We're currently considering pitches that address technical topics with creativity and precision. We’re looking for finely crafted work that goes above and beyond. All accepted stories will go through a rigorous editorial review.

We’d love to hear from you—please read the following thoroughly before sending us your pitch.

Upcoming themes

Right now, we’re extra interested in pitches on the following:

• Open source
• Testing
• Software architecture
• Engineering management

Types of content we’re interested in

• Long-form pieces directly relevant to software teams, engineers, and technology companies
• Human interest stories about tech and lessons learned, from database migrations gone wrong to cloud migrations gone right
• Compelling expert insights on industry best practices
• Very opinionated opinion pieces
• Interviews with tech industry experts
• Personal essays that address a technical need or experience
• Extensively researched explorations of the most fascinating bits of tech past and present

We’re also interested in

• Seeing your portfolio if you’re curious about contributing issue art
• Immersive, experiential, and interactive editorial projects
• Column proposals

We’re not currently interested in

• Product or app reviews
• “Roundups”
• Casual listicles
• Humor columns
• Rants
• Gadget stuff
• General “tech” stuff (we’re focused on software engineering)
• Anything that’s being done everywhere else

Pitches should…

• Be clear and focused
• Not exceed 250–300 words
• Outline your concept, target audience, proposed structure, and how you plan to tackle the piece

Be sure to include

• An estimated word count for your final piece
• A very quick bio/explanation of why you are qualified to write this piece
• A link to your portfolio or published writing samples

Send your pitch to submissions@increment.com

While we can’t respond to every submission, we do our very best. If you haven’t heard from us in three weeks, feel free to send a gentle follow up.