Shore & Beach Journal

Thank you for your interest in submitting a manuscript to Shore & Beach. Shore & Beach is a peer-reviewed journal published by the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association. Shore & Beach encourages submittals of articles on a broad range of topics related to shore and beach issues throughout the world.

Articles should be written to be of interest to an intelligent, non-specialized audience and they may cover topics of scientific discovery, recent policy efforts, responses to storm or hurricane events, or recent project development.

From time to time, Shore & Beach will publish dedicated issues with several articles covering one specific topic. If you are interested in developing a topic for a dedicated issue, please contact the managing editor to explain your ideas for the issue and your willingness to find and help review papers on this subject.

Manuscripts should be submitted electronically, as a Word document, and should be accompanied by a separate document containing the names and full contact information, including email address, of at least five people who could provide a fair review of the manuscript. Abstracts should be between 50 and 250 words and should include the reason the paper was written or the study conducted; essential background material; basic study design or methodology, if applicable; and a summary of the major findings or conclusions. If electronic submittal is not possible, please contact the managing editor to determine if other submittal options can be used.

Notes on Authorship

All authors should have made substantial contributions to all of the following: (1) the conception and design of the study, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data, (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content, (3) final approval of the version to be submitted. (credit: AMA Manual of Style)

Download our full submission guidelines (updated October 2024). (PDF ~ 237kb) and download the additional guidance for citing journal articles.

We now have an EndNote citation template and a Zotero citation template. Here are the instructions (PDF ~ 75kb) to install the EndNote template. Zotero has instructions for installing citation style templates (called CLS files) on their website here.

Are you interested in being a reviewer for Shore & Beach? ASBPA is always looking for qualified volunteers to review manuscripts.

Download the Peer Reviewer Volunteer Form. (PDF – 11kb)

If you are a peer reviewer and need a form, click here. (fillable PDF – 314kb)

We are pleased to have a dedicated and involved Editorial Board.

Patrick Barrineau, Ph.D., Coastal Science & Engineering, Columbia, SC, USA
Lindino Benedet, Ph.D., Coastal Protection Engineering, Boca Raton, FL, USA
Mark Beyeler, Executive Director, BEACON-Beach Erosion Authority for Clean Oceans and Nourishment, Ventura, CA, USA
Brian Caufield, P.E., CDM Smith, Buzzards Bay, MA, USA
Lesley Ewing, Ph.D., (retired), California Coastal Commission, Berkeley, CA, USA
Douglas Gaffney, P.E., AtkinsRéalis, Freehold, NJ, USA
Tom Herrington, Ph.D., Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ, USA
James R. Houston, Ph.D., (retired), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS, USA
Tim Kana, Ph.D., Coastal Science & Engineering, Columbia, SC, USA
Jon Miller, Ph.D., Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA
Julie Rosati, Ph.D., P.E., (retired) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Washington, DC, USA
Irene Watts, Ph.D., The Foth Companies, Newport, RI, USA

Co-Editors: Tiffany Roberts Briggs, Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA and Bret Webb, Ph.D., P.E., D.CE., University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA

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Abstracts and access pages for Shore & Beach digital issues (2018–Present)

Order Individual Past Issues 

Past issues of Shore & Beach may be ordered from the ASBPA Managing Directors’ office. All past issues are available as PDFs; hard copies of past issues subject to availability.

The cost for a past issue is $10, and special double issues are $20. This includes handling and first-class postage for domestic mail (for hard copies) or electronic delivery for PDFs. Orders to be sent overseas will incur an extra charge for shipping. An invoice will be sent in advance, and payment is requested by check or credit card prior to delivery. Orders may be submitted by email, fax, or mail. For further information concerning your specific request or to place an order, please contact our managing directors at billing@asbpa.org, or by phone at 843.379.1005.

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The editors of Shore & Beach encourage your participation in the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association’s (ASBPA) annual photography competition. Help us highlight the beauty and natural wonders of America’s magnificent coasts as part of celebrating more than 90 years of continuous publication of Shore & Beach, and nearly 100 years of ASBPA history.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE: The competition is open to all except ASBPA employees, consultants and/or their immediate families (children, spouses, parents). 

SUBJECT MATTER AND RULES: Any photographs depicting the coastal zone are appropriate. These include (but are not limited to) beaches, bluffs, marinas, wetlands, marine life, recreational facilities, and engineered projects as long as they include the setting in which they were built (i.e. no portraits of dredges or your favorite armor unit).

Manipulated photographs (colorized, posterized, solarized, etc.) are also welcome if the photographer briefly describes the changes or procedure. The original base photograph must have been taken by the submitter.

Winning photographs may be used as cover art for Shore & Beach. Therefore, vertical-(portrait-style) format photographs are preferred. Horizontal (landscape-style) photographs can be submitted, but if a horizontal photograph is a winner, the editors of ASBPA may have to crop some of the image, at their sole discretion, to fit on the cover of Shore & Beach.

Photographs must have been taken within the past one year of submission. Photographs can be full-color, black and white, sepia, or colorized.

SUBMISSION: Participants can upload electronic files in JPEG, TIFF or BMP format to this form. Please upload the full-size image file as created in your camera (note, minimum camera resolution of 3 megapixels to allow for sufficient printing quality for cover art) or a reduced-size file (800×600 pixels minimum). If you did not upload the full-size image, winners may have to send the full-size file later by email.

Do not submit RAW files because there are too many manufacturer-specific formats. Convert RAW files to JPEG or TIFF files. Also, do not submit prints or transparencies of any size.

LIMITATIONS: Each participant may submit up to five (5) photographs total per year. Photographers may submit all entries in a single category or select different categories, as long as the total does not exceed five photographs.

PRIZES: The winner in each category will have his/her/their name and photograph printed in either Shore & Beach or the “Coastal Voice” e-newsletter, or both.

A Grand Prize winner will be selected from among the category winners to have their photograph printed on the cover of Shore & Beach and receive a one-year annual membership renewal to ASBPA. Other entries of outstanding merit may be printed in “Coastal Voice,” Shore & Beach, or on the ASBPA website. (Note: The editors may contact you for more information).

LEGAL CONDITIONS: By entering the contest, photographers agree to the following entry rules and conditions.

• Your entry in the contest constitutes agreement to allow your photographs and your name, occupation, city and state of residence to be published as a selected award winner in Shore & Beach, used on websites owned by ASBPA or otherwise displayed or published in association with ASBPA and its activities. ASBPA retains permission in perpetuity for future use of photographs in any and all ASBPA publications, materials, or activities.
• Your entry in the contest also constitutes your agreement that your name, likeness, city, and winning photograph(s) may be used by ASBPA for promotional and publication purposes without compensation.
• Participant warrants that entry materials are original, do not infringe on any third party’s rights, and that the participant has obtained any and all necessary permissions and releases from any third party that appears in the photograph. Permission may not be needed for persons depicted in photographs taken in public settings such as crowded beaches.
• ASBPA reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any entry, and/or to not name winners in any category where not enough photos of sufficient quality or quantity have been received.
• ASBPA reserves the right to alter the photographs submitted as it sees fit for reproduction purposes.
• By entering, participants release and hold harmless ASBPA and its officers, contractors, attorneys, agents and representatives from any and all liability for any injuries, loss, claim, action, demand or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with the contest, any prize won, and any use of the entry materials by ASBPA.
• ASBPA is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information by any technical or human error that may occur in the processing of submissions to the ASBPA, including but not limited to any misprints or typographical errors.
• ASBPA reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify, extend or suspend the contest.
• ABBPA will not share or sell your personal information to any party, and winners’ full addresses will not be printed.
• All decisions by ASBPA judges will be final and binding. Editors and officers of ASBPA will serve as the review and judging committee.