Contract Management Magazine

Contract Management Magazine is the flagship publication of the National Contract Management Association (NCMA). This award-winning magazine features articles about best practices, professional insights, lessons learned, and much more.

With more than 500 issues and 3,900 articles (and counting!), Contract Management Magazine is a monthly publication for contract management professionals at all career levels.

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2024 Top Pricing Exec to Watch Hagen McHenry is Reimagining Strategies for Pricing and Growth

Dedicated experts in the field of cost and pricing boast a unique set of experiences. Hagen McHenry is no exception.

Dear Members: A Year of Growth With More Opportunities Ahead

As we prepare for a new NCMA program year, Program Year 24 Chair, Denyce Carter, reflects on the successes of the past year.

Innovation In Pricing: Pricing Techniques to Align With Acquisition Innovation

While acquisition innovators are on a constant pursuit to shorten the timeline from “inception of need” to “product-in-hand,” the need for innovative and expedited pricing techniques is more prevalent than ever.

Learning to PIVOT

An innovative pricing and source selection methodology called Prices Include Variation Over Time (PIVOT) can help share market risk.

Article Requests

NCMA maintains digital records of all Contract Management Magazine articles through 2009. To request an article, please email [email protected].

Write for Us!

If you want to add “published author” to your resume, consider writing for Contract Management Magazine. We welcome -and encourage- your proposals for original articles about contract management best practices, case studies, challenges, and insights. As contract management professionals, you have experiences and knowledge that are valuable to our readers. We accept articles on a rolling basis. Please send all proposals through the all-new, easy-to-use Article Proposal Submission Form below. 

Article Proposal Submission Form

Further information can be found in the submission form. Once you submit your proposal, it can take up to 30 days for us to assess. We thank you in advance for your patience!

How to Write for Contract Management Magazine

Former Editor-in-Chief Anne Laurent explains how Contract Management is created, how to propose an article, and why stories are the most favored form of articles. Special Guest Dan Manning, Founder and Chief Story Architect at Build The Story, discusses how to construct a story, using his own October 2022 article in Contract Management as an example.

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What Should I Write About?

Typical article topics address practice of the competencies found in NCMA’s Contract Management Standard (CMS)™ and Contract Management Body of Knowledge (CMBOK)®. Other topics of interest include commercial contracting, barriers to entry, sustainability contracting, innovation, agile contracting, IT/digital services, legal and regulatory compliance, international acquisitions, operational contracting, small business contracting, subcontracting, state and local government contracting, ethics, and professional development. 

Articles may not promote a specific company or its services and products.

How Long Should the Article Be?

Our feature-length articles range from 1,500 to 2,500 words. Columns are 500 to 1,000 words.

Questions?

For all other questions, please reach out to [email protected].