The Chronicle invites a variety of contributions:
Letters to the Editor
Images to the Editor
Op-Ed pieces for Open Forum
Commentary pieces for Insight
Chronicle Magazine Submissions
Chronicle Datebook Calendar Listings
Letters to the Editor:
To comment on news stories in the main section of the newspaper or to
opine on views expressed on the Opinion pages, contact Letters to the
Editor.
Please limit your letters to 200 or fewer words ... shorter letters have a
better chance of being selected for publication.
The editor prefers e-mail. The address is letters@sfchronicle.com
(Please paste the text into the e-mail; do not send attachments. Our virus-detecting software will delete e-mail with attachments.)
Or Fax: (415) 543-7708.
Postal-mail is OK, too:
Letters to the Editor
901 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
To comment on news stories in specific sections of the paper, for
example Business, Datebook, Food or Sports, please contact the Letters
sections of those specific sections:
Business: bizletters@sfchronicle.com
Datebook: datebookletters@sfchronicle.com
Food: food@sfchronicle.com
Sports: letterstogreen@sfchronicle.com
Some notes on Letters to the Editor from Editorial Page Editor John Diaz.
Images to the Editor:
The Editorial pages of the San Francisco Chronicle are looking for images that are thought-provoking, questioning, controversial, humorous and quirky. In short, valuable commentary on concerns of the San Francisco Bay Area.
We are looking for arresting images -- of all points of view -- that speak without accompanying text. Think of them as visual letters to the editor.
Selected images will be printed on the Editorial pages as time and space permit. You will be notified in advance, if your submission is selected for publication. We offer you exposure to The Chronicle's readers in Northern California and the appropriate credit in exchange for the use of your image.
E-mail: images@sfchronicle.com
Forward your image to the editor in a jpeg format smaller than 1.4 mb. Smaller is better. Please include your name, address and telephone number. We will call to verify authenticity.
Open Forum:
650 or fewer words is the going length (about two pages), double-spaced, in 12-point type. With rare exception, we won't run a writer's work more than once every six months. There are lots of voices out there and we'd like to hear as many as possible.
E-mail is best. Send to forum@sfchronicle.com
and put "For Open Forum" in the subject line.
(Please paste the text into the
e-mail; do not send attachments, our virus-detecting software will
delete e-mail with attachments.)
Fax to (415) 543-7708.
Or send by regular post to:
Open Forum
901 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
Some examples of good Open Forum pieces:
Is Hiring Goal Diversity or Equality? by Paul Roscelli
By Race Divided by Akilah Monifa
The Democratic Convention: Dem Dems by Will Durst
Echoes of Rwanda by Willis Shalita
On all submissions, please include your:
Name
Mailing address
E-mail address
Telephone number (home and office)
Fax number
The editors go through hundreds of submissions each day: we receive between
100 and 200 letters a day but have space for six to 10 a day; we receive
about 200 Open Forum submissions a week to fill eight or fewer slots.
We cannot notify you to verify receipt.
If we select your letter or op-ed for publication, you will be notified in advance. We will make every attempt to share edited op-ed text with the author before publication.
If we reject an op-ed piece, we will try to contact you via e-mail or with a note via postal mail. Please forgive us ... we don't wish to be rude, but we need to spend our days READING what you
send us, which leaves us little time for RESPONDING to you.
Insight:
Insight, a Sunday commentary section, aims to provide a forum for the area's
best minds, shake up conventional wisdom and provoke fresh thinking. Have a
piece about an issue in the news that's unusual in its approach and
uncommonly well-written? Cover articles run from 1,200 to 2,000 words. Other
pieces can run up to 900 words. Send them to Insight.
By e-mail: Insight@sfchronicle.com
By fax: (415) 536-5198
By post:
Insight
The San Francisco Chronicle
901 Mission Street
San Francisco CA 94103
Mad? Outraged? Ready to rant? Send your 250-word submission to Insight, the
Sunday commentary section. Be sure to include a phone number where we can
reach you.
By e-mail: insight@sfchronicle.com
By fax: (415) 536-5198
By post:
Insight
The San Francisco Chronicle
901 Mission Street
San Francisco CA 94103
Have an only-in-the-Bay-Area story? A story that illustrates why the Bay
Area is such a great place to live? Send your 250-word submission to
Insight, the Sunday commentary section. Be sure to include a phone number
where we can reach you.
By e-mail: Insight@sfchronicle.com
By fax: (415) 536-5198
By post:
Insight
The San Francisco Chronicle
901 Mission Street
San Francisco CA 94103
Tell us what works. Do you know someone who is tackling a problem or meeting
a challenge in a particularly innovative way? Insight wants to hear from
readers with 200-word stories about out-of-the-box thinking in the Bay Area.
By e-mail: Insight@sfchronicle.com
By fax: (415) 536-5198
By post:
Insight
The San Francisco Chronicle
901 Mission Street
San Francisco CA 94103
Chronicle Magazine:
MAGAZINE STAFF:
Editor: Alison Biggar
Design Editor: Zahid Sardar
Staff Writers: Sam Whiting (Life Sciences, Facetime), Katherine Seligman
Art director: Dorothy Yule
Associate art director: George Russell
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:
Send letters to:
Letters Editor
Chronicle Magazine
901 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
E-mail letters to magazine@sfchronicle.com; fax (415) 543-6956. Include name, city and phone number. Unsolicited contributions must be accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope. The San Francisco Chronicle Magazine does not accept responsibility for any unsolicited items.
To respond to Facetime or Life Sciences, or if you have an idea for a future column, e-mail Sam Whiting at swhiting@sfchronicle.com.
WRITERS:
The Magazine is looking for general interest features and profiles with a Bay Area connection. To pitch a story or idea, e-mail Alison Biggar at abiggar@sfchronicle.com.
FREELANCE OPPORTUNITIES
We don't have strict guidelines, but familiarity with The Chronicle is important. We are a weekly Sunday Magazine. All stories MUST have a local (Bay Area) angle. We do not run syndicated columns, comics, poetry or op-eds, arts previews, listings or event-related stories. We do not cover breaking news. If you're not sure whether we've covered a particular topic, please check www.sfgate.com.
The Magazine also plans coverage at least 6 to 8 weeks in advance. Rates vary by individual, and payment is upon publication.
MY WORD:
Our back-page personal essay is 900 words. We're looking for writers who have a distinctive voice and a compelling story to tell. Some of our favorites:
"The Way of the Bus", by Dashka Slater (August 3, 2003)
"Finding Mrs. Experience", by Douglas Cruickshank (March 23, 2003)
At One With the Market", by Rodes Fishburne (February 23, 2003)
Topics we're not so interested in include bouts with illness, death of a parent or loved one (unless you're Dave Eggers), childhood memories of Playland-at-the-Beach, children's charming antics, special pet stories and childhood sports memories. E-mail essays to Alison Biggar at abiggar@sfchronicle.com.
PHOTOS AND ILLUSTRATIONS:
We use a limited number of freelance photographers and illustrators. Send information to Dorothy Yule at dyule@sfchronicle.com.
THEMED ISSUES:
We publish a number of themed issues each year. Click here to see what we're planning for next year.
Datebook Calendar Listings:
Listings are published on a space-available basis as a free public service of The Chronicle. Submissions need to be received three weeks before date of publication for the Pink section and 96 Hours and 10 days for the daily Datebook. There are three ways to send in listings:
1. E-mail to the section where the listing is appropriate. Those
addresses are:
movies@sfchronicle.com
theater@sfchronicle.com
classical@sfchronicle.com
art@sfchronicle.com
nightlife@sfchronicle.com
comedy@sfchronicle.com
events@sfchronicle.com
kids@sfchronicle.com
exhibits@sfchronicle.com
litguide@sfchronicle.com
For all e-mails please write date(s) of event and venue
(Davies Hall, Greek Theatre, etc.) in subject line.
Do not send Word attachments; send the release in the body of the email.
2. Send snail mail to: Datebook Listings, San Francisco Chronicle, 901
Mission St., San Francisco CA 94103. Please write the kind of listing
(Art, Nightlife, Theater, etc.) in the lower left-hand corner of the
envelope.
3. Fax (least preferred method) to (415) 495-2067. Please write kind of listing, date(s) and venue on cover page.
All listings should be brief: one paragraph of description (at most).
Plus, clearly and on separate lines:
When: time(s) and date(s)
What: Kind of event and title
Who: performers' names/company name
Where: venue and FULL address
Public info: phone number for public to call and Web site (if available)
Contact: submitter's name and phone number or e-mail
Datebook listings cover San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San
Mateo and Santa Clara counties. In addition, we have a Destinations
section that covers a select number of the same kind of events in the
Napa-Sonoma, Monterey-Carmel, Tahoe-Reno and Las Vegas areas. Because of
space limitations we often don't have room to include events in other
California areas.
Once the items are in the database,
they will appear on SFGate.com. And you need to submit only once for
the Pink, daily Datebook and SFGate.
We welcome jpegs for events as well, but no .zips or .tiffs, please.
1. Send just one jpeg (300 dpi or more) per e-mail to listingsphotos@sfchronicle.com, and one per event.
2. In the subject line write (in this order): topic
(NIGHTLIFE/CLASSICAL/ART/DANCE, etc.), dates, artist's/production's name
and venue.
3. In the body include
caption information (who and in what production), photographer's
name (for credit), a short press release repeating info from
subject line, plus address, phone, web address, time, prices and
media contact.
If you would like to be considered for ePicks,
our weekly online-only guide to selected events, you can also send email to: eguide@sfgate.com
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