Inspired by the tremendous response to our call for the upcoming fall 2024 Home Rule issue, Washington History seeks submissions for the spring 2024 issue and beyond.
Washington History magazine, the semiannual peer-reviewed journal published by the DC History Center, seeks articles on the wide-ranging history of our nation’s capital, including but not limited to architecture, arts, business, the environment, gender, labor, law, politics, race, social movements and activism, transportation, urban planning, and more. Submissions may be in the form of analytical manuscripts, first-hand accounts, oral histories, or photo essays. Submissions must be supported with footnotes and written for a general audience.
To be considered for the upcoming spring 2024 issue, submissions need to be in final form. For submission guidelines, please read more here. The editors are also eager to receive queries for the 2025 editions and beyond. Have an article that you’ve always wanted published? Now is the time!
We Welcome
- Longer, thesis-driven analyses or descriptive articles (2,500–6,000 words)
- Shorter reflections and accounts (1,500 words or less)
- Photo collections with brief contextual essays (2,500–3,000 words)
- Brief features on significant primary sources (“Teachable Moments,” 1,400 words or less)
- Short spotlights of related people or places of interest (1,400 words or less)
Submission Deadlines
- Spring 2024 submissions are due by October 6, 2023.
- Articles submitted after this date may be considered for future issues.
Submissions from or centering members of underrepresented communities are highly encouraged. To learn more, click the submission guidelines button below.
Please send submissions and inquiries to editor@dchistory.org.