We are launching the third open call for contributions to the European Open Source Academy Magazine!
In Europe's path of establishing its own digital sovereignty and prominence, open source plays an invaluable part and a reflects the essential values of openness, collaboration and security. After the release of the first and second edition of the European Open Source Academy Magazine, we are happy to welcome more leading open source voices, companies and ideas that work with European open source and want to share their story!
Who is welcome to contribute?
The Magazine will showcase all voices that contribute to open source. We invite all contributions across all fields of government (national, regional, local levels), industry ( i.e. Automotive, Finance, Agriculture, Telco, Transport, Education and more), Academia and science, civil society, and the broader open source ecosystem.
Whether you work as an open source maintainer, service provider, researcher, project steward, policy maker, or you are simply passionate about open source - we welcome your submission!
Regardless on the type of submission you decide to make, we would like to welcome perspectives that are either organisation-centric, community-centric or sector-centric.
What to know before you make your submission
While we want to keep the submissions and topics of interest as wide as possible for our community, below you will find general guidelines that will help you in the drafting and submitting your piece.
Themes you can consider:
- How we can implement and advance European open source Strategy?
- Stories of open source hardware and relevant contributions to its development
- Open source & AI - can they affect security and transparency within the digital landscape
NOTE: The Magazine accepts any topics you feel passionate about and believe would be interested for the community to hear!
Themes that were accepted in previous editions:
- Digital sovereignty and Europe's technology dependencies
- Regulations and standards around open source
- Funding and sustainability of open source initatives
- Success stories of open source businesses
What you need to submit:
- Your article ( up to 1500 words) in an editable format
- A title and optional subtitle of the piece
- A short author bio of up to 150 words for the About the Author box.
- A high-resolution of the author headshot
- References as footnotes, with links and access dates
- Use British English spelling and write ''open source'' in lower case unless it is part of a title.
NOTE: While we understand the use of AI-assisted writing can be used in the process, please refer from sending entirely AI-generated submissions.
You are welcome to submit as many articles as you wish, across the different topics.
How to submit
The deadline for the final submission is November 17th, 2026, by 23:59 CEST.
Submission is free and the articles featured in the third edition will be promoted in the EOSA website, social media channels and will be distributed in printed version at the 3rd Annual European Open Source Awards.
Get in Touch
Submissions are made via registration form and for more details contact us here.
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We look forward to hearing your stories and insights—and to strengthening Europe’s open source community together!
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