Submissions

Author Guidelines

Harvest

Guidelines for authors

Harvest publishes stories written in a magazine style. Our readers aren’t usually interested in complicated tables or diagrams. They don’t want a list of references or details on experimental design or methodology. They want to know WHAT was done, WHY it was done, WHAT was found out and HOW this might change their lives.

Our stories will cover the latest research into all aspects of farming, forestry and fisheries. We will also publish stories about farmer inventions, new crops, new ways with old crops, the importance of trees and how we are looking after our fishery resources.

We want most stories to be a page or two but will consider longer stories if they fit in with the WWWH format as described above. All articles should be accompanied by a photograph or two, preferably with people in them.

Examples of the style can be found here:

• Farming with hungry elephants as neighbours

• The Yams of Kingman

• Ecosystem services in coffee agroforestry

• Papua New Guinea Rock Lobster: Traditional fishing brings sustainable rewards

Your story needs a title that grabs the reader’s attention but doesn’t mislead. First you should explain the problem or issue being addressed. Next you should write about what was done to address the issue (2-3 paragraphs). Then report on how successful this was. Finally bring the reader back to the original issue and reinforce how the solution is of importance to them.

You should include quotes from researchers and farmers (or other relevant people). In fact, all stories should highlight the real people involved.

If the story relates to a research project you should link to the published reports. You should give credit to any organisation who performed or funded the project.

Photographs and other artwork should be included as separate, high quality (2-3 mb files. Consideration should be given to how photographs and other artwork look in black-and-white as well as in colour.

Submit your manuscript text via the Harvest website ‘Submissions’ button as a Word Document in English (Australia).