Columnist Application

PA TIMES is the flagship magazine of the American Society for Public Administration. Its electronic version can be found at www.patimes.org. PA TIMES Online is published once a week and highlights emerging trends in public management, original articles on issues related to public administration and expert columnists discussing best practices and lessons learned for other public managers and public sector employees.

ASPA accepts applications for new authors twice a year, in the spring and winter. The number of columnists is dependent on the needs at the time. Selected columnists will be notified by email and are expected to begin their column shortly after notification. A schedule of column publication dates will be provided by ASPA. PA TIMES editorial staff do not contact those who have applied and have not been accepted; no response indicates your application was not accepted. 

Prior to applying to be a columnist, please review our style and submission guides. We require all authors to conform to our style, including AP style. Note that we do not publish citations in our articles. 

Please contact us at [email protected] with any questions.