Finding The Bacon
By Sable Jak

January 24, 2002

Cocooning

If you're in the type of climate that demands you spend part of your winter inside with hot cocoa and a good book or your favorite hobby, I hope this edition of The Bacon gives you something to write about!

THE WRITER
Kalmbach Publishing Co.
21027 Crossroads Circle
Waukesha, WI 53187-1612
http://www.writermag.com/ 
E-Queries: Yes. No phone queries, please. For a query in writing submit SASE for response. Query for features six months in advance, columns & department four months. Include clips of previously published work.            
Email: editor@writermag.com 
Writer's guidelines online: Yes.
http://www.writermag.com/wrt/static/submissionguidelines.shtml 
Pays: Pays on acceptance. Feature articles: 2,000-3,000 words. Columns & departments; 800-1,000 words.  Payments vary: $50 for book review to $300-500
for columns, and $350-800 for features. $25 for short, newsy items and tips, $50 for cartoons, $50 for poetry about writing, and $50-100 for photography with writing themes.
Rights: First rights. Byline given.
Description: Published monthly. "The Writer, founded in 1887, is a monthly magazine about writing for writers. It features how-to and inspirational articles focusing on the writing of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children's and young adult literature."
Needs: How-to articles addressing issues of interest to writers in the areas of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, children's and young adult literature. Internet and e-publishing information. The business of writing. Ethical questions relating to freelance writing. Reviews of books, videos, software and writers' products.
Fiction: No.

BEAD AND BUTTON
P.O. Box 1612
Waukesha, WI 53187-1612
Ph: 262-796-8776
http://www.beadandbutton.com/bnb/html/magazine/magazine.html 
E-Queries: Yes. Also: snail mail, and fax. Writer's guidelines are online or by e-mail.
Contact:  Lora Groszkiewicz, editorial assistant    
Email: web@beadandbutton.com 
Writer's guidelines online: Yes.
http://www.beadandbutton.com/bnb/html/magazine/submissionguide/submissionguide.html 
Pays: Pays on acceptance. $75-300 for feature articles of 750-3,000 words. Columns and department up to 1,500 words pays $75-150.
Photos: No additional pay.
Rights: All rights. Byline given. $75.00 kill fee.
Description: Published bimonthly.
Readers: Professional and amateur bead and button makers and hobbyists.
Needs: Beadworking and button hobby articles about techniques, projects and patterns, materials, and people and design concentrated in the areas of jewelry, accessories, and clothing embellishment. Reports on new tools, supplies and materials in addition to book reviews and artists.
Fiction: No.

Being an avid fan of the lost Amber Room, the following is a site I was very excited to find. Do note, however, that this magazine deals with treasures that can be found with metal detectors.

LOST TREASURE, INC.
P.O. Box 451589
Grove, OK 74345-1589
Ph: 918-786-2182
Fx: 918-786-2192
http://www.losttreasure.com 
E-Queries: Yes. Also snail mail and fax. 
Contact: Patsy Beyerl, managing editor              
Email: managingeditor@losttreasure.com 
Writer's guidelines online: Yes.
http://www.losttreasure.com/guidelines.cfm 
NOTE: these are the guidelines for two treasure publications: Lost Treasure (a monthly magazine) and Treasure Cache (an annual publication).
SECOND NOTE: U.S. Writers only.
Pays: Pays on publication.  $.04/word. Lost Treasures articles should be 500-1,500 words, Treasure Cache accepts 1,000-2,000 words.
Photos: Yes. Payment varies.
Rights: All. Byline given.
Circulation: 55,000 Readers: Lost treasure enthusiasts.
Needs: Original stories only! No rehashes (alas, there goes my research on the Amber Room).
Fiction: No.

WIRED MAGAZINE
Conde Nast Publications
520 Third St.
3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94107-1815
Ph: 415-276-5000
Fx: 415-276-5150
http://www.wired.com 
E-Queries: Yes. Also snail mail. Send #10 SASE for guidelines or email: guidelines@wired.com. Send query letter with clips.
Contact:  Sonia Zjawinsky, editorial assistant
Email: submit@wired.com 
Writer's guidelines online: No.
Pays: Pays on acceptance. The guidelines I emailed for didn't mention pay rate, but writers report average rates of $.85-$1/word.
Rights: All rights for items less than 1,000 words. FNASR for items over 1,000 words. Byline Given. 25% kill fee.
Description: Published monthly and covers computer, digital communications and lifestyles in relation to technology advances.
Circulation: 500,000
Needs: Do not send trade articles. However, essays, interviews, opinion.
Fiction: Yes (and even semi-fiction!).
Sable Note: I emailed for the guidelines and the answer came back to me within a couple of seconds by autoresponder. I wish all magazines were that prompt! 

Next to curling up with a good book and a hot cuppa on a cold winter's day, I love to settle in with my paints and paper. I'm very pleased to present the American Artist Magazine to you.

AMERICAN ARTIST  (please see notations below for
"Watercolors" magazine)
770 Broadway
New York, NY 10003
http://myamericanartist.com/ 
E-Queries: No. Snail mail to the attention of M. Stephen Doherty. See: http://myamericanartist.com/guidlines-04.html for query guidelines.
Contact:  M. Stephen Doherty, Editor-in-chief
Email: mail@myamericanartist.com 
Writer's guidelines online: Yes. For American Artist:
http://myamericanartist.com/guidlines-01.html 
For Watercolors:
http://myamericanartist.com/guidlines-02.html 
Pays: Pays on acceptance. $300-500 for 1,500-2,000 words in length.
Rights: American Artist acquires the copyright for the article but generally grant permission to reprint articles if indicated that it first appeared in "American Artist" or "Watercolor." 
Description: Published 12 times a year.
Readers: Artists and people interested in art and artists and how they do it.
Needs: Feature articles on the artwork of contemporary American realist artists, including easel painters (in all mediums), printmakers, and sculptors. No photography, please. American Artist stresses artists' technique and uses step-by-step demonstrations. Also needed are instructional article written by artists themselves, articles on the business aspects of art, from selling to getting gallery representation, occasional articles on art materials, including frames and framing.
Fiction: No.
WATERCOLORS MAGAZINE: most submission guidelines are the same as for American Artist, however, articles are on watermedia artists (those working in watercolor, acrylic, gouache, or casein) and the articles are longer.

Well, that's it gang. I’m looking at some fun stuff for next issue, and I do mean fun. Until then, remember, get out there and write, no one is going to do it for you.

Note: Folks Online was taken off the list, because as of this month, they're not taking any more freelance submissions.

Sable Jak is a freelance writer with a special love for radio drama and screenwriting. She writes for Absolute Write www.absolutewrite.com  and Script Magazine's ezine www.scriptmag.com, is a charter member of The Screenplayers www.screenplayers.net/screenplayersnet.html and has a mystery radio series, "A Phil Byrnes Mystery," on www.virtuallyamerican.com.  She's also an avid crafter. Sable lives in Seattle with her actor-husband and their kitties. In the language of her ancestors her name "Sable" means "sword." She feels it's an appropriate name for a writer and her mighty pen.

Screenwriting Success

Follow Your Dream: An Interview with Madeline DiMaggio
By Christina Hamlett

(Excerpted from "ScreenTEENwriters")

Former actress and published author Ms. Madeline DiMaggio is a successful author and television screenwriter whose trademark wit and imagination have been stamped on such shows as “Bob Newhart,” “Kojak,” “Three’s Company,” as well as documentaries, soaps, animation and movies of the week.  Her work as a creative consultant and story editor for Paramount Studios and NBC has given her insight on virtually every aspect of writing for the industry.  Back when she was in high school, though, her plan for her life was much different.

To read this interview, click here.