BCIT Students Only
Link is only able to work with currently enrolled BCIT students.
Production Rights
Link takes exclusive rights to your work for 90 days, and non-exclusive reproduction rights indefinitely (for example, we can re-run your article, with credit to you, but without additional compensation, in future magazines or online; you can also sell it elsewhere). This information is relevant just to freelance contributors.
This means that after completing a project for us, you must wait 90 days from the time of publication before posting your work to your website or offering it to another publication.
If necessary for employment you may post it to your website sooner with a link back to our website, but never before publication.
Content written by hourly employees is considered “work for hire” and all copyright remains with us, though we allow all the same considerations above to the original creators (unless otherwise specified).
Right to Refuse
Link reserves the right to refuse any submission including (but not limited to) article pitches, written works, photographs, videos, illustrations, and advertisements. No guarantee is made to publish work unless expressly committed to in a written and signed contract. Refusal will never be made on grounds related to skin colour, race, marital status, family background, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, or a disability.
AI Use
Any use of AI should be mentioned when submitting content. Due to considerations of artist and writer copyright concerns, Link magazine prohibits the use of AI from being used on illustrations, photographs, poetry, and creative writing. In articles, a maximum of 10% of a paid article submitted for publication to Link magazine can be written by AI. An AI checker will be used to authenticate articles submitted for publication to Link magazine.
Payment Limitations
There is a maximum payment of $350 per issue to any contributor. As always, Link is only able to compensate current BCIT students for work. Payment is made by direct deposit, and the processing is only possible at set times each year (late August, mid-November, mid-February, and mid-May). This means that all paperwork must arrive by the required time, or payment will be delayed until the next set payment time.
Cancellation Fee
This fee is only to be paid if we (Link magazine) have commissioned in writing for you to submit an article, you have submitted the requested article on time and then we (Link magazine) have canceled that commission. This kill fee is an industry standard amount, and it is based on the average word count we requested, not the word count at the time of cancellation. If your article is submitted after the deadline, was not requested, or does not fit the requirements of the commission, it is not eligible for a kill fee.
Masthead Inclusion/Removal
As a full contributor (you have completed three projects or more with us in one calendar year) your name will be included in the masthead. Your name will be removed from the masthead approximately one calendar year after your last contribution or graduation date, whichever is first. Link employees are included in each issue they actively work on.
What is a masthead? This is the place in our print magazine where we list important details and those folks who help the magazine possible!