We accept submissions for all sections listed in the Sections pages
We welcome any student to submit pieces. You can be a one-off contributor or a regular contributor.
As a regular contributor, you will be required to purchase a society membership which costs £5 per year. This can be done on the Student Union website
No experience required to write for us
Word count
For most articles, our word count guidelines are 500-words, 600-words, 800-words, and 1000-words. If you believe your submission will be more than 1000-words, please contact us and we would like to discuss it further.
There is currently no set word count for fiction and poetry.
Publishing dates
Articles are published because of how relevant the topic is and when the article should be in t spotlight
However, exceptions apply, and articles deemed necessary and/or urgent by the committee will be published as a priority
What to email us?
Send a 150-word pitch about your idea for an article and your full name to galaxypress@leicester.ac.uk
Email etiquette
Email:
To send from: We recommend you use your university email to send emails to Leicester Student Magazine
To send to: galaxypress@leicester.ac.uk
In the email subject, please write “PITCH” in capital letters followed by the category you’re submitting to. For example, “PITCH – SPORTS“
