Writing for NIP

We encourage our members — and prospective members — to write for us!

NIP resumed publication of a hard copy magazine (the NIP READBOOK) for our members in 2020, so we invite our members to contribute to that publication. We also welcome input for our website in the professional reading and book reviews sections.

What to Write

Anything that has been on your mind as a naval intelligence professional: a substantive article with academic leanings, an essay on how to professionalize the craft, recommendations for improvement, a letter to the editor, comments on an article with a link, book reviews, historical articles, or even a look back on deployments just concluded or wars fought long ago. Anything that bears on the craft of maritime intelligence is fair game, and we deliberately cast a wide net.

You can submit your work directly to the NIP Editor at navintproeditor@gmail.com.

Alternatively, you can mail submissions to:
NIP Editor
1402 Middlebury Dr.
Alexandria, VA 22307

Some Additional Guidelines

Preferred format: Microsoft Word

Preferred photo format: jpg. Resolution must be 1MB or larger, or 300 DPI or greater.

Word length:

  • Book Reviews: 750 words max
  • READBOOK articles: 2000 words max

Note: if you have questions about these word limits, contact the NIP editor.

Book Reviews: Please include the thumbnail of the cover from Amazon or Barnes & Noble to go along with the file.

READBOOK articles: When possible, include photos that illustrate your points, and obtain the copyright permissions to use them. Feel free to embed the images in your Word document as it helps to ensure that the correct picture is associated with the text it is intended to augment. However, you must send any photos as separate attachments to the editor to ensure proper resolution for printing. Please provide description with photos or a caption as well.

If you are unable to scan photos that you want to include, you can mail the hard copy photos to the editor, but please ensure we have a good mailing address to return them to you. We will get them back to you.

Include a photo of the author and short "About the author" description if possible.

Questions?

You can always get to us through email at:

navintproeditor@gmail.com or naval.intelligence.pros@gmail.com

Thank you for contributing!