Suggestions for Contributors
General
1. Manuscripts intended for publication in The Hawaiian Journal of History should be sent to: Editor, The Hawaiian Journal of History, 560 Kawaiahao Street, Honolulu, HI 96813 A manuscript is submitted in one of two ways: one (preferably), on IBM or MAC disk together with a hardcopy printout of manuscript; or, two, two copies on heavy-weight bond. In either case, manuscripts must be on 8 1/2 x 11" paper, double-spaced. with ample margins (1 1/2" on all sides), on one side of the paper only. Manuscripts are submitted at the author's risk, although every effort will be made to return unused work.
2. Manuscripts will be accepted at any time, but the deadline for new submission is December 31 for articles to appear in the volume published the following fall.
3. Articles should not exceed 35 double-spaced typed pages in length, including end notes.
4. References should be typed as end notes on separate pages and numbered consecutively. Content notes are discouraged, but if essential, they should be included among the end notes.
5. Quotations, double-spaced, should be set off from the text by indentation if they exceed three lines. Square brackets should be used to indicate material inserted within a quotation by the author.
6. If submitting by IBM or MAC disk, the hard copy printout must be an exact duplicate of the disk copy. Do not underline (see attachment with computer information). Illustrations--Photographs, charts, graphs, and other illustrations should be submitted as 8 x 10" glossy prints. Number them on the reverse side in the order in which they appear in the text. Please include identifying captions. All contributors should send a brief autobiographical paragraph, double-spaced on a separate sheet, giving recent publications, research interests, and current affiliation. Authors of accepted articles will receive ten free reprints of their article. Additional copies may be ordered from the printer.
Text Conventions
1. Numbers. One through ninety-nine should be spelled out. All others should be written as numbers, except at the beginning of a sentence.
2. Dates. Use "nineteenth century," rather than "19th century"; hyphenate only when used as an adjective.
3. Commas. With dates: use as style may require after the year. In series: use commas to separate all items in series. If in doubt, consult The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr., and E.B. White.
4. Italics. Text to be printed in italics should be underlined. Do not use quotation marks to indicate italics. Ship names, book titles, newspapers, and other periodical titles should always be in italics.
5. Abbreviations. Consult the Journal for abbreviations of frequently cited sources. For other abbreviations, see the MLA Handbook. Use a.m./p.m. (not AM/PM) and B.C./A.D. (not BC/AD).
6. Foreign-Language Terms. All foreign-language words and phrases will be printed in italics, and manuscripts should have such terms properly underlined for italics.
7. Hawaiian Language. If the words are commonly used and known, italics are not necessary. Otherwise, use italics for Hawaiian words. Diacritical marks or macrons must be used unless the phrase or passage is a direct quotation from earlier sources. A direct quotation always appears as orginally written (in other words, it usually will not have macrons). For modern Hawaiian usage, please follow the recent editions of Hawaiian Dictionary and Place Names of Hawaii, both by Pukui and Elbert.
8. Spelling. Follow usage by The American Heritage Dictionary.
References
1. The manual of style is the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, Theses and Dissertations (New York: Modern Language Association, 1984) and should be consulted.
2. The first time a work is referred to in the notes, it should be cited in full, including the author's name (in normal order), the title in full, and the facts of publication. Subsequent citations should be by the surname of the author and a shortened but unambiguous form of the title, consistantly adhered to. Ibid., Op. cit., and loc. cit. are no longer used.
3. A few sample citations follow:
Gavan Daws, Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands (New York: Macmillan, 1968) 211-13.
Daws, Shoal of Time 227.
Ralph S. Kuykendall, The Hawaiian Kingdom, vol. III, 1874-1893, The Kalakaua Dynasty (Honolulu: U of Hawaii P, 1967) 82-3.
Robert C. Schmitt, "Some Firsts in Island Leisure," HJH, 12 (1978): 99.
Bob Krauss, "The Businessman's Lunch Was a Bluecoat Special," HA Apr. 2, 1965: A1 and A4.
Sybil Bingham, letter to Nancy Ruggles, Aug. 16, 1838, Missionary Letters, HMCS. 7 Interior Department Letters, no. 62, AH.
Nancy Wahinekapu Summer, Diary, Jan. 1, 1958, AH.
San Francisco Chronicle Feb. 4, 1895.
William N. Armstrong, Around the World with a King (1903; rpt. Rutland, Vt.: Charles E. Tuttle, 1977) 287.
4. Abbreviations such as vol., chap., no., pt., sec., and n.s., should not be capitalized.
See Also
For some other helpful advice about publishing your work, see the suggestions prepared by the Virginia Historical Society at http://www.vahistorical.org/publicat/whateds.htm.