The State Archives is announcing a call for proposals for publication in 2025
The publication of archival materials and scientific-informational resources represents an important function of the State Archives of the Republic of North Macedonia. In this regard, the Archives focuses on publishing archival material that is significant for the history of the Macedonian people and Macedonia. The publishing activities include release of publications. “For a wider range of scholars and researchers, aimed at meeting the needs for faithful reproduction of the original, but also for clarity and comprehensibility of the text.” These are criteria that are generally accepted worldwide.
I Guidelines for Submitting Proposals
1. The Publishing Commission shall take into consideration the following types of publications:
- Monographs or reviewed publications that thoroughly and comprehensively address a specific event, issue, topic, or figure from the history of Macedonia;
-collections of documents;
-expert and periodical publications in the field of archiving;
-other types of publications as specified in Article 2 of the Publishing Regulations of the State Archive.
2. Content of the Proposal
- it is necessary to fill out the Proposal Submission Form published with the call in Word format on the website arhiv.mk. The form should be submitted in scanned form and signed by the authors, and it must include the specified time frame for the material to be published. Regarding the approximate volume of the material, the number of author's sheets should be indicated, with 1 author's sheet corresponding to 30,000 characters with spaces.
-if the manuscript is finished, it can be submitted along with the Form.
3. Deadline for Submitting Proposals
Deadline for Submitting Proposals The deadline for submitting proposals for publication is until November 22, 2024. Proposals received before or after this deadline will not be considered by the Publishing Commission.
An exception to this rule applies to proposals that hold priority significance for the State Archives.
4. Additional Information
- Proposals for publication must be submitted to the Publishing Commission of the State Archives by the author(s) (editor(s)). Authors whose manuscripts were published in the previous year by the State Archive are not eligible to apply for this call.в;
- The Publishing Commission of the State Archives reviews the submitted proposals, while the Publishing Program is approved by the Director of the State Archives.
- Authors who have submitted proposals will be notified in writing about the acceptance or rejection of their manuscripts by no later thanDecember 15, 2024. The timeline for preparing the accepted publication is until March 30, 2025.
- The State Archives assigns two reviewers for each accepted manuscript. After the manuscript is submitted and a positive review is received, the State Archives will enter into a contract with the authors and decide whether the publication will be released only in print, only in electronic form, or in both print and electronic formats.
II Guidelines for Preparing Publications
1. When preparing manuscripts, they must be created in electronic format with Macedonian support using Microsoft Word, saved in document format (**.doc). The use of the Times New Roman font is mandatory. The font size in the text should be 12 points, with line spacing of 1.5. Footnotes should be in 10-point font size with single spacing. Manuscripts that do not conform to these guidelines will not be accepted; only fully formatted texts in Word will be allowed for further processing in the archive.
2. If foreign language material is used in the publication, the author/editor is required to submit a translation of the publication into Macedonian. The costs for the translation are the responsibility of the author/editor.
3. If archival material not deposited in the State Archives of the Republic of North Macedonia is used in the publication, the author/editor must provide a copy in electronic or printed form to the State Archives.
The author or editor must submit the manuscript to the Commission in a properly formatted manner (including footnotes, notes, photographs, registers of personal names, registers of geographical terms, abbreviations, etc.), either in printed or electronic form with Macedonian support, within the deadline specified in the call for proposals for publication.
IVIV. Deadline for Submitting Proposals
The submission forms for publication in scanned form should be sent to the following address:
State Archives of the Republic of North Macedonia
For the Publishing Commission
Kej "Dimitar Vlahov" No. 19
1000 Skopje
Alternatively, they can be submitted electronically to the following email address: publikuvanje@arhiv.gov.mk.
The rules for publication are available in the following link: Rulebook-for-publication-in-the-State-archive.pdf (arhiv.mk)