Finding the Bacon: Market Listings

Sable Jak, Editor

We've listed a few markets for fitness in the past, but in this issue we'd like to concentrate on all-around good health. I've checked with several health websites and found they no longer accept freelance work (although that could change quickly) so, as with the other "Bacon" editions, this listing contains print venues.

Of special note, however, I'd like to pass the following along. A magazine's editor informed me the magazine was withdrawing from all listings, even the Writer's Digest listing. The reason behind the decision was: too many writers did not pay attention to their guidelines and sent in queries and manuscripts that were very wrong for the publication. The editor was nice enough to send me the guidelines and I found them very precise. I was once an articles editor for an alternative romance site (ghost, sci-fi, etc.) and found people would send in just about anything, so I understand what the health magazine's editor was saying. For those of you who use this listing and other listings, please make sure your submissions comply with a publication's needs.

And now, this month's markets:

Yoga Journal
2054 University Ave., Suite 600
Berkeley, CA 94704 USA
Ph: 510-841-9200
http://www.yogajournal.com
E-Queries: "We do not accept unsolicited manuscripts by e-mail or fax." More from the online guidelines: "We encourage a well-written query letter outlining your subject and describing its appeal. Query before submitting an article, and please include a SASE."
Contact: Nora Isaacs
Email: nisaacs@yogajournal.com
Writer's guidelines online: http://www.yogajournal.com/about/aboutframe.html
Pays: From the guidelines: Payment varies, depending on length, depth of research, etc. Pays within 90 days of final acceptance. $800-$2000 for features, $400-$800 for departments, $25-$100 for Om Page and Well-Being, and $200-$250 for book reviews.
Photos: Indicate availability of photos or artwork in your query letter.
Reprints: Submit article (photocopy) with previous background and rights for sale.
Rights: FNASR. Byline given. Kill fee. Seasonal material should be submitted four months in advance.
Description: Bimonthly magazine. Covers the practice and philosophy of yoga.
Circulation: 130,000. Readers: All ages.
Needs: Particularly welcomes articles on: "Leaders, spokespersons, and visionaries in the yoga community; the practice of Hatha yoga; applications of yoga to everyday life (e.g., relationships, social issues, livelihood, etc.); Hatha yoga anatomy and kinesiology and therapeutic yoga; nutrition and diet, cooking, and natural skin and body care."
Note: From the online guidelines: "Please keep in mind our Editorial department's three E's: Articles should be enlightening, educational, and entertaining. Please avoid New Age jargon and in-house buzz-words as much as possible.

The Vibrant Life
Review and Herald Publishing Assn.
55 W. Oak Ridge Dr.
Hagerstown, MD 21740-7390 USA
Ph: 301-393-4019
Fx: 301-393-4055
http://www.vibrantlife.com
E-Queries: Yes. Also by snail mail and fax. Response time to queries is roughly one month. Send $1 for a sample copy and #10 SASE for writers' guidelines.
Contact: Larry Becker, Editor
Email: vibrantlife@rhpa.org
Writer's guidelines online: Not found.
Pays: $75-300 for features and $50-75 for short articles. Pays on acceptance. Accepts reprints; please forward a tear sheet and include information as to where and when the article was published.
Rights: FSR. FWSR. Second serial rights in the case of reprints. Byline given. 50% kill fee. Seasonal material should be submitted nine months in advance.
Description: Bimonthly health magazine from a prevention and Christian slant.
Circulation: 50,000. Readers: Baby boomers ages 35-50.
Needs: Interviews and profiles. Articles on medical breakthroughs. They would like articles that integrate a person's health, including spiritual well-being, from a practical slant.

Diabetes Interview
Kings Publishing
3715 Balboa St.
San Francisco, CA 94121 USA
Ph: 415-387-4002
Fx: 415-387-3604
http://www.diabetesinterview.com
E-Queries: Yes. Also accepts queries by snail mail, fax and phone. Sign up for a free sample magazine via the web.
Contact: Daniel Trecroci, Managing Editor
Email: daniel@diabetesinterview.com
Writer's guidelines online: None found.
Pays: $.20/word. Pays on publication. Publishes two months after acceptance. Accepts reprints.
Photos: Please provide availability or send photographs with your submissions. Payment is negotiated separately and individually for photographs.
Rights: All. Byline given. Seasonal material should be submitted two months in advance.
Description: Monthly tabloid. Covers diabetes care, advocacy, personal accounts, interviews (medical-related) with certified diabetes educators (CDEs), doctors and nurses.
Circulation: 40,000. Readers: All ages.
Needs: Essays, inspirational stories, personal experience, new products, profiles and how-to articles.
Note: Writers need not have diabetes to submit, however, all articles must be diabetes related

Cooking Light
The Magazine of Food and Fitness
Southern Progress Corp.
P.O. Box 1748
Birmingham, AL 35201-1681 USA
Ph: 205-877-6000
Fx: 205-877-6600
http://www.cookinglight.com
E-Queries: Not at this time. When sending a query include your resume and published clips. They do not accept unsolicited manuscripts. Guarantee a response by including an SASE.
Contact: Rod Davis, Executive Editor.
Email: Not given
Writer's guidelines online: None found.
Pays: $250-$2,000. Pays on acceptance, however, manuscript is published, on an average of a full year after acceptance.
Rights: Unable to unearth what rights purchased (but I'll keep trying.) Byline sometimes given. 33% kill fee. Seasonal material should be submitted one year in advance.
Description: Published 11 times a year and covers healthy cooking for healthy living.
Circulation: 1,600,000. Readers: People interested in healthy living through healthy cooking, not necessarily those on a diet. (Large percentage of women aged 30-60.)
Needs: Nonfiction, healthy recipes, exercise information, and fitness. Please know the magazine before sending queries.
Note: Online version of the magazine contains information not found in the print edition.

Healthy Kids
Primedia
249 W. 17th St.
New York, NY 10011-5300 USA
Ph: 212-462-3300
Fx: 212-367-8332
http://www.americanbaby.com/ab/CDA/featureMain/1,1310,8,00.html
E-Queries: No. Send #10 SASE for writer's guidelines.
Contact: Editorial Assistant for print magazine. For online contact: Karen Bilich, Online Editor.
Email: None given
Writer's guidelines online: Unable to find.
Pays: Nonfiction: $1,200-$1,700 for 2,000-2,500 words. Pays on acceptance.
Rights: FNASR. Byline given. 33% kill fee. Seasonal material should be submitted nine months in advance.
Description: Published bimonthly. Articles cover the raising of a healthy child, from basic care to behavior, from birth to age ten.
Circulation: 1,550,000.
Needs: Most columns open to freelancers are the "Let's Eat" column (recipes and tips for nutritious meals), Health Q&A covering timely issues, Behavior Basics (dealing with behavior). Articles on how to help your child grow and develop.
Note: Healthy Kids is produced in association with the American Academy of Pediatrics. The Academy is a nonprofit organization of over 55,000 pediatricians. All articles are reviewed by an Editorial Advisory Board to ensure accuracy. The online magazine contains articles not run in the print edition.

Arthritis Today
Arthritis Foundation
1330 W. Peachtree St.
Atlanta, GA 30309 USA
Ph: 404-872-7100
Fx: 404-872-9559
http://www.arthritis.org
E-Queries: Yes. Also via mail and fax. Query with published clips.
Contact: Michele Taylor, Assistant Editor
Email: atmail@arthritis.org
Writer's guidelines online: Not found
Pays: Articles: $150-$2,000 for 150-2,000 words. Columns and departments: $150-$300 for 100-300 words. Fillers: $80-$150 for 40-100 words. Pays on acceptance.
Photos: Negotiates one-time rights; send photos with submission.
Rights: FNASR, second serial (reprints) rights. Byline given. 25% kill fee. Seasonal material should be submitted six months in advance. Simultaneous submissions accepted.
Description: Published six times a year.
Circulation: 700,000. Readers: People affected by arthritis, whether it be a sufferer, or family and friends.
Needs: Articles that help people with arthritis live productive and more independent lives. Articles should inspire and provide information. How-to tips, new products, personal experiences, travel tips, general lifestyle and traveling with arthritis.
Note: The readers of Arthritis Today are extremely well-informed, so make sure you know your subject thoroughly.

-- SJ
©2001 Sable Jak

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.