Writing for Steve Jackson Games

Steve Jackson Games welcomes new writers. In all honesty, we are now working with so many experienced, reliable writers that it has gotten harder to break in. But we're not a closed shop. The material in this area is intended to tell the new writer as much as possible about what we need and how we want to get it.

The shortest possible answer is: Read everything in this section, because we consider it an intelligence test. Then write articles for Pyramid Magazine. Then, when we're impressed with you, submit a proposal for a bigger project. We've always got room for people who can create the kind of things we really need.

• Our Roleplaying Book Submission Guidelines

• Our Card and Board Game Submission Guidelines

• Getting Started and Our Current Wish List for e23

• Style Guide

• WYSIWYG Template (for Word)

• Word Counts & Page Counts

• Freelance Writing Tips, by David Pulver

• Libel and Obscenity (don't!)

• "Too Much Character," Alternatives to "PC" or "Character" in Writing

• Writing for Pyramid Magazine

• Writing for JTAS Magazine

• Formatting Guides for GURPS Fourth Edition (Word document)

• Writing for In Nomine

• Writing for Toon

• Dr. Kromm's Patented Math and Physics Tutorial - if you are writing a technical GURPS book, you'll want to follow these guidelines.

• Quirks Revisited - a guide to "legal" Quirks for GURPS characters.

When sending us a proposal for anything over 10,000 words, you'll need to include a copy of this Game Evaluation Waiver.