Writers' Guidelines for The Conference Board Review Magazine

Writers' Guidelines for The Conference Board Review^TM Magazine

What subjects does The Conference Board Review^TM Magazine cover?

The editors present business perspectives on timely issues, including management practices, foreign policy, social issues, and science and technology. We are neither an academic business journal nor a "popular" manual. That means we aren't interested in highly technical articles about business strategy. It also means we don't publish oversimple "how-to" articles. We are an idea magazine, but the ideas should have practical overtones.

We let Forbes, Fortune, and Business Week do most of the straight reporting, while we do some of the critical thinking; that is, we let writers explore the implications of the news in depth. The Conference Board Review^TM tries to provide different angles on important topics, and to bring to its readers' attention issues that they might otherwise not devote much thought to. A few examples from past issues: ethics overseas; how and why a company should set up shop on the Internet; and business lessons learned from the art world. We emphasize the human side of organizational life at all levels. We're as concerned with helping managers who are "lonely at the top" as with motivating workers and enhancing job satisfaction.

All this we try to do without any particular political or ideological bias. Though The Conference Board Review^TM represents the interests of The Conference Board's corporate members, we feel obligated to present a range of viewpoints over time.

Manuscript requirements.

Our style fits our content—thoughtful, authoritative, more akin to Harper's than to People magazine. We like the usual things—bright writing, solid research, illuminating quotes, sharp opinions. Our articles range from 1,000 to 3,500 words. Payment varies. The editors prefer detailed story proposals that show your writing style as well as the bare bones of your article. Double-spaced manuscripts submitted on speculation will be considered.

If submitting by mail, address submissions to, Al Vogl, The Conference Board Review, 845 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022. Please enclose the usual self-addressed stamped envelope. Click here to submit a story online.