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Student Health 101

rosetta_b — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:11:19 CDT

Student Health 101 is a national health and student lifestyle magazine for college students, distributed online and to campus health centers across the U.S.

Websites:
www.studenthealth101.com
www.sh101-digital.com (online edition)
www.sh101backtalk.com (student discussion forums)

E-mail format: firstnamelastname@studenthealth101.com

Editors:

* Don Rauf (Don is the person who assigns stories)
* Paul McKeefry

Departments:
*Features (900-1200 words)
*Health Briefs (usually about 200-300 words)
*Essay (a personal essay by a student)

Pay: $250 for a 900-1200-word feature

Rights: Work-for-hire

Notes: Work largely on assignment--writer-proposed articles may be assigned down the line, but don't expect acceptance of a query right away. Most articles are broad overviews rather than tightly focused stories. Authentic student voices are important--a typical feature would have at least three student interviews and at least two from experts (administrators, doctors, etc.) if applicable.

Topics covered include health and nutrition, stress and time management, mental health, and sexuality, all with a college student slant.

Their turn-around times are short, usually about 2 weeks (sometimes less). Contracts and billing are organized and they pay promptly, but it can take a while to get copies for your portfolio. Pleasant to work with and prefer students and (in some cases) recent college graduates.

Wondertime

daphnehowland — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:29:48 CST

Disney announced in January 09 that the company is folding Wondertime. No details about last issue, etc.

I submitted a short to Wondertime today and received this response:

Thank you for your interest in Wondertime. We do not have writers’ guidelines yet, but they will be posted on wondertime.com when they’re available. In the meantime, if you have story ideas you would like us to consider, you may send queries, along with 2 or 3 of your favorite published clips, to Wondertime.Editors@disney.com or to Wondertime Editors, 47 Pleasant St., Northampton, MA 01060. We suggest that writers who are new to us familiarize themselves with the magazine and pitch ideas for specific departments or columns, such as Traditions, Growing Up, Life with Little Ones, Going Places, The Great Outdoors, First Pets, or Real Families, Real Solutions. Please note that we are unable to read unpublished writing samples or accept unsolicited manuscripts at this time.

Redbook

PackRatMag — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:52:07 CDT

Camille Chatterjee, Health Editor

Metropolis

PackRatMag — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:51:37 CDT

(Per their website) Metropolis examines contemporary life through design—architecture, interior design, product design, graphic design, crafts, planning, and preservation. Subjects range from the sprawling urban environment to intimate living spaces to small objects of everyday use. In looking for why design happens in a certain way, Metropolis explores the economic, environmental, social, cultural, political, and technological context. With its innovative graphic presentation and its provocative voice, Metropolis shows how richly designed our world can be.

Metropolis Magazine
61 W. 23rd St.
4th Floor
New York, NY 10010
212-627-9977 (tel), 212-627-9988 (fax)
edit@metropolismag.com

* email format: no standard format *

______________________

Editorial Staff

Susan Szenasy

Editor in Chief

(212) 627-9977 x 531

edit@metropolismag.com

Martin Pedersen

Executive Editor

(212) 886-2509

edit@metropolismag.com

Paul Makovsky

Senior Editor

paulm@metropolismag.com

Randi Greenberg

Online Editor

randi@metropolismag.com

Alternative Medicine

polishpen — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:51:04 CDT

Pamela Emanoil Bond is no longer an editor with the publication. Meghan Rabbitt has taken her place and can be reached at meghan@naturalsolutionsmag.com. She encourages pitching shorter pieces, even if you've written for them before.

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Now Natural Solutions mag. New email format: firstname@naturalsolutionsmag.com.

Pay still slow.
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Alternative Medicine is a national health and wellness magazine that focuses on natural remedies.

Pay: Starts at just under $1/word.

Address:

2995 Wilderness Place, Suite 205

Boulder, CO 80301

Phone:(303) 440-7402

Fax: 303-440-7446

E-mail format: firstname@alternativemedicine.com

Editors:

* Pamela Emanoil Bond, senior editor

* Elizabeth Marglin, assigning editor (on maternity leave as of this writing, 8/17/07)

Departments: [need info]

Guidelines: [need info]

Notes: Easy to work for; have had to do reasonable revisions. I've heard they're looking to change the magazine's name. Pay is a bit slow.

Clean Eating

LindaFormichelli — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:17:42 CDT

Clean Eating used to be a special nutrition issue for Canada-based Oxygen magazine, but starting in fall 2007, it will be a standalone magazine with its own content.

Buys nutrition stories with a slant toward the family who's very conscious of health and fitness -- they're probably a little more hardcore than Cooking Light, though. (For example, protein powder is something you'll find in their recipes --- not so with CL!) If you can develop recipes for your stories, all the better. They look for recipes that are low in fat, sugar, and salt.

The editors are pleasant and get back to you quickly. Edits are straightforward. Pay starts around .50/word with additional payment for recipes.

E-mail format: firstinitiallastname@cleaneatingmag.com

Editor in chief: Alicia Rewega

** Starting in the Dec/Jan 09 issue Clean Eating will be going bimonthly.

Parenting

DianaBurrell — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:02:34 CDT

Parenting is a very mom-centric national circ magazine. The content is geared toward mothers of children under age 5, although they do assign stories relating to older children (up to age 11).

Mailing address: 2 Park Avenue, 10th Fl

New York, NY 10016

E-mail format: firstname.lastname@bonniercorp.com

Editors:

Sarah Smith, Senior Editor (as of 8/23/07)
Deborah Skolnik, Senior Editor (as of 8/23/07)

3/31/08 - MediaBistro reports Parenting Group EIC Janet Chan is no longer with the magazine.
4/7/08 - bounce back email reports that Parenting Articles Editor Camille Chatterjee is no longer with the magazine. (She's now the Health Editor at Redbook.)

View media kit at: http://www.parenting.com/parenting/web/parentingmediakit/

Payrate: $1.50/word and up

Babble.com

DianaBurrell — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:30:34 CDT

Babble.com is a new online parenting zine with a hipper, more sarcastic edge. They bill themselves as "the magazine and community for a new generation of parents," and focus on parents of the infant to toddler age range. They launched in 2006.

Pay: Their rate is around .50 a word, (if you're a new writer you may get less). They sometimes pay more if the article requires extensive research. They also pay a kill fee of 25%.

The latest: Babble's most popular column has been "Bad Parent," so instead of publishing it monthly, they've decided to post a new one every week. So they'll be looking for first person essays from lots of writer parents. They also want more dad perspectives. The columns are essays admitting to kid-raising strategies that "the rules" might diagree with: not babyproofing, losing your temper, or walking around the house naked. My query letter to them is posted on my blog.

Caution: Their voice is very distinct, and it can be hard to get an acceptance. I got lucky with an essay on breastfeeding for "Bad Parent," but I haven't had much luck since (but my kids are also older and it's harder for me to remember those days). Just be sure to do your homework and study them before submitting. In my experience they pay promptly are lovely to work with. Check their submission guidelines for more information.

(Adding to the caution): If you've written for mainstream parenting magazines, don't announce it in your pitch. Writers I know who've sent pitches to Babble and had Parenting/Parents/Child on their list of credits were told no thanks, no one with a mainstream publishing credits. Kind of narrow-minded ....

Oxygen

DianaBurrell — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:26:29 CDT

Oxygen is a women's fitness magazine that targets women in their 20s - 40s in Canada and the U.S. It's more hardcore than most fitness mags, and targets women who are fitness professionals and competitors as well as other fitness-minded women.

Typical pay: Starts at $.50/word.

Editorial contacts:

* Lisa Hannam, nutrition editor (LISA IS NO LONGER W/ OXYGEN AS OF 3/30/08)
* Bunmi Adeoye, health & beauty editor

E-mail format: firstinitiallastname@oxygenmag.com

Notes: Very friendly editors, easy to work with.

Pregnancy Magazine

AlysonEnglish — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:13:37 CST

Pregnancy editors have been very good about responding to pitches. They don't pay as well as other national glossies (betweem .70 - $1/word) and have an ugly contract. The editors are really pleasant to work with, though, and edits, in my experience, are light. Another plus from some writer's POV: they offer a direct deposit option, which gets the money to you faster. They also pay on acceptance.

Query Kendra Smith for most items: kendra@pregnancymagazine.com

Woman's Day

VallartaVixen — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:17:14 CST

Longtime editor Stephanie Abarbanel has left the magazine. Angela Ebron will be the new articles director as of 10/14/07.

Here's the latest from Woman's Day Writer Guidelines:

Dear Writer,

Thank you so very much for your interest in writing for Woman’s Day. Unfortunately, you are not alone. In fact, you have so much company, and we have such a small cadre of editors, that we have had to develop what you will no doubt find a rather tough policy on unsolicited manuscripts. This is what you need to know:

Our editors work almost exclusively with experienced writers who have clips from major national magazines. As a result, we accept unsolicited manuscripts only from writers with such credentials. There are no exceptions.

If you do have significant national writing experience, and you have an idea or manuscript that you think might interest us, e-mail us at www.womansday <http://www.womansday> @hfmus.com, including some of your most recent clips. Please note that we cannot guarantee that your submission will be read or commented on; it is by far most likely that we will get in touch with you only if we are interested in pursuing the idea you propose. Please note as well that we said e-mail; hard-copy submissions will not be considered.

If you do not yet have the national experience we outlined above, we look forward to hearing from you when you do. We also extend our regret that, should you nevertheless decide to send us a manuscript, we will not have the time to read, comment on or return it.

With all best wishes,

Parents Magazine

kikarose — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:06:09 CST

The email format for all the meredith pubs is firstname.lastname@meredith.com.

Editorial

Liz Zack, Executive Editor Allison Leigh Micarelli, Managing Editor Melisa Coburn, Senior Pregnancy Editor Sasha Emmons, Senior Lifestyle Editor Lauren B. Wiener, Senior Health Editor Heather Eng, Associate Editor Alisa Stoudt, Associate Editor Janna Johnson, Freelance Editor Lindsay Baron, Freelance Editorial Assistant

Art & Production

Ashley Craiger, Photo Editor Mary Finer, Producer Anne Miner, Producer

Salon.com

VallartaVixen — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:20:58 CST

From their website: http://www.salon.com/about/submissions/

Salon welcomes article queries and submissions. The best way to submit articles and story pitches is via e-mail. We ask that you please send the text of your query or submission in plain text in the body of your e-mail, rather than as an attached file, as we may not be able to read the format of your file.
If you wish to contribute, please spend some time familiarizing yourself with Salon's various sections and regular features.
Please put the words "EDITORIAL SUBMISSIONS" in the subject line of the e-mail. You can find the editor's name on our Salon Staff page. And please tell us a little about yourself -- your experience and background as a writer and qualifications for writing a particular story. If you have clips you can send us via e-mail, or Web addresses of pages that contain your work, please send us a representative sampling (no more than three or four, please). Unless your pitch relates to breaking news, please send your submission during business hours.
We do our best to respond to all inquiries, but be aware that we are sometimes inundated. If you have not heard back from us after three weeks, please assume that we will not be able to use your idea or submission.
Also please note that Salon does not solicit fiction or poetry submissions and will not be able to respond to such submissions.

Alaska Airlines Magazine

VallartaVixen — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:18:25 CST

From their website: http://www.alaskaairlinesmagazine.com/contributor/writers.php

CONTRIBUTOR GUIDELINES

Alaska Airlines Magazine is the monthly in-flight magazine for Alaska Airlines, reaching more than a million travelers in Alaska, California, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, Western Canada and Mexico each month. Our mission is to inform and entertain our target audience--business travelers, the majority of whom are between the ages of 35 and 54. We produce a superior magazine with high-quality writing and striking photography.

We look for writing with vivid visual images, anecdotes and a strong narrative flow. We are always looking for writers of national-magazine caliber. We are interested in writers who can cover business with insight and style; in local writers who can lend inside perspectives to our destination and travel columns; in journalists who write with a sense of humor, though we do not publish a humor column.

Our magazine is 80 percent freelance written. The best way for writers to get started with us is to send clips of previously published work and a well-written query that includes a sample lead that represents the direction, tone and style proposed for the story. The query should demonstrate advance research and original thought on the part of the writer.

Columns are the best way to break into Alaska Airlines Magazine. Our columns include Journal (arts and culture), Business, On Location, Profiles, Sports, Technology and Travel. We are not interested in fiction, poetry or book reviews.

Our Business column examines innovative companies and business people in the route system, current trends in business and contemporary corporate issues. Topics in the Technology and Science columns range from computers to new resource development processes or scientific phenomena, clearly explained. Journal and Itinerary pieces are short, succinct and timely articles about events and places in our route system. All travel-oriented ideas must focus on destinations within the Alaska Airlines route system.

Features are generally on assignment only. If you take your own photographs, please ask for our photography guidelines.

Assignments are acknowledged by written contract. Alaska Airlines Magazine pays within 30 days of publication, buying first North American rights with reprint rights. We pay a kill-fee of one-third the contracted price. Rates begin at $50 to $100 for Journal and Itinerary shorts (100 to 400 words); $100 to $200 for short articles or meals and lodging reviews (400 to 800 words); $300 for columns (1,600 words); and $500 for features (2,000 to 2,500 words). Expenses, if agreed to in advance, are paid on invoice. Expenses and rates vary in special circumstances.

All queries should be written; they will not be accepted over the telephone nor via e-mail. Features should be queried about six months in advance. Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope. You will receive a written response within six weeks. Please do not send original manuscripts, artwork or slides as we cannot be responsible for their receipt, or their return.

For a sample copy of Alaska Airlines Magazine, send a 9" x 12" envelope with sufficient postage (about $4.00).

Alaska Airlines Magazine is published by Paradigm Communications Group through a contract with Alaska Airlines.

Please send queries to: Paul Frichtl, Editor, Alaska Airlines Magazine, 2701 1st Avenue, Suite 250, Seattle, WA 98121.

They also publish Horizon Airlines Magazine.

Health

cbrossi — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:35:31 CST

Health magazine is (from their website) "America’s most-trusted health and wellness magazine, giving women the most credible, useful, and up-to-date information and inspiration on how to live a healthier, happier life. Its get-real perspective helps readers make sense of conflicting news, trends, and studies."

"Health covers well-being,fitness, nutrition, and beauty with intelligence and flair, showing that healthy living truly looks good on you. The magazine, which launched in 1987 and has more than 6 million readers, is published by Southern Progress Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Inc."

Address:

2100 Lakeshore Drive
Birmingham, AL 35209

E-mail format: firstname_lastname@timeinc.com

Editors:

* Adam Martin, Senior Editor

* Frances Largeman-Roth, RD, Food and Nutrition Editor

Notes: Health is now asking writers to do "breakouts," which are detailed drafts of articles, once their queries are accepted.

See the Health "Query That Rocked" on the Renegade Writer website for more details on the breakouts and on what Health is looking for in a query.

BabyZone.com

ADunn524 — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:49:57 CST

BabyZone.com is an online magazine that publishes articles on conception, pregnancy, parenting, and general women's health issues. Queries are welcomed, but they also assign articles based on their pre-determined editorial calendar.

Payment is $150 for a story of 800-1200 words.

Editor is Heather Scott - heather@babyzone.com

Swimming Times magazine

LindaFormichelli — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:20:11 CST

UK publication - paid for by subscription and distributed to secretaries of swimming clubs registered with the Amateur Swimming Association

Editor - Peter Hassall - peter.hassall@swimming.org
Subscriptions Ann Grenn - ann.green@swimming.org

http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,5157-180718-197936-nav-list,00.html

Beauty Store Business

LindaFormichelli — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:09:36 CDT

Trade magazine for beauty supply stores and salon stores. Articles usually start at $400 a month.

Editor is Marc Birenbaum, mbirenbaum@creativeage.com

The Engravers Journal

lbakewell — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:07:06 CDT

THE ENGRAVERS JOURNAL
P.O. Box 318
Brighton MI 48116

Phone: (810)229-5725
Fax: (810)229-8320
E-Mail: lross@engraversjournal.com
Website: www.engraversjournal.com

Contact: Lorraine Ross, managing editor

The Engravers Journal is an awards and recognition (R&I) trade magazine (think trophies, awards).

Break in with LOI or queries i.e. industry profiles (corporate as well as personal), how to increase sales, developing new markets (niches), using sales techniques.

Pays on Acceptance- within 30 days of receiving release.

Length- typically 2000 words- They're very lenient, though. They have a "write until you're done" attitude.

Generally pays about 25 cents per word. Most articles pay somewhere in the vicinity of $500 or just under, but work is abundant if they like your writing style- and articles are relatively easy to write.

Accepts previously published submissions

Articles should always be down to earth, practical, and thoroughly cover the subject with the awards and recognition shop owner in mind- including profile pieces (all articles have to answer the "What's in it for me?" question with the retailer) Sound, practical information is what EJ is looking for.