We put out Call for Proposals for print or special issues frequently. Sign up to our newsletter for updates. Please also visit our special issue pages as some may be accepting articles on a rolling basis.
Contributor Fees
- $250: Feature-length stories, with lengths of 2000 words and above
- $150: Shorter features, reviews, columns, and other articles with lengths of about 1200–1500 words
- $100: Short pieces of 600–1000 words. This is also our base rate for interviews.
- $50–100: Data visualization / infographics
- $50–300: Visual art
Many of our authors have chosen to donate their fees back to the organization. For those who can afford to do so, this allows the organization the magazine to grow and uplift more perspectives.
Manuscript Outlines and Style
We ask prospective authors to provide an outline with more details about how they will frame their story and the reporting they have already done and will do for this article. SftP follows the Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS).
Other Notes
Authors and artists keep the copyright on their contributions, but grant us a non-exclusive license to republish the work in print and online, and to reproduce it for reasons such as promoting our magazine and making the article itself accessible.
Please contact magazine@scienceforthepeople.org for inquiry.
