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BOYS' LIFE MAGAZINE - Boys' Life, Boy Scouts of America
1325 West Walnut Hill Lane, Irving,
TX USA 75015-2079.
Editors - Mr. Mike Goldman (Articles Editor)
Ms. Rachel Buchholz}{ (Special Features Editor)
Ms. Shannon Lowry}{ (Associate Editor)
General interest monthly magazine for boys 8-18. Circ: 1.3 million, est. 1911.
Buys first-time rights for original, unpublished material. PAYMENT:
Non-fiction: $400-1500, Fiction: $750 and up, Columns: $150-$400.
Columns open to freelancers: "Column headings are science, nature, earth,
health, sports, space and aviation, cars, computers, entertainment, pets,
history, music and others.
Each issue uses seven columns on average. We also have back-of-the-book
how-to features that bring $250-300. Query Rachel Buchholz, special features
editor." WORD LENGTHS: Non-fiction: 500-1400 wds
Fiction: 1000-1500 wds. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:
NON-FICTION-Subject matter is broad. We cover everything from
professional sports to American history to how to pack a canoe.
A look at a current list of the BSA's more than 100 merit badge pamphlets
gives an idea of the wide range of subjects possible. Even better, look at a
year's worth of recent issues. We are found in libraries and BSA council offices.
Query Mike Goldman, articles editor. FICTION-All stories feature a boy or boys.
We use humor, mystery, science fiction and adventure. We use one short story
per issue. Send completed manuscript (with cover letter and envelope with
adequate return postage) to Shannon Lowry, Associate Editor.
OTHER TIPS: Articles for BL must interest and entertain boys ages 8-18.
Write for a boy you know who is 12. Our readers demand crisp, punchy
writing in relatively short, straight-forward sentences. The editors demand
well-reported articles that demonstrate high standards of journalism.
We follow The New York Times manual of style and usage. We receive
approx. 100 queries and unsolicited mss and 75 fiction mss per week.
Unsolicited nonfiction mss are returned unread. Please query by mail, not by phone.
COUNTRY WOMAN MAGAZINE - Country Woman,
Reiman Publications 5400 S. 60th St.,
Greendale, WI USA 53129 Ph: (414) 423-0100.}
Ms. Kathy Poh - Managing Editor.
Bimonthly consumer magazine, 68 pp, full-color, est.1970. Magazine for
women who live in or long for
the country. It is a positive, upbeat, entertaining publication that reflects the many
interests and roles of its readers through short, photo-illustrated personality profiles
of rural women...antiques and gardening articles... nostalgic photos and reader
remembrances. Editorial lead time: 6 months. Sample copy: $2 + 9x12" envelope
with $1.93 in postage to address. Subscriptions: Freelancers may subscribe at a
special rate of $10.98/yr (regularly $17.98). FEATURES/PROFILE STORIES :
Approx 6 profile pieces/issue about ordinary country women doing interesting and
extraordinary things. Light, entertaining conversational style with plenty of direct
quotes from the featured country woman. This is her story; let her tell it. Stories
should have a strong "angle" and must be focused throughout. Must be
country-related, with the "why" behind what the woman is doing clearly explained.
Bright, top quality, color photos must accompany all profile pieces. Prefer 35
mm or 2-1/4 Kodachrome transparencies. Take good action (not posed) shots
of your featured country woman in her natural environment. While your subject
should be colorfully dressed, she should not be wearing much makeup.
Approx. 1000 wds, accompanied by a good variety of photos - give us lots to
choose from, please. $100-225. SERVICE FEATURES: must relate specifically
to country women's lives. Some "how-to" articles we've recently bought include:
how to start your own at-home business, how to market your crafts, how to sell
your work to publishers. 500-600 words. Color photos where appropriate.
$50-75. COUNTRY CRAFTS, SEWING, NEEDLEWORK: emphasizing quick,
easy and inexpensive country crafts. Prefer items that are utilitarian as well as pretty.
Include a list of all materials needed, detailed patterns, instructions, illustrations.
Actual item must be enclosed so we can check it against instructions. Also welcome
features on contemporary sewing methods, ideas for "remakes", quilting tips, practical
wardrobe planning, etc.
Good photos where appropriate. $35-75. DECORATING: features on home
improvements along with before and after photos, short tips on decorating and
exciting features on how to accomplish that "country look". Good quality color
transparencies a must. $50-125. OSTALGIA: three categories:
"I Remember When" (recollection of a past events that majority can identify with),
"I'll Never Forget" (more personal recollection describing an event unique to the
writer), and general nostalgia captured in fiction or poetry. 750-1000 wds. $50-75. INSPIRATIONAL: should reflect the positive way in which the country enhances
your own life. 750 wds. $50-75. POETRY: Must have a rural theme and upbeat.
Always looking for good, seasonal poetry. Accept only traditional styles -
with rhythm & rhyme. 4-25 lines, with some exceptions. $10-25. FICTION:
Well-written short fiction is a continuing need. Subjects should center on life in
the country, its problems and joys, as experienced by women; and contain a positive,
upbeat message. The main character M UST be a country woman. 1000 wds.
$90-125. Other notes: Reserves right to rewrite material, may hold articles several
years before purchasing, pays on acceptance.
Publishes mss approx 1-3 mos after acceptance. Query first. NOT LOOKING
FOR: Profiles pieces in recent "transplants" to the country or in upscale
"yuppie country" operations. TIPS: If querying first (and DO query on all
feature/profile pieces), include SASE. Please enclose a SASE with ALL mss and
photo submissions. For craft submissions, send ret urn postage in the form of a
check or money order.
Submissions without adequate return postage will not be returned.
CW is NOT responsible for lost material.
OTHER VOICES - Other Voices, Garneau,
P.O. Box 52059, 8210-109 St, dmonton, AB.
Karen I. Press{ (Member of Editorial Collective).
Other Voices is a semi-annual literary journal committed to the publication of good
writing. We encourage high quality submissions from any perspective, from new
and established writers, particularly women.
We are interested primarily in poetry and in fiction or non-fiction prose, but also
consider reviews, articles, artwork, and photographs. Submissions should be made
in standard format with SASE and cover letter including bio and all contact
information (including e-mail). Artwork and photographs should be camera-ready,
b&w unless intended for the cover. Deadlines are Mar. 15 and Sept. 15." "Our
typical readers are writers, literary scholars, and educated cultured types.
" Circ. 650, Established: 1988. Pays on publication, $25 + subscription.
Buys FNASR. "We ask for permission to post published writing on our website
temporarily, but we do not pay extra for it and only do it if the writer want us to.
" Encourages new/unpublished writers. "We usually only ma k e editorial
decisions immediately after the submissions deadlines of Sept. 15 and Mar. 15.
The closer to the deadline we receive your submission, the less you will have to
wait for a reply. If you just miss a deadline, you may have to wait 6 months.
Once a piece is accepted, it is published within a few months." Sample copy: $8.
Subscription: $15/yr Canada, $20 U.S., $25 overseas. Publishes mss 1-3 months
after acceptance.
Email submissions ok, no queries necessary, send complete mss.
NON-FICTION: 3500 wds .
FICTION: 3500 wds. POETRY: 50 lines.
Note: "Lengths are not firm--we are more interested in
quality than quantity." OTHER TIPS: " Please note deadlines. Always include
SASE. We do not publish genre fiction or sentimental poetry. We do not publish
racist, sexist, or homophobic material."
http://www.ualberta.ca/~kpress/OtherVoices.html
Email: kpress@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca
FUNNY TIMES - Funny Times -
PO Box 18530, Cleveland Hgts, OH USA 44118.
Publishers: Raymond Lesser, Susan Wolpert
"The nation's leading monthly humor review combining the funniest articles and
cartoons in an advertising-free format." Monthly print consumer tabloid. Circ.
52K, est. 1975. Buys 31-40 freelance articles/yr. Pays on publication,
$50/published piece. Accepts simsubs, reprints, unsolicited submissions.
Encourages new/unpublished writers. Editorial/seasonal lead time: varies, up to
6 months.
$3. 0 0 for sample issue includes handling and 1st class postage.
Available via snail mail request or through encrypted web site option. RT:
varies, max 6 months. WORD LENGTHS: non-fiction & fiction, 500-700 wds.
Published contributors receive complimentary subscription. WHAT WE'RE
LOOKING FOR: "Any kind, any subject but it must make us laugh."
http://www.funnytimes.com
Email: ft@funnytimes.com
INSIDE/OUT - 55 West Oak Ridge Drive, Hagerstown, MD 21740:
Lori Peckham, Editor.
This monthly publication uses articles and true story/fiction format of 500 to 1500
words for teens 15-19. Pay is $60 to $100 for varying rights. Does not like
simultaneous submissions.
(Most magazines do not, even if they say they will read them.)
TEEN CLUB - , 2024 S Vine, Wichita, KS 67213:
David Springs, Editor.
This quarterly is general interest, for teens 13-19. Uses articles, fiction, interviews
and cartoons. To 1500 word s. Upbeat, not fighting authority. Pays .03 word to
$100, on acceptance, for 1st NA serial rights. Inquiries or subs okay at:
david@appleseed.net.
SCITECH - 1382 Third Avenue, Suite 399, New York, NY 10021:
Kim Magliore, Editor.
Wants nonfiction on how science, math and technology are a part of the everyday
world. For jr high and high school students. Query or ask for topics of upcoming
issues. Pay varies.
E-mail: km@interport.net.

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