The Historicity Journal accepts the following types of academic works:

1. Research Articles

2. Argumentative Essays

3. Book/literature/scholar Reviews

The Historicity Journal will only accept a maximum of two (2) submissions per author, per issue.

Authors wishing to submit to the Historicity Journal must be a current undergraduate or postgraduate student of any recognised Australian University or Higher Education Institution. Authors must be currently enrolled in their program at the time of submission, even if they are due to complete their program before the time of publication.

All submissions to the journal must be substantively focused on historical inquiry. We welcome original research articles, critical essays, and reviews that engage with historical themes, methodologies, or historiography. Submissions should demonstrate a clear contribution to the understanding of past events, contexts, or interpretations, and be grounded in rigorous scholarship. Interdisciplinary work is encouraged, provided that history remains the central analytical framework. Authors are expected to situate their arguments within relevant historical debates and to employ appropriate primary and secondary sources.

Occasionally, Historicity may announce themed issues. During these special issues, only submissions relating to the announced themes will be considered for publication. All other submissions will be kept in our digital archive for use in a regular issue.

All academic works must be no shorter than one-thousand (1000) words and no longer than three-thousand (3000) words, inclusive of footnotes.

All creative textual works must be no shorter than one-hundred (100) words and no longer than fifteen-hundred (1500) words, inclusive of footnotes. Creative works under or over the word limit may be accepted on an exceptional basis.

All creative artistic works do not have a prescribed word count.

All academic works must conform to the latest version of the Chicago Manual of Style, and contain full and correct footnotes. We do not accept submissions containing a bibliography, reference list or other annexed schedule of references. Please ensure all of your citations are correct and any links are unbroken.

All academic works and creative textual works are to be submitted via Microsoft Word Documents (.doc or .docx). We do not accept submissions in PDF, JPEG, PNG, or other export format.

All creative artistic works are to be submitted in the most appropriate format for the given work. This may include JPEG, PNG or other format. Please contact us if you are unsure about the most appropriate submission format for your artistic piece.

Historicity recognises and understands that history often encompasses difficult, unsettling, and ethically complex events, themes, and actions. However, we maintain a strict zero-tolerance policy toward submissions that endorse, trivialise, or pander to racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, or any form of hate speech or discrimination. Papers that promote or excuse offensive ideologies—explicitly or implicitly—under the pretext of historical inquiry will be rejected without review. While critical engagement with contentious subject matter is both necessary and encouraged, such work must be undertaken with scholarly integrity, analytical depth, and a demonstrable commitment to ethical responsibility.

Furthermore, any submissions relating to or containing mention of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples must comply with using appropriate and respectful terminology.

Authors submitting to Historicity should be aware that we will only accept works exclusively submitted to us. We will not accept, review or publish works that have been accepted, reviewed or published by other academic journals. At the time of submission, your work should not be currently pending acceptance, review, or publication by any other academic journal.

For the sake of the journal’s integrity, credibility and values, we highly discourage the use of any generative text AI or other AI tools in submitted manuscripts.