Monday Markets for August 17, 2009
August 17, 2009 by Jodee
Filed under Monday Markets
This week’s edition of Monday Markets includes a publication for people who work on gaming machines in casinos, as well as an astrology magazine. The third selection on today’s list is all about the beautiful state of Connecticut.
From the Web Site:
Who reads Slot Tech Magazine? Slot Tech Magazine is geared for those who are actually working on gaming machines or for the slot managers themselves. Slot Tech Magazine is for slot machine technicians of all skill levels from beginning to advanced. Slot Tech Magazine is not intended for slot machine hobbiests or for older equipment. It is intended as a repair and maintenance assistant for modern casinos and slot machine operators world-wide.
Areas of interest include:
• General Machine Troubleshooting
• Power Supply Diagnostics and Repair
• Monitor Diagnostics and Repair
• DBV Diagnostics and Repair
• Touchscreen Diagnostics and Repair
• Coin Comparitor Diagnostics and Repair
• Player Tracking Systems
• Coin Hoppers
• Conversions
• Casino Signage Diagnostics and Repair
• Networking
In short, anything casino related that requires a technician to keep it going.
Pays $0.10 per word for feature articles of 1500-2000 words.
From the Web Site:
Query letters should be one to three pages maximum (and be very specific about the proposed topic, estimated length, and charts or illustrations to be included). The article outline should include the main points you wish to cover and sample paragraphs from various parts of the article. Please provide biographical information about yourself and your work and interests. TMA does not accept more than one submission at a time, nor do we accept simultaneous submissions (sent to several journals at once). We do not usually accept articles that have appeared in the English language within the last five years. TMA occasionally reprints journal articles and book excerpts, and writers may query us about this. If your proposed article is time sensitive, you should begin the query process at least 10 months before the publication date of the magazine you’d like the article to appear in, although we can sometimes squeeze in a current events article.
Pay is negotiated on an individual article basis.
From the Web Site:
Connecticut Magazine is a general interest, service and issue-oriented magazine that covers all aspects of life in the state—arts, politics, travel, people, business, health, environment and newsworthy issues. Connecticut Magazine readers are generally affluent and well-educated. They enjoy intellectual pursuits, entertainment, dining out and recreation. They are inquisitive, active. They are concerned about the state in which they live and are looking for information and entertainment in our pages.
Unsolicited Articles: Many of the articles we publish, including restaurant reviews, interiors, politics, and gardening, are written by our regular contributing writers. Connecticut Magazine does, however, purchase unsolicited articles from free-lancers. We look for service articles, investigative pieces, personality profiles and other pieces of interest to Connecticut readers. We do not publish fiction or poetry. Writers are encouraged to read recent issues of Connecticut Magazine to get a sense of the types of articles and styles appropriate for the magazine.
Query Letters: The editors request that free-lancers query their ideas by letter and not by telephone. A query letter should contain a detailed outline of the proposed piece and a list of sources. Copies of articles previously published should be attached, if possible. Query letters are reviewed by the editors, and if the idea is accepted, the piece may be assigned.
Pay is negotiated on an individual basis.
