Contribute Research to the Scottish Pottery Society
The Society relies on contributions from researchers for our publications.
The Society welcomes submissions for publishing research into any aspect of Scottish ceramic history. The only stipulations are that the research should be original and previously unpublished. Works do not have to come from academic parties – all submissions will be accepted and assessed. Contributions should have references and citations to the source of the information for verification. In the first instance, please provide a summary of no more than 400 words to the Society for assessment.
Bulletin Articles
Bulletins are published around every 6 months, alternating from the Glasgow and Edinburgh branches. The purpose of bulletins is to explore a subject or conduct initial research into a piece which can be expanded for inclusion in our formal publication, The Scottish Pottery Historical Review.
Articles are assessed and published by the Glasgow or Edinburgh branch, with each branch taking it in turns to produce the bulletin.
Scottish Pottery Historical Review (SPHR)
The Scottish Pottery Historical Review is an academic publication issued every 2 years or so and includes new research into matters regarding Scottish ceramics.
The works are published by the Society in print and are issued to academic institutions and libraries to encourage further learning and research.
SPHR Guidelines for Authors
SPHR: Guidelines for Contributors 2020/21
Submission
Submission deadline: 14 January 2021
Please send your article in digital form to Heather Jack.
Include with your paper:
- The illustrations, supplied as high resolution .tif or .jpg files. These files should have a descriptive name and be numbered in the order they appear in the paper.
- A list of captions, numbered in the order they appear in the paper.
NB Do not insert the illustrations into the text, but mark the position where you would like them to appear, eg [Figure 1 here]. The designer will place them as close to that point as possible.
Submission checklist
- Article text, double spaced
- Illustrations
- Caption list
- Word count (for text, not including notes and references)
Preparation
Endnotes: SPHR uses endnotes (not footnotes) and a list of notes and references will appear at the end of the paper. Within the text, the number referring to the note or reference should be placed at the appropriate point, preferably at the end of a sentence and always after any adjacent punctuation mark, e.g. ‘saltglazed stoneware.1’ Use arabic for endnote markers.
References: please include all references to: published works (books, articles, papers); unpublished works; oral information acquired (interviews, conversations); information taken from online sources; references to material in collections; any other sources of data.
References should be set out as in the following examples:
Books: J. Arnold Fleming, Scottish Pottery (Wakefield: EP Publishing, 1973), 142.
Chapters in edited volumes: G. Lansbury, ‘Early Stoneware’, in C. Lewis (ed.), Scottish Industrial Pottery (London: Batsford, 1987).
Journal articles: Susan Mills, ‘New Light on Alloa Pottery’, SPHR, 22 (2002), 43–7.
Online journals: articles in online journals are styled the same as printed journals. Please add the access date in parentheses at the end, eg (accessed October 2011).
Other online sources: please cite as in the following example, www.london-gazette.co.uk, 23 February 1886, 871 (accessed April 2012).
Manuscripts: follow the style of the institution, eg National Library of Scotland, MS 638, fol. 10r.
Copyright: if you plan to use illustrations or photographs of which you do not hold the copyright you must obtain permission, in writing, to publish the image from the copyright holder. Please note that the copyright holder has the legal right to specify the wording of the acknowledgement.
General style
Capitals for the names of specific potteries and patterns
Dates
Use nineteenth century, not 19th
1930s, not 1930’s
1932–1940 (not 1932-40)
Numbers
spell out numbers under ten
% not percent.
Measurements
In metric with imperial measurements in parentheses, e.g. 2.5 cm (1″).
Quotations
Short quotes can be incorporated in the text inside single quotation marks.
Longer quotes (>60 words) should be set as an extract, without quote marks, and indented on a new line.
Omissions from quotes should be indicated by an ellipsis (…).
Author’s explanatory insertions should appear inside square brackets.
Remember to attribute all quotes to their original source.