bearers across the region; submit text-based interviews on the journal’s website – contact the editorial team about submitting videos (email)
    Word Count: 2000-4000 words
    Text: Calibri font, 12-point preferred; double-spaced; MS Word file or PDF
    List of Citations: not required
    Images: highly encouraged (limit of 4); captions and credit lines required
    Audio: optional; please contact the editorial team about submission; note that you will need to provide a transcription before the audio is posted on the Homeplace website
    Video: optional; please contact the editorial team about submission; note that you will need to provide a transcription before the video is posted on the Homeplace website
  • Media Essays – Photo (or other types of images), video, and podcast-based essays
    Word Count (to accompany photo or image essays): 400- 600 words; contact the editorial team about submission (email)
    Text (to accompany photo or image essays): Calibri font, 12-point preferred
    List of Citations: not required
    Images: required for photo or image essays; captions and credit lines required
    Audio: required for podcasts; please contact the editorial team about submission; note that you will need to provide a transcription before the audio is posted on the Homeplace website
    Video: required for videos; please contact the editorial team about submission; note that you will need to provide a transcription before the video is posted on the Homeplace website
  • Reviews – Topical books, movies, podcasts, and performances; submit on journal website.
    *If you would like to propose an item to review or volunteer as a reviewer, please contact the editorial team.
    Word Count: 200-600 words
    Text: Calibri font, 12-point preferred; double-spaced; MS Word file or PDF
    For interviews, quotations, podcasts, and videos in languages other than English, please provide an English translation.
    Please use the Notes-Bibliography style of the Chicago Manual of Style for all citations. The Purdue Online writing Lab (OWL) provides guidance on this style.

Peer Review

The editorial team sends scholarly submissions (refer to the list above) to peer reviewers qualified to comment on the factual accuracy of the work and offer suggestions regarding the presentation (e.g., readability, clarity, organization). Homeplace uses a single-anonymized review process, meaning that the reviewer’s identity is not revealed to the author, but the reviewer is told the author’s identity. The editorial team strives to prevent bias and discrimination in the evaluation of all submissions. If you have questions or concerns about peer review, please reach out to the managing editor, Melody Herr ().

Copyright

You retain the copyright to your work. If it is accepted for publication, you will be asked to sign the Author Agreement granting the University of Arkansas Libraries non-exclusive rights to publish it in Homeplace. All content in the magazine is open access, meaning that it is available for reading, viewing, listening, and downloading without charge. You are welcome to publish your work with a Creative Commons (CC) license, which allows additional uses. However, you are not required to apply a CC license.

If you include material under copyright (e.g., maps, photographs) that you did not create, you may need to obtain permission from the copyright holder.

For more information about open access, Creative Commons licenses, and copyright, please visit the Open Community library guide. If you have questions, please contact the editorial team.

Interviews, Surveys, and Research involving Humans

You are responsible for obtaining an interviewee’s permission to quote them and use information from an interview. If interviews, a survey, or other types of research involving humans were conducted under the sponsorship of a university or other research institution, you may need approval from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) before beginning your research.

You may need to obtain permission to publish photographs of humans.

If you have questions, please contact the managing editor, Melody Herr, .

Generative AI (GenAI)

Homeplace celebrates human creativity! We encourage all contributors to use their own talents and require that they disclose any use of generative AI (genAI), such as Grammarly, Chat GPT, and Gemini, for writing or creating images, audio, or video.