The NSS News is our monthly publication sent to all regular (but not Basic) members of the National Speleological Society. Typical issues have 28 to 36 pages with color covers front and back and two to six pages of color photos inside, offset printed on coated paper with a laminated cover. All the material is submitted by the membership; no one is paid for use of their materials. Feature articles typically include cave exploration, cave conservation, cave history, or cave science. Regular columns include Technology (reviews and discussion of cave gear, high-tech and otherwise), In the Media (summaries of cave-related articles in the popular press), Underground Update (summaries of information in Grotto and Regional publications), Spelean Spotlight (interviews with prominent cavers), International Exploration, News and Notes, Society News, Safety & Techniques, and the Salon Gallery, reproducing winners from our annual slide and print competitions. Each March or April there is a special Cave Conservation issue and each fall an issue that highlights that summer's convention.

Members, the editor is always looking for material. Check out the style guidelines below or e-mail the editor, Dave Bunnell.

The News is sent automatically each month to paid NSS members. Subscriptions are available for those who don't wish to join the Society, or institutions such as libraries. To order a subscription to the NSS News with a credit card, you can use the online form, or if you need to send a check, print out the PDF form, fill it out, and mail it to the NSS with your check.

New! Back issues of the NSS News and other publications are available to NSS members on the Members' Pages. All issues of the News from 1941 through December 2010 are now online. Year 2011 issues will be added at the end of this year, and so on. Beginning with January 2010, the PDF versions of the NSS News are all in full color. PDFs may be downloaded but are nonprintable. Hard copies of many back issues are still available from the NSS bookstore. Inquire about specific issues to see what's in stock.