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Write for Kelford Press
Pitches, tips, corrections, book proposals — all to one address, read by a real person.
Kelford Press publishes technical journalism across AI/ML, Security, Cloud, and DevTools. The wire is short — one paragraph per story, sourced and fact-checked — and longer briefs, deep dives, and books live alongside it. We are a small, deliberately-scoped operation and we work with a small number of outside contributors.
What we're open to
- Pitches for briefs and deep dives. Working ML engineers, security researchers, infrastructure people. The bar is technical accuracy and a clear reason to read it.
- Tip lines. Anonymous or attributed. If you know about something the wire should be covering, write to us.
- Corrections. Always welcome, always credited. We log every correction publicly on the affected article.
- Book proposals. Focused titles on technical topics — see the bookshelf for the shape of what we publish.
How to pitch
Write to editor@kelford.press with:
- Subject line starting
[pitch],[tip],[correction], or[book proposal] - A few lines on the angle, what's new, and who you are
- Links to anything you've published before (optional but helpful)
- For corrections: the article URL and the specific claim that's wrong
We aim to reply within a week. If we haven't, we missed it — feel free to nudge.
What we look for
- A reader who already understands the domain — write to that reader
- Primary sources, not hot takes
- Numbers, names, dates, version strings — the specifics that make technical writing checkable
- Restraint. Short pieces are usually better than long ones.
What we pay
This is a small operation. We pay for commissioned deep dives and books on a per-piece basis — discuss it in your pitch. Briefs that arrive as unsolicited submissions are typically not paid; if we want to publish one, we will say so up front and discuss credit and terms.
What we don't publish
- Pure opinion or commentary without new reporting or technical depth
- AI ethics writing without a specific engineering hook
- Productised pitches for tools, services, or companies
- “Best of” listicles
- SEO bait
editor@kelford.press
For all of the above. Real person at the other end.