Writer's Guidelines for Article Submissions

Thank you for your interest in sharing your expertise with the readers of Connections magazine. We are currently considering guest contributors for online and print articles for all sections.

Spring 2009 Call for Guest Contributors Now Open for Print and Online Articles
Click here to submit an abstract or rough draft

New year, new you: Resolutions for a career turnaround
Keep your job: Strategies to survive the next round of layoffs.
Laid off? Now what?
Personal capital: How to prove your worth in a tough job climate
Book & website reviews
Editor’s choice: Contact the editors to nominate a hot product or service for women
Financial fitness
Managing lean teams during tough times
Resolving conflict at work
Small business success stories
Young women success stories
Women in politics: Change agents
Tips for the Gen Y newbies: Things we learned the hard way

Interested in contributing an article on a different topic? Contact us!

Our focus

• Practical, how-to articles with tips and advice that women can implement immediately
• Major trends, new approaches, lessons learned (view topics under consideration)
• Profiles of women leaders
• Book reviews, websites to bookmark and books geared expressly for professional women

Benefits of contributing

• Gain exposure: Demonstrate your expertise as a thought leader and subject matter expert to an audience of tens of thousands of women
• Give back: Improve the lives and careers of our community of ambitious women
• Help educate: Capture and archive your wisdom in a lasting online knowledgebase
• Reach the influencers: Communicate ideas, trends, business and life lessons to an audience of women executives and business owners who are driving decisions in business and in their households

Submission process

Contact us if you'd like to propose an educational article that is relevant to our audience and presents a balanced perspective. We consider unpaid and previously unpublished contributions. Be sure to tailor your content so that it speaks directly to PBWC's audience of corporate and entrepreneurial women.

Step 1: Send a rough draft. Our timeline for evaluating proposals ranges from 2-4 weeks. Proposals that do not receive a response after 30 days should be considered declined. We strive to respond to all the proposals we receive. Due to the overwhelming number of inquiries, we cannot always guarantee a timely response.

Checklist - What to submit

• Unformatted article as MS Word document (500-600 words; please include a 1 sentence summary of the article and your 3 key takeaways)
• 2-3 resources for more information, such as recommended websites, books, blogs
• 2 sentence author bio with company name and website link and color author headshot (attach as separate file. we'll provide an email address where you can send it)
• (Optional) Proposed sidebar (tip list, lessons learned, glossary of terms) and figure or art

Step 2: If your idea is accepted, we will reply with feedback and suggested edits from the editorial board. At this stage your article is under evaluation. We don't guarantee publication until we review a final draft and notify you that the article has been accepted.

Thanks again for your time and support. We look forward to hearing from you!

The publisher reserves the right to decline or cancel articles at any time.