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Amplify your message through a range of advertising opportunities. Whether it’s through the award-winning State Legislatures magazine distributed on-site to Summit attendees, NCSL’s email newsletters, or through NCSL’s highly trafficked website, there’s an opportunity for you to share your message.

The NCSL Sales and Advertising team is available to answer any questions you may have.

NCSL Foundation sponsors receive 10% off pricing. Ads are all subject to approval and space is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Submit all materials 10 days in advance of the intended launch date.

2026 Quarterly Advertising Opportunities

January – March 2026
  • Digital Display on ncsl.org
  • Email Newsletter Advertising
April – June 2026
  • Digital Display on ncsl.org
  • Email Newsletter Advertising
  • State Legislatures Magazine
    • Space and materials deadline = Friday, May 7
July – September 2026
  • Digital Display on ncsl.org
  • Email Newsletter Advertising
  • Digital sponsorship of NCSL Base Camp, NCSL’s virtual professional development event
October – December 2026
  • Digital Display on ncsl.org
  • Email Newsletter Advertising
  • 2027 Annual Calendar sponsorship
    • Print advertising placement, national exposure

Please see corresponding tabs below for advertising elements and contact [email protected] to check availability and secure space.

Exhibitor, Sponsorship and Advertising Opportunities

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Packages

Summit Advertising Packages

Digital Advertising Package

Two weeks of web display + two weeks of email newsletter advertising

Sound off on policies and issues important to your organization when you schedule four weeks of digital promotion. 

Select two weeks on ncsl.org combined with two weeks of messaging through NCSL This Week and NCSL Today with an email advertisement. 

Campaigns may run concurrently or consecutively.

*Run dates based on availability. 

Investment

  • Digital Package $6,400

Schedule

  • ncsl.org 7 days/week
  • NCSL This Week (Sunday)
  • NCSL Today (M-W-F)

Digital ad specs available below.

Contact [email protected] for availability.

NCSL's Annual Legislative Summit

Exhibit Space

  • Booth listing in meeting app and interactive map on NCSL.org
  • Three exhibit hall only passes per 10x10 space
  • Pricing based on 10x10/100 square foot increments, additional $200 per corner for aisle and island locations
    • $2,200 per 10x10
    • $2,000 per 10x10 for government, nonprofit, Foundation sponsors

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Secure Your Exhibit Hall Booth

State Legislatures Print Magazine

State Legislatures Magazine is the award-winning publication from the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Our next edition will publish in July 2026 and will be distributed on-site at Summit 2026 in Chicago. The deadline for space reservations and advertising materials is Thursday, May 7, 2026.

Premium positions

  • Two-page spread: $11,000
  • Back cover: $8,000
  • Inside front cover: $7,500
  • Inside back cover: $7,200
  • Full-page ad or advertorial: $6,500
  • Half-page ad (horizontal only): $4,000

Read the Summit 2025 Issue

Print Specifications

  • 70-pound matte interior; 100-pound cover with matte coating.
    Perfect-bound.
  • PDF strongly preferred.
  • All images must be CMYK and 225-300 dpi.
    Rich black build is C-60 M-40 Y-30 K-100.
    Only use this build for large, solid areas of black coverage.
    DO NOT use this build for body copy, thin lines or small elements.
  • Please make sure NO spot colors are in use in the document.
    Add ¼” for full bleed.
  • Trim size:  8.375” x 10.875”
  • Full page:  7.375” x 9.875
  • Full page full bleed: 8.875” x 11.375”
    • Live area: text, logos, important photo elements:
      7.375” x 9.875”
  • Two-page spread full bleed: 17.25” x 11.375”
    • Live area: text, logos, important photo elements:
      15.75” x 9.875” (1”  gutter)
  • Half horizontal: 7.375” x 4.718”
Two-Page Spread
Full Page
 
1/2 Horiz.

Copy Acceptance

Paid advertising with State Legislatures will be within the generally accepted bounds of taste and quality appropriate to a national magazine of state government and policy, as long as the advertisement is not overtly partisan or political. The publisher reserves the right to reject any advertisement considered unsuitable for the publication. Advertisers will place "ADVERTISEMENT" in a minimum of all-caps, 6-point type in a legible location at the top of their final creative.

Liability

Advertisers and advertising agencies assume liability for the contents of all advertisements printed and also assume responsibility for any claims arising there from against the publisher.

NCSL.org Advertisement
  • Rectangle ad, 300x250.
  • Average monthly pageviews in 2025: 694,884 visits: 510,645.
  • Ad must include a black block with white type that displays ADVERTISEMENT across the top using 10-point Arial, centered and offset 4 pixels from the top.

Pricing

  • $4,800/month; $2,400/two weeks (can be combined with two weeks email newsletter advertising).

sample ad

Email Newsletter Advertisement
  • Advertising included in NCSL This Week and NCSL Today newsletters. Sent four days per week: NCSL This Week (Sundays); NCSL Today (M-W-F).
    • Reach: 18,800-plus subscribers. 
    • Open rate: 37%
  • Advertising in NCSL This Week provides extended reach to more than 12,500 subscribers on LinkedIn. Subscribers include senior government relations executives in the Washington, D.C., market area. E-mail open rate is 50%, with an additional 5,000 average weekly views on LinkedIn.
  • Advertisement size: 600 pixels wide minimum, image ratio of 16:9 preferred.
    • Pricing: $8,000/month; $4,000/two weeks
  • Advertorial size: Company logo at least 200x200 pixels, JPG or PNG, 10 words for title, 50 words for body copy, 10 words for CTA, Image ratio of 1:1 preferred.
    • Pricing: $8,000/month; $4,000/two weeks

Annual Calendar Advertising Placement

Each year NCSL publishes an annual calendar for our members across the U.S. Position your organization as the exclusive advertiser with a featured placement on every monthly calendar page from January to December. An entire year of promotion includes up to 12 creative ad units in print and continued messaging for two weeks on NCSL.org expanding your reach to more than a half-million visitors a month.

Base Camp

Boost your brand online at NCSL Base Camp! Sponsor recognition through logo display in virtual lobby, linked to your customized landing page. Up to four positions available. The platform is live for two days of training sessions. The lobby and content remain accessible for 30 days. More than 12,000 attendees in 2025. Scheduled for Oct. 20-21, 2026, sponsorship deadline Sept. 30, 2026.  Visit the NCSL Base Camp 2025 event page to review the recent agenda.

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