WE PAY FOR ARTICLES!

Article Submission Guidelines:

We don't really have any strict guidelines, but here are some suggestions:

• Guides for currently released games (ancient, old, or new):
• Campaigns.
• Mission Editors.
• Modern military or historical articles and interviews.
• Interviews with Veterans.
• Essays on vintage aircraft.
• First-person accounts from pilots, navy, army personnel.
• Guides for hardware, peripherals, specialty products.
• Step-by-step installation guides.
• Tweaking for performance.
• Home-brewed components and devices.
• Gaming community lifestyle and human interest stories.
• Forum life, personalities, overviews of threads.
• Event coverage.
• Personal perspectives on life as a sim and strategy game fanatic.

Our regular contributors handle most previews and reviews of games and gaming hardware; however, if you feel you are eminently qualified to review something we might normally not look at, send us an email.

Sending Articles and Payment Terms:

You may send us your completed article on a speculative basis, or start with a query letter that outlines the direction you'd like to follow. Should we accept your article, and you agree to our copyright terms, the payment amount will be negotiated. Payment is made within thirty days of your article's publication on the site. NB: We will always give you an opportunity to see your completed article before it is published on the site.

Please keep in mind that you cannot say you are writing an article for COMBATSIM.COM before we have accepted and approved the story. Most everybody understands this but we thought it should be stated. Also, no one except COMBATSIM.COM head office staff may request games or hardware from companies for the purpose of completing a story. If you need a game or a piece of hardware to complete your story, we will obtain it for you and have it shipped to your location. If you already own the game or hardware then this does not apply.

Article Specifications:

Again, nothing is written in stone here, but articles that follow the paramenters below will be given preference.

• Length: 3,000 words or fewer.
• Document Format: MSWord or .txt file.
• HTML: Don't worry about that. We'll do it.
• Stylistic Conventions: All extracts and third-party quotes must be referenced and documented in a bibliography or footnotes. If you want to use extensive extracts, be sure to contact the copyright holder for permission to use the material.
• Images:
  • Format: JPG format only (NO .BMP's please). Medium Quality Compression.
  • How many? As many as you like but there must be two (2) copies of every image.
  • Size: One version 250 pixels wide (any height) and one version 640 pixels wide (any height).
  • Image Filenames: all lowercase, no spaces. Example: explosion-250.jpg, explosion-640.jpg.
  • Placement: Put the filename of the 250 pixel wide image on a single line where you want it to appear. If you are using MSWord, do not put the image itself in the article as it is difficult to extract the filename info.
  • Captions: Not necessary but always appreciated.
• ZIP it! Be sure to use WinZip or a similar utility to zip up your document and images before attaching it to the email you send us.

Please send your stories and queries to .