The Philosophical Society Review

The Review is published annually, and is the opportunity for members to get their philosophical work into print. It is the only serious 'amateur' journal of philosophy in the UK, as far as we know. All members, wherever you live in the world, are encouraged to contribute. It is distributed free to members, and a copy is held by the Rewley House library. Past issues from 2003 onwards are also available electronically in the PDF format from the Review Archive.

The quality of each year's Review is entirely dependent on the contributions of members – so you are strongly encouraged to submit your work for consideration. New contributors are especially welcome.

The Editor, Chris Farmer, would like to make the 2012 Review the best ever – and so, he encourages you to submit a broad range of pieces. You might consider writing:

• The 'normal' philosophical essays and articles. These will remain the backbone of the Review, and previous editions give a good indication of the standard. The limit is up to 4000 words, including any footnotes and bibliography – although that is a maximum, and shorter pieces are equally welcome.
• Write-ups and reviews of OUDCE or other courses (of course, without giving away all of the content), books and philosophy internet resources.
• Dialogues between two or more members on philosophical issues.
• Responses to pieces in past Reviews.
• Interviews with philosophers. Bryan Magee did this brilliantly in the 1970s and 80s, and an interview with a contemporary philosopher provides them with a good way to publicise their ideas to the Society's 290+ members.
• Other, even better ideas that no one has thought of yet.

Please feel free to contact Chris to discuss anything you would like to write, even if it is only at the ideas stage. The deadline for submission is the end of August 2012, for publication in November. Please try to submit earlier if possible. Please send your submissions (preferably in Word format) to the Editor with your contact details.

Please use this template for submissions – its use is mandatory, as past experience has shown that layout and page design are enormously difficult when different submissions use differing approaches. (NB: On some systems you may need to hold down the "control" key, while clicking on the above template link.)

Please note that arrangements for Chadwick Prize entries are different – see the Chadwick Prize page. The winner and runner-up will be published in the Review, and other entries may be.

The success of the Review is entirely dependent on your submissions – so please submit.