Monday Markets for September 14, 2009

This week’s edition of Monday Markets includes publication for doctors who are looking for new employment opportunities, an architectural magazine, and a religious journal for African-American readers.

Unique Opportunities

From the Web Site:

Unique Opportunities® is a national bimonthly magazine for physicians looking for their first or next practice opportunity. Its goal is to educate the reader about how to evaluate career opportunities, negotiate the benefits offered, and plan career moves. It also provides information on the legal and economic aspects of accepting a position.

AUDIENCE
Unique Opportunities  is distributed to 80,000 physicians who are interested in new practice opportunities or who are in their final years of residency.

TYPES OF ARTICLES
Unique Opportunities  publishes feature articles that cover the economic, business, and career-related issues of interest to physicians who would like to relocate. Feature articles range in length from 1,500 to 3,500 words.

Pays between $0.50-$.75 per word for First North American print rights.

Modernism Magazine

From the Web Site:

Modernism magazine, founded in 1998, is a quarterly dedicated to 20th-century architecture, design and decorative arts. Its readers include collectors, dealers, design professionals and others with an interest in Modernism. We seek stories about notable, but not necessarily well-known, architects, designers and decorative artists and their work. We cover architecture, interior design, furniture and graphic design, as well as all forms of decorative arts, including, but not limited to, ceramics, glass, jewelry, lighting, textiles, metalwork and tableware. We are also interested in stories that look at unusual fields of production; we have covered, for example, the design of mid-century steamships and artists’ books.

We are interested not only in the products of design, but also in the stories behind the objects: what motivated the designer, who were his/her mentors or influences, why is the work significant and how does it fit into the larger context of 20th-century design and the social context of its time.

While our coverage tends to begin in the 1920s, we also consider stories that look at earlier periods, if a case can be made for the subject’s link to later movements. We have covered the Wiener Werkstätte and early Frank Lloyd Wright, for example, because their work was clearly seminal for later modernist ideas and production. Our readers are particularly interested in the mid-century period, and we also do stories on 1960s pop and postmodern work. We do cover some contemporary design, but we always look for the subject’s relevance to the modern movement. We do not ordinarily cover fine art, but we might, if the artist influenced a design movement or did design work in addition to painting or sculpture. A good example is the sculptor Isamu Noguchi, who was also an accomplished furniture designer. Another might be a muralist who created works for public buildings.

FEATURES

We publish three or four 2,000-2,500 word feature articles per issue. These range from scholarly (though written in an accessible style) to more personal, but all articles are well-informed views of a particular area of modern design. Articles about decorative arts and furniture tend to have an emphasis on collecting; we usually include sidebars with information on the relevant collectors’ market. We also publish interviews with well-known figures in the field, and try to track down living architects and designers whenever possible to interview them about their own work. Some designers and architects whom we have interviewed are Eva Zeisel, Jerome and Evelyn Ackerman, Thornton Ladd, E. Stewart Williams and Alfred Browning Parker.

SPACES

We feature one or two interior design projects each issue, often as part of a larger story about the renovation of a notable 20th-century house. If applicable, we emphasize the occupants’ collections of furniture and decorative arts. We do not cover contemporary architecture in general, unless the owners’ collections within the house merit attention. Length ranges from 1,000 – 1,500 words.

CITY REPORT

These are travel stories for people interested in modernist design. We cover a city or small region, discussing the development of  its 20th-century architectural styles, and listing and describing notable houses and public buildings. We also list places to visit, such as period restaurants, vintage design stores and galleries, and museums. These are not typical travel stories; we do not list hotels, for example, unless they exhibit notable 20th-century design. Length ranges from 1,000 to 1,500 words.

CLOSE UP

Close Up is a close look at a specific topic such as an individual’s collection, a specific example of historic preservation, an interview with a designer or the redesign of a museum. Length ranges from 1,500 – 2,500 words.

ILLUSTRATIONS

Authors supply illustrations for their articles. Please keep in mind that our photography budget is minimal, so we rely on existing images rather than commissioning new photography. Authors must obtain all permissions for the use of photographs or other images. Permissions fees will be reimbursed only with prior approval from Modernism magazine. We accept slides, transparencies, photographic prints, as well as digital images. Digital images must conform to the following minimum specifications:

• 300 dpi and 9 x 12 inch print size.
• TIFF or JPEG format
• Images can be uploaded to our FTP site. Please contact Andrea Truppin at andrea@modernismmagazine.com for instructions.  Images can also be sent on a CD. Please do not email them.
• Include a MS Word or PDF document of color thumbnail images labeled with digital file names.
• Include a MS Word document listing the image file names with caption information and photo credits for each image.

If submitting slides, transparencies or prints, please include a list of image names along with caption information and photo credits.

Message Magazine

MESSAGE is the oldest and most widely circulated African-American religious journal addressing ethnic issues in the U.S.A. We work hard to preserve our unique role of interpreting current events through a Black Christian perspective. We are happy that you want to be a part of this powerful ministry. Here is how you can participate in writing the message.

GETTING TO KNOW MESSAGE
• Published: bimonthly, in a 32-page format by the Review and Herald Publishing Association. Sponsored by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

• Circulation: 125,000; primary readership based in the United States.

• Audience: predominantly Black, though increasingly multicultural. MESSAGE is a missionary journal tailored to the unchurched.

• Lead time: When submitting seasonal material, remember our production schedule requires us to work four to six months ahead.

• Payments: MESSAGE pays upon acceptance.

• Rights: MESSAGE purchases first North American publishing rights to all submissions. This also includes first electronic publishing rights. Each article published first in MESSAGE should carry a line attributing credit to MESSAGE magazine.

WHAT TO WRITE
• MESSAGE publishes: informational, devotional, inspirational, doctrinal, profile, interview, and self- help articles that have wide appeal to people of many backgrounds. Feature articles should never exceed 1,200 words unless otherwise specified.

• MESSAGE does not accept: sermons, outlines, poetry, reprints, or anything that is not in an article format.

• Hot topics include: biblical exposition, celebrity and humanitarian profiles with distinctive ministry perspectives, family, health, education, worship, news and current events, religious freedom, and racial reconciliation. Feel free to query us by phone or e-mail about article ideas.

• MESSAGE accepts freelance submissions for the following magazine departments:

Minding Your Business: This 600-word column addresses work-related issues such as personal development and finance, stress control, and work- place politics. Pieces should include a distinctive biblical Christian response or perspective on these issues.

HealthSpan: This 600-word column–sidebar excluded–covers a variety of health topics of interest to our audience. It is typically accompanied by a sidebar or chart.

Message Jr.: Our column for children, ages 5 to 8, is no longer than 500 words. We prefer Bible-based stories, but stories with a clear-cut moral are also accepted.

HOW TO GET PUBLISHED
Here are NINE WAYS TO WOO our editors:

• Make sure your article is biblically sound and offers a spiritual perspective and insight.

• Support your material with facts, statistics, and quotes from experts.

• Invite the reader to read your whole story by writing an interesting lead.

• Sharpen your focus. Sometimes writing a title, subtitles, and subheadings helps.

• Look for interesting, fresh, insightful twists on old topics. Say something new.

• Write about timely topics and events.

• Answer the underlying, heartfelt questions a reader may have about your topic.

• Include anecdotes or illustrations to make your writing come alive.

• Carefully follow all directions you have read in this pamphlet or those given by editors.