If you have not been previously published in The Imaginative Conservative, please first send a short summary of your proposed essay and a short professional biography to the editorial board: editors@TheImaginativeConservative.org. Proposed essays should be on subjects of interest to readers of The Imaginative Conservative.

Please note that we receive many essay proposals and that space is very limited in our journal for new authors. If your proposal interests us, we will contact you, probably within two weeks. Note also that it may take several weeks for an approved essay to be published. Essays on “timely” topics are therefore discouraged; we always prefer evergreen subjects.

We insist on maintaining a tone of civility in our journal. Though we appreciate sharp humor, please keep in mind that part of our mission is to raise the tone of intellectual exchange and to persuade, not alienate, others. We keep in mind the Biblical injunction to “come, let us reason together.”

Thank you.