If you have significant expertise as a developer, system administrator, IT manager, system integrator, or open source project leader, consider sharing your knowledge, skills, and experience with the readers of Linux Magazine.
Or, if you’re a journalist or analyst with a unique perspective on how Linux and open source are affecting information technology and the software industry at-large, consider sharing your opinion and insights through the pages of Linux Magazine.
Linux Magazine is published twelve times per year, providing ample opportunities for you to inform and influence the Linux community. Curious about what we have planned so far? See the 2007 Editorial Calendar.
Feature stories in Linux Magazine are approximately 3000-3500 words (4-5 magazine pages). Op-ed articles are typically about 800 words (1 page). Reviews are approximately 700 words, which allows room for pictures of the product and a sidebar that summarizes for product specifications. Columns in Linux Magazine. are 2500 words.
Linux Magazine does not accept unsolicted manuscripts or bylined articles. If you or your company is interested in contributing to Linux Magazine, please contact the Editor-in-Chief to discuss your proposal.
Once you’ve been assigned a story, you’ll need to write a thorough outline like this one and have it approved before proceeding to a first draft. Refer to our list of story planning questions to help organize your outline and your story. You can use the list of questions to prepare an initial proposal.
Linux Magazine reserves the right to cancel an assignment any time prior to the submission of the final draft. Typical causes for cancellation are tardiness, loss of focus, or poor quality.
All stories are written in ASCII text (Microsoft Word and RTF are not acceptable) and use Linux Magazine’s markup format. The markup is very simple and easy-to-learn, and looks much like Perl’s Plain Old Documentation (POD) scheme. You can use this sample article as a reference.
If you have significant expertise as a developer, systemadministrator, IT manager, system integrator, or open sourceproject leader, consider sharing your knowledge, skills, andexperience with the readers of Linux Magazine.
Or, if you’re a journalist or analyst with a unique perspectiveon how Linux and open source are affecting information technologyand the software industry at-large, consider sharing your opinionand insights through the pages of Linux Magazine.
Linux Magazine is published twelve times per year,providing ample opportunities for you to inform and influence theLinux community. Curious about what we have planned so far? See the2007 EditorialCalendar.
Feature stories in Linux Magazine are approximately3000-3500 words (4-5 magazine pages). Op-ed articles are typicallyabout 800 words (1 page). Reviews are approximately 700 words,which allows room for pictures of the product and a sidebar thatsummarizes for product specifications. Columns in LinuxMagazine. are 2500 words.
Linux Magazine does not accept unsolicted manuscriptsor bylined articles. If you or your company is interested incontributing to Linux Magazine, please contact the Editor-in-Chief todiscuss your proposal.
Once you’ve been assigned a story, you’ll need to write athorough outline like this oneand have it approved before proceeding to a first draft. Refer toour list of story planningquestions to help organize your outline and your story. You canuse the list of questions to prepare an initial proposal.
Linux Magazine reserves the right to cancel anassignment any time prior to the submission of the final draft.Typical causes for cancellation are tardiness, loss of focus, orpoor quality.
All stories are written in ASCII text (Microsoft Word and RTFare not acceptable) and use Linux Magazine’s markupformat. The markup is very simple and easy-to-learn, and looksmuch like Perl’s Plain Old Documentation (POD)scheme. You can use this samplearticle as a reference.