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Submission guidelines

An iconic, global media brand, The CEO Magazine is a source of information, inspiration and motivation for the world’s most successful leaders, executives, investors and entrepreneurs.

The CEO Magazine welcomes submissions of interesting, thought-provoking and well-written articles to share with our network and promote across our platforms. We cover a wide range of topics, including strategy, leadership, organizational change, diversity and inclusion, culture, innovation, sustainability, decision making, marketing, career transitions, wellbeing, work–life balance and managing teams. 

Here is what you need to know about becoming a contributor for The CEO Magazine:

  1. Expertise: You don’t have to be well known to be a contributor, but you must be an expert in the subject you’re writing about. It’s not enough to know your subject deeply – you need to use evidence to prove it to the reader. Referring to supporting research is one good way to do this; describing relevant examples is another. If you have interesting data, let us know.
  2. Original: New ideas in management are rare and precious — and one of the primary reasons readers turn to The CEO Magazine. If you’re writing about a well-worn topic, we’ll be looking for a unique argument or insight. Rather than looking for mainstream ideology, we’re keen to showcase a diverse range of viewpoints and opinions. We’ll also consider how well your idea builds on what we’ve already published and whether it might inform or delight The CEO Magazine audience specifically.
  3. Actionable: The CEO Magazine’s readers come to us not only to stay on top of new developments in management thinking, but also to change the way they and their organizations actually do things. If you can explain your thinking so that the reader understands how to apply it in a real situation, that will make it more powerful. Your article should be relevant, quotable, sharable and provide a return on investment for the reader.
  4. Compelling: The CEO Magazine’s readers are smart, skeptical and busy. If you don’t capture their interest right away, they will move on to something else.

Across all these dimensions, we strive to publish content that aligns with our organizational commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. That means we look for articles that are representative of the diverse audiences we serve. We will prioritize content that depicts a broad array of examples and points of view and we will ensure that our content avoids stereotypes, bias and language that diminishes non-dominant groups.

How to submit your article

Go to https://contentportal.theceomagazine.net/ and register to sign up to the CEO Contributor Collective. Please complete all sections of the registration form and the subsequent submission form – the more information that we have, the more likely that we will accept your article for publication. All content must be submitted by the author and not via a third party.

When submitting your article, please provide the following:

  • Headline/title (no more than 70 characters)
  • Intro (a sentence that outlines what your article is about and entices people to read it – no more than 160 characters)
  • Body copy (please aim to keep articles between 800-1200 words, however, if the content is engaging and informative we’re willing to accept articles of up to 1800 words)
  • Any relevant links (particularly to any facts so that our editors can verify this information)

What’s next?

We receive many more submissions than we can publish, and we often have to say no to good proposals because they’re not distinct enough from other articles we have published. Due to the volume of submissions we receive, it can take several weeks for us to review an unsolicited proposal. If we’ve passed on something you’ve submitted, please feel free to try again with another idea. If our editors have said no multiple times, it may mean your work isn’t a good fit for our audience.

Our editorial process is more thorough than many other publishers’, and you may be asked to do multiple rounds of revisions. Contributors frequently tell us that they appreciate the extra care and attention their work receives.

We retain final decision rights over headlines and imagery. Our editors have spent years learning which kinds of headlines give The CEO Magazine articles the best chance of being read, found online and shared on social media. If we rewrite your title, it’s because we believe the revised version will help your idea reach the audience it deserves.

We strive for authenticity in our articles and your work must be original. We don’t publish articles that have appeared elsewhere, that don’t properly credit the ideas they present, that come across as promotional, or that do not include rigorous citations (though these may not appear in the finished piece). We ask our authors to disclose any financial relationships they have with companies cited in the proposed article. Once we publish your article, The CEO Magazine will own the copyright of the final piece.

All submissions must adhere to our Terms & Conditions.