Contribute to Informed

Informed is the quarterly journal of the IR Society. It is primarily distributed to the IR Society’s 700 members in either print or digital format.

Informed magazine continues to be one of the most popular benefits of membership and the main reason for its enduring popularity is down to the expertise of our members! In fact, Informed was shortlisted in the Magazine of the Year category in two separate industry awards programmes in 2025!

Most of the content for Informed is provided by IR Society members, either working in-house as members of IR teams or working for the many companies who support and advise IR teams. All the articles are written from a topic-based, thought leadership perspective, which helps to keep the content balanced and impartial.

Anyone can contribute to Informed at any time, although we do prioiritse content from IR Society members. If you have an idea for an article, a series of articles or a special feature, please do get in touch. If you are interested in submitting an article we ask for a brief synopsis of your planned article, so that we can avoid similar content, and whether it will be one or two pages. A one-page article is approx. 600 words and a two-page article is approx. 1,400 words (or 1,000 words plus graphics). Once we receive the article our publisher will set it into the house style and send you a proof for approval. Please also supply a hi-res photo of the author, along with their name, job title and email address.

The editorial calendar for 2026, which will include the topics and special features for each issue, is being finalised at the moment and we will share it as soon as possible. In the meantime, the deadlines for submitting article ideas, for supplying the finished articles and the provisional publication dates can be found below:

Deadlines and Publication Dates 2026

Issue 130 - Spring 2026

Special Features: TBC

Deadline for article ideas: Friday 30 January 2026
Deadline for articles/adverts: Friday 27 February 2026
Publication date: w/c 16 March 2026

Issue 131 - Summer 2026

Special Features: IR Society Annual Conference Round Up and TBC

Deadline for article ideas: Friday 22 May 2026
Deadline for articles/adverts - non-Conference content: Friday 19 June 2026
Publication date: w/c 20 July 2026

Issue 132 - Autumn 2026

Special Features: TBC

Deadline for article ideas: Friday 28 August 2026
Deadline for articles/adverts: Friday 18 September 2026
Publication date: w/c 5 October 2026

Issue 133 - Winter 2026

Special Features: IR Society Best Practice Awards and Innovation in IR

Deadline for article ideas: Friday 23 October 2026
Deadline for articles/adverts - non-Awards content: Friday 13 November 2026
Publication date: w/c 7 December 2026

If you are interested in submitting an article for a future issue of Informed, or in advertising your company, products or services in the magazine, please contact robert.dann@irsociety.org.uk.

Published 3 December, 2025