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Finding the Bacon Dear fellow writers, SKY & TELESCOPE E-queries: No. Mail a query letter. Writers' guidelines online: Pays: $0.25 to $0.67 per word. Rights: First Rights Description: Sky & Telescope entices readers to become dedicated night-sky explorers and advocates for this exciting science. Circulation: 120.000 Notes: The readers are 94% are male, 6% female and their average age is 48
years. This magazine does not publish an editorial calendar. GO BOATING E-queries: No, mail a query letter. Contact: Duncan McIntosh Jr. Writers' guidelines online: No Pays: $0.15 to $0.30 per word Rights: First North American Rights Description: Go Boating is published for sterndrive and outboard boat owners and enthusiasts (the under 30 ft boat market). Circulation: 100,000 Notes: The readers' average age is 51 years and their average household income is $108,000. This magazine does not publish an editorial calendar. ************************************************ E-queries: Mail or e-mail a query letter Contact: Amy Hooper Email: jkikuchi@fancypubs.com Writers' guidelines online: No Pays: $0.13 to $0.20 per word Photos: $50-$75 Rights: All Rights Description: Hawaii Magazine covers travel and entertainment in Hawaii. Circulation: 82,000 Notes: The readers are 39% male, 61% female and their average age is 52
years. This magazine does publish an editorial calendar. WILDLIFE CONSERVATION E-queries: No, mail a query letter. Contact: Nancy Simmons Writers' guidelines online: No Pays: $0.75 to $1.00 per word Rights: First North American Serial Rights Description: Wildlife Conservation serves the conservation, environment,
nature and zoology market. Notes: Unless they are investigative reports, articles should be
"popular" natural history. Normally our articles are about 1,500
words in length. This magazine does publish and editorial calendar. TURKEY & TURKEY HUNTING E-queries: No. Mail a query letter. Contact: Jim Schlender Pays: $0.10 to $0.15 per word Photos: $25-$300 per photo depending on placement and size Rights: First North American Serial Rights Description: This magazine covers turkey hunting. Circulation: 46,000 Notes: This magazine does not provide writer's guidelines but the editor
writes: "Feature articles dealing with biology or behavior should be
documented by scientific research (the author's or that of others) instead of
personal observations. Manuscripts should be 1) Typewritten on white paper
with generous margins top, bottom and sides. 2) Length for features: 2,000
to 3,000 words; "Shorts" --- 200 to 1,000 words. 3) Query letter
giving brief description of subject being considered by the author are preferred
to blind manuscript submissions. 4) Photos and/or artwork are appreciated
with articles, but not mandatory." Air Mail Markets Hello again and welcome to the latest issue of Air Mail Markets! Quite a diverse listing this week; Verbatim: The Language Quarterly is geared toward the linguist in all of us. If you’ve a knack for words (and I know you’re all writers, so I’m hoping you do!), Verbatim is the market for you. For activist-writers, Capital Xtra is a leading monthly published in Canada’s capital region by and for the gay and lesbian community. And lastly, there’s Scoop – a tough market to get into, but if you’re a great writer, you could be writing one of the few freelance articles this Australian market publishes each month. By the way, Erin McKean, the editor of Verbatim: The Language Quarterly, stressed that professional writers put their last name on every page of a manuscript, with complete contact information on the first page. I imagine she’d probably not the only editor to look at piles of submissions and wonder who sent what, so I’m passing this advice on, hoping it will increase your chances of getting published! Bonne chance! ************************ Verbatim: The Language Quarterly Or 4907 N. Washtenaw Ave. Tel: 1-800-897-3006 Editor: Erin McKean E-mail: editor@varbatimmag.com Snapshot: A quarterly magazine of language and linguistics for the layperson, Verbatim features articles and essays about the interesting, funny and fabulous things of the English language. For example, a recent issue featured a linguistic commentary on the names found in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series of books. Writers’ Guidelines Online: Yes, at http://www.verbatimmag.com/writers.html E-Queries: Prefers. Queries should be sent in the body of the email; submissions should be sent as attachments. Cover letters should also be included in the body of the email, not the attachment. Payment: US$25-500 upon publication, “depending on length, wit and other merit.” Rights: All rights; reprint rights can only be obtained through Verbatim. Payment for reprints up to US$50 is remitted in full to the author; amounts over US$50 are remitted to the author less 20%. Notes: Helpful tips from editor Erin McKean: Sending queries is better than completed manuscripts; response time is three months or longer; fact-based items are more in demand right now than personal essays; when sending manuscripts, the author’s last name should be on every page, with full address and contact information on the first page. ************************ Capital Xtra Magazine Website: http://www.capitalxtra.on.ca/ Tel: 613.237.7133, x.22 Editor: Brian Gallant E-mail: brian.gallant@capital.xtra.ca Snapshot: Since 1993, Capital Xtra has been a monthly magazine spotlighting the news, arts, culture and entertainment stories of interest to the gay and lesbian communities in NCR, Ontario and Montreal. According to the writers’ guidelines, “We commit ourselves to entice and to incite, to challenge and to lead. Circulation: 20,000 Writers’ Guidelines Online: No. Contact editor Brian Gallant; they are available upon request. E-Queries Accepted: Yes Payment: Base payment of $0.10 (US$0.06) per word; in addition, Capital Xtra will reimburse for expenses (i.e. telephone calls) if arranged with editor in advance. Payment is available one week after publication. Kill fee of 50%. Rights: First time rights, including the right to post and archive item in online version of Capital Xtra. The magazine’s two sister publications reserve the right to reprint items at a rate of $0.4 (US$0.02) per word. ************************ Scoop Magazine Website: http://www.scoop.com.au/ Tel: (08) 9388 8188 Editors: Dan Stinton E-mail: editorial@scoop.com.au Snapshot: Scoop is “the Essential Western Australia Lifestyle Magazine”; geared toward affluent 28-54 year olds living in or visiting western Australia, Scoop offers the latest and greatest on food, wine, travel, fashion, art and living. Circulation: over 20,000 copies produced per month Writers’ Guidelines Online: No E-Queries Accepted: Yes Payment: Varies Rights: First Australian serial Notes: Says Scoop editor Dan Stinton, “Unfortunately Scoop rarely accepts unsolicited material from freelance writers… Having said that, I am happy to accept e-mails from people inquiring about work, and have a large file of CVs and published articles from potential future writers, although there is rarely more than one or two each issue.” Amy Brozio-Andrews is a freelance writer living in New York; she writes on a variety of topics for print and online publications, and is hard at work on her first novel. Please feel free to check out her website at www.penpadandpixel.com, and e-mail her at amy@penpadandpixel.com. Your Book Stinks, Or Dealing With Bad
Reviews The
Author of BEYOND THE BOOKSTORE
Reveals How to Make the Best of a BAD Review Well, it finally happened. After three or four cushy reviews by freelancing friends and chummy editors, I got my first bad review. Okay, so it wasn’t bad. After all, at the end, the reviewer did give the book 4 out of 5 stars and said, I quote, “for the price, this book of tips can’t be beat!” Still, it left me feeling like the redheaded stepchild sitting on the bench at a junior high dance. |
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