In the September 2010 issue, we launch a new format which will be of particular interest to students. ‘New voices’ will be our attempt to unearth psychology talent. Write about anything: your degree, your postgraduate research, life, the universe and everything!
The only criteria will be that the articles should
- engage and inform our large and diverse audience,
- be sole authored, by someone who has not had a full article published in The Psychologist before,
- be written exclusively for The Psychologist, and
- be fewer than 1800 words.
The emphasis is very much on writing talent: Can you grab the reader’s attention and hold it throughout? Can you step up to the mark and announce yourself on a large stage? In 20 years’ time, when you are an eminent psychologist changing the way we think about ourselves and our discipline, we want to be able to look back at your first work in The Psychologist. The successful authors will reach an audience of 48,000 psychologists in print, and many more online.
Sounds scary? It needn’t be: we’re here to help, and as psychology students The Psychologist is your publication too. And in case you need that extra little incentive, there is a prize of free Society membership for a year for successful (and eligible) authors.
So get writing! Submit your article to the editor.
Finally, remember that there are loads of great free Society resources for students, including the Research Digest blog - recently voted ‘Best blog - Psychology’ in the international Research Blogging Awards. See www.researchdigest.org.uk/blog to give your studies the edge.
Dr Jon Sutton
Managing Editor
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