A project of the East-West Center and the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Submission Guidelines

The Pacific Islands Report (PIR)’s quarterly publication, Visions & Voices, welcomes submissions of essays, articles, commentary, and short manuscripts that pertain to the Pacific Islands region.

General Submission Guidelines

Relevance: Your submission should focus on Pacific Islands-related issues. The Pacific Islands Report understands the Pacific Islands as the places, peoples, and societies within what is understood today as the Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia subregions of Oceania. The subject matter should maintain its relevance for a minimum of six months after publication.

Quality: We want original, balanced, thoughtful, and concise content about Pacific Islands-related topics.

Tone: We welcome constructive criticism and analysis of issues that takes into account all relevant viewpoints. Strong political bias, sarcasm, personal attacks, cultural insensitivity, and any form of disparagement is not acceptable.

Accessibility: Make sure your submission is written for a general audience to understand, and not just for specialists.

Length: Ideally, 800 to 1,200 words.

Submission: Email your work to [email protected]. We will send you an email notification regarding acceptance or rejection within four to six weeks following the applicable submission deadline. Submissions received after a submission deadline will be considered for the next submission deadline.

  • Issue 1: Submissions received by the end of December are considered for publication in February.
  • Issue 2: Submissions received by the end of March are considered for publication in May.
  • Issue 3: Submissions received by the end of June are considered for publication in August.
  • Issue 4: Submissions received by the end of September are considered for publication in November.

Editorial Rights: The Pacific Islands Development Program decides what gets published, and we might edit for length and clarity. No submissions are compensated.

Reprints: We accept previously published pieces. Contributors are responsible for providing required permissions to the Pacific Islands Report.