Thank you for your interest in submitting an opinion piece to American Military News.
Please see the guidelines below if you would like to have your piece considered for publication.
- Your piece must be original and exclusive to American Military News.
- You must not be paid or compensated to write the Op-Ed by a third party.
- Your Op-Ed must not overly promote one specific product or company – otherwise it may fall under the “Sponsored Content” category and you should contact [email protected].
- Your piece must be timely, relevant to current affairs and be focused on our topic areas.
- You, as the author, should be a subject matter expert in the area(s) that your piece focuses on.
- Your Op-Ed should not just be a rant; it should be a well-thought out position backed up by your area of expertise and/or facts, history, events, surveys, other reporting and supporting evidence.
- You should submit at least 400 words and no more than 1,200 words.
- You should submit your piece in the body of an email with a brief summary of your argument, in addition to a proposed title for your piece. Additionally you may send an attachment of your piece.
- You must submit a brief, 1-4 sentence biography about yourself with your Op-Ed that reflects your subject matter expertise and/or experience relevant to the topic you’re writing about.
- You should email your proposed Op-Ed to [email protected]
- You can expect a response within 7 business days, possibly sooner if your Op-Ed is especially timely.
- Past publication of your piece(s) by American Military News does not guarantee future publication of other pieces.