Checklist – what we need
- Article text
- Headshot photo of yourself – file size at least 50kB
- A sentence describing who you are and what you do
- Images if available
- Any web address, contact details or social media handles you would like us to publish with the article
- The postal address where we should send your copy of the magazine
- Any social media handles (yours or anyone else’s) you would like us to tag when we share the article online
Article contributions are typically between 300 and 2000 words long. We can accept most standard document formats, but preferably not Apple Pages. Don’t worry about formatting, style, headings, grammar or spelling. Your text will be sub-edited and adapted to fit the space available. SEN Magazine articles generally follow a narrative style. Examples of previous articles can be found in our online editions such as this one. If your contribution includes commercial or promotional references (eg for a commercial product or service), these will normally be deleted or moved to the “About the Author” section. For product announcements or advertorial, please contact denise@senmagazine.co.uk for options.
Audience
Our readers include experienced SEN professionals, school leaders, parents and carers, so please pitch your article accordingly. It’s helpful if you can include practical detail and examples to illustrate what you’re writing about.
Images
Photos, graphics or diagrams can greatly help the presentation of your article. If you have any suitable original images, please send them with your article. If an image shows identifiable minors, please ensure you have permission to use the image. Images should be provided as individual files (300kB or larger) and not embedded in your text file. Standard image formats such as jpg, png, tiff are fine. It’s helpful if you can edit the image filename to include an identifier and/or a caption to help us identify the image file and link it to the text, for example “Image 1 for the Sue Jones article on Play: Sam concentrating on finishing the game.jpg”.
Publication
We may publish your contribution in SEN Magazine, on the SEN Magazine website or both. We can’t usually promise to publish your article in a particular issue of the magazine, and there may be a significant delay between submission and publication. The digital issue and website versions of your article will normally be promoted in our email newsletter and via social media (X, Bluesky, FaceBook, Instagram, and LinkedIn). It can happen that different versions of your article may be published on different platforms and in different issues of SEN Magazine.
Submission deadlines for 2024
| Issue | Submission deadline |
|---|---|
| March-April | 3rd February |
| May-June | 27th March |
| July-August | 29th May |
| September-October | 31st July |
| November-December | 2nd October |
