Writer's Guidelines...
Thank you for your interest in FAMILY Magazine.
We publish regional parenting publications with
distribution throughout several metropolitan areas.
For a current list of our publications, visit our
web site at
www.thefamilymagazine.com . Our readers are
families with children, infants through age 18, and
we strive to uncover issues that are important to
their daily lives.
Most of our writers are local professionals who
share their expertise with our readers. We accept
with enthusiasm work from freelance writers. Since
we plan the editorial content for each magazine at
least 3 to 4 months in advance, we request that all
submissions arrive on disk or via email at least 3
months prior to publication. (Example: deadline for
the May issue is Feb. 1)
Our preferred feature-length story is 800-900 words,
but if you have longer articles you feel would make
an exceptional feature for our readers, we will be
happy to review them. Please email our editor with a
detailed query or brief outline concerning each
topic before sending any articles. Electronic and
disk submissions should be in Microsoft Word.
Guidelines for Articles:
- 800-900 Words
- Microsoft Word Format with NO special
formatting (i.e.: bold and italic fonts or
underlining, additional spacing and words in all
caps).
- Email articles and queries to
editor@thefamilymagazine.com
- Proof Read Your Work!
FAMILY Magazine has an extremely loyal group of
readers and advertisers. For this reason, we request
exclusive rights inside our readership areas. We do
not accept manuscripts that have been simultaneously
submitted to other publications in our local
regions. Our average payment for one-time reprint
rights is $50 for average-length feature stories
published in ANY OR ALL FAMILY Magazines. Payment
and one tear sheet will be sent following
publication. Although the article may appear in more
than one of our publications AND WILL APPEAR IN THE
ARCHIVES OF OUR WEB SITE, only one tear sheet will
be sent.
All purchases of 1 time print rights include the
right to place the article in the archive section of
our web site.
www.theFAMILYmagazine.com If you do not
want your article to appear on our web site inside
our archives, do not submit it to our magazine.
We encourage email correspondence with our editorial
department. This will ensure that articles and
queries are received, reviewed, and responded to in
a timely manor. Email correspondence also allows us
to establish a friendly communications relationship
with each contributing writer. Our editorial
department receives hundreds of submissions monthly,
so please be patient while awaiting our response.
Please direct all editorial email to:
editor@theFAMILYmagazine.com .
To request a sample copy of FAMILY Magazine, mail a
check for $4.00 (for each copy or issue) to: FAMILY
Magazine Network, Inc., 485 Spring Park Place, Suite
550, Herndon, VA 20170. If you are requesting copies
of more than one regional area, please specify which
area you are requesting. General requests will
receive a copy of our Washington, DC publication. |
