Write for us

Who can write

• Researchers and clinicians, about their field.
• People living with schizophrenia, and their families, about their experience.

What to send

A pitch of a few lines, not a finished piece: your argument, why now, and who you are. Researchers and clinicians, add your role and institution.

Send it to editor@thecommissure.com with “Opinion” in the subject line.

What we publish

• 800 to 1,200 words, for readers without a medical background.
• Not published elsewhere.
• Facts linked to their sources.

What happens next

• We reply within a week.
• If we go ahead, we edit for clarity and length. You approve the final version.
• Facts are checked like everything we publish.
• You declare any financial ties to drug or device companies; they are printed with the piece.
• Pieces are unpaid. You keep the copyright and give us the right to publish.
• You choose how your name appears on a first-person piece: your full name, your first name only, or no name.

How it appears

Pieces are labelled Opinion, or First person for lived experience, with the line “The views are the author’s own.”