Monday Markets for August 10, 2009
August 11, 2009 by Jodee
Filed under Monday Markets
This week’s edition of Monday Markets has a magazine for mothers, as well a publication for homeschoolers. The third one on this week’s list is Art Jewelry magazine. I included it because the web site has wonderful step-by-step instructions for submitting a query and a flow chart with the magazine’s submission guidelines. I hope you find something interesting in this week’s selections.
From the Web Site:
Familiarize yourself with Mothering. We are more likely to publish your article if you are a Mothering reader and are familiar with the issues we discuss. Think about the subjects you know well, and those that are not over-exposed. The “Your Letters” section of the magazine is a good place to find topics of interest to our readers. Mothering is a bi-monthly publication with an international readership of more than 250,000. We regularly cover the following subject areas:
The Art of Mothering focuses on the inspirational and spiritual side of nurturing. Here is where we share ideas and philosophies that help us to be the kinds of parents we want to be.
Health explores new approaches to health care for the whole family. We welcome coverage of a wide range of topics, encouraging articles on approaches to common childhood health questions that incorporate integrative medicine.
A Child’s World contains articles that reflect the world as a child sees it. In this section, we especially like to feature activities, crafts, arts, music, and stories for children.
Pregnancy, Birth and Midwifery features all aspects of pregnancy and birth as well as actual experiences and stories of childbirth. While we regularly feature homebirth stories, we welcome stories of birth in a variety of settings. We also like to feature stories of freestanding birth centers. We like well-researched articles on the politics of childbirth and how-tos on avoiding unnecessary medical intervention. Inspirational, practical, and advocacy articles are welcome.
Breastfeeding We regularly publish articles on breastfeeding. We like stories of moms overcoming obstacles to breastfeeding, how-to articles on breastfeeding, and breastfeeding advocacy articles.
Ways of Learning features articles on innovative, multidimensional, people-centered approaches to education. This section focuses on how people learn as well as where they learn, and includes learning about traditional subjects as well as subjects usually thought of as outside the realm of education: responsibility, ethics, adventure, travel, intuition, spirituality. We want to know about new, as well as rediscovered “old,” ways of learning, with attention to schools and methods that support the full potential of the human child.
Family Living contains informative, general interest stories that share helpful hints, practical suggestions, and insights into the daily realities of parenting.
Peggy’s Kitchen is our recipes section. Recent topics include Winter Soups, a toddler cooking class, and holiday-themed recipes. Generally, an introductory block of text of about a thousand words is followed by 5-7 recipes.
Poetry We publish at least one poem in each issue. Please send us no more than three poems at a time. Poems can be submitted directly to Candace Walsh, our poetry editor, at candacew@mothering.com, as an MS Word attachment(do not send them in a zip file). Please include your name, mailing address, phone number, and email address with your submission. We generally do not print rhyming poetry.
Web Publication Our site hosts a mix of content from prior magazine issues, as well as web exclusives. Articles may be submitted via email to webarticles@mothering.com in consideration for exclusive web publication. The added venue of our website offers us the chance to publish new online content weekly. Articles submitted to the magazine may also be considered for web publication.
Queries. We encourage you to send a query if you are unsure of our interest in the topic of your article. A query is a one-page specific description and outline of your article. You can query us on more than one topic at a time.
Length: We recommend that essays run 1,500 to 2,500 words. Longer, researched articles can be up to 3,500 words.
Pays $200-$500 for one-time use 90 days after publication.
From the Web Site:
As the largest, highest-quality homeschooling magazine on the market, TOS is always looking to expand its coverage with fresh content addressing and exploring all facets of home-based education. We are interested in articles and stories that educate, inspire, and encourage our family of readers. Areas of particular interest include articles and anecdotes about vital aspects of homeschooling and family life: living in God’s strength, involving fathers, encouraging mothers, joyful parenting, creative homemaking, improving organization, raising children, and getting it all done. We also welcome academically oriented pieces such as conference information and reports, applications or methods for teaching academic subjects in the homeschool environment, state and national homeschooling trends, political affairs, and international home education news. Research pieces and professional or technical articles relating to homeschooling and education are especially welcome.
Each issue of The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine focuses on two themes, one historical and one academic, although published articles may include additional topics or themes. We appreciate queries that demonstrate an understanding of our magazine and our target audience and strongly suggest that interested writers familiarize themselves with our content, subject matter, and style. For instance, our Storytime column is geared toward both children and stay-at-home mothers and should be interesting and informative to both audiences. Storytime articles are generally original works of fiction with a junior or adult focus. Storytime tales specifically written for children should contain a maximum of 900—1,000 words, preferably accompanied by original color art or graphics. Storytime pieces for moms should have “goose bumps appeal” and a maximum of 2,000 words.
Articles exploring the history, current status, and character of the homeschool movement always get our attention, as do works offering insight into higher education, such as interviews with university representatives and homeschool graduates or pieces that offer new ways to approach colleges and gain college credits while finishing high school. We also consider academic unit studies on appropriate educational topics. Unit studies normally contain 2,000—2,500 words plus sidebars and graphics.
Please query us with a well-structured article proposal that includes a catchy lead, a summary of the article (including approximate length and sidebar ideas,) and appropriate details.
From the Web Site:
Art Jewelry publishes articles of interest to those who love to design, construct, and collect jewelry that makes a statement.
Our featured artists work primarily with wire, metal, metal clay, and complementary materials. We offer step-by-step instructions for a range of projects compiled to appeal to various skill levels. As a workshop-centered publication, we emphasize safety and take an accessible, friendly approach to introducing techniques.
We also provide news about shows, events, workshops, classes, gallery exhibits, and other activities of interest to makers and collectors of art jewelry.
Just want to say that I published a piece with Mothering last November and have yet to be paid…buyer beware.