Small Times publishes content from a variety of sources, including stories written by Small Times staff and professional freelance journalists as well as by guest contributors from industry.

The publication is targeted toward readers involved in micro and nanotech commercialization. This includes people in both technical and business roles. To address this audience, our coverage spans research, industrial R&D and product development as well as finance, intellectual property, economic development and other issues related to commercial micro and nanotech.

We cover the sector both online and in print and strive to take advantage of each medium's strengths. Our online coverage is focused on getting the news out, and therefore tends to feature shorter stories that provide critical industry information on a timely basis as well as some initial analysis. The magazine coverage is focused on aggregating and analyzing the news. It brings all the recent news together for a quick intelligence briefing and features longer stories that take deeper dives into industry trends and developments to bring our readers the bigger picture.

Content published in the print magazine is later archived on our Web site. However, we do not take content that was initially published online and then later run it in print.

Submission Guidelines – SmallTimes.com (online)

News for "Small Tech world in brief"

Send news about products, executive appointments, and other significant events to news@smalltimes.com.

News for "Small Tech Newswire"

As the name suggests, most of the content for the newswire comes from newswires. However, if you would like to submit a funding announcement or earnings report, send it to news@smalltimes.com.

Daily features

The vast majority of content run as daily features on SmallTimes.com is written by professional journalists, either expressly for Small Times or via sister publications or licensing agreements. Professional freelancers should send specific story pitches to submissions@smalltimes.com.

Please review stories we have recently published that were written by Small Times editors, writers and correspondents before sending in your pitch. We cannot respond to all story pitches but will follow up on those that are appropriate for our audience.

Occasionally we also publish content online written by guest contributors with a particular expertise in their field.

Submission Guidelines – Small Times magazine (print)

Product news is divided into two categories. There are the products and services that our readers use – tools, materials and manufacturing services – and then there are the products that our readers make – which span everything from electronics and telecom to stain-resistant pants. Send announcements about new products in both categories to news@smalltimes.com. For product announcements, feel free to include a high-resolution photo (at least 300-dpi at 4x5-inch resolution in JPG, GIF or TIFF formats.) News about people, funding, mergers and acquisitions and other business events can also be submitted to news@smalltimes.com. Submission does not guarantee publication.

Letters to the editor should be sent to David Forman at davidforman@smalltimes.com. Please include an address and phone number in addition to your email address. Keep it short and concise because space is limited.

Feature story pitches should be submitted by professional journalists to submissions@smalltimes.com. Please review our editorial calendar to see if there is a specific fit for your idea in our upcoming schedule. Please review stories we have recently published that were written by Small Times editors, writers and correspondents before sending in your pitch. We cannot respond to all story pitches but will follow up on those that are appropriate for our audience.

Sections where freelancers regularly contribute to Small Times magazine include the cover story, global watch, business sense and technology innovations. Our freelancers – contributing editors and correspondents – cover a range of topics that spans everything from technology and manufacturing innovation to legislation and public policy.

Sections that are usually written by permanent staff members of Small Times include the Q&A, from the front, small world, R&D updates and the news sections.

Guest contributors participate in a variety of sections. In particular, they often write guest columns on legal, financial and other business topics as they pertain to micro and nanotech. Guest contributors also write technical content for our vertical market supplements that explore both business and technical challenges that companies must overcome in commercializing micro and nanotech in a wide array of industries. See our editorial calendar for more information about specific upcoming opportunities. Guest column pitches should be submitted to submissions@smalltimes.com.

Publication of any and all content is by the decision of the Small Times staff. PennWell Corp. assumes copyright of all Small Times articles unless otherwise documented.