Monday Markets for September 7, 2009
September 7, 2009 by Jodee
Filed under Monday Markets
This week’s edition of Monday Markets includes a magazine for game developers and one for dog sled enthusiasts. The third one on the list is Popular Mechanics.
From the Web Site:
Game Developer magazine is by game developers, for game developers. No one in this industry can afford to develop in a vacuum. When we share our individual knowledge and experience, the whole industry benefits. Game Developer is constantly seeking out articles on cutting-edge game development techniques in the areas of graphics, AI, or network programming, audio design and engineering, art and animation, game design, quality assurance, and project management, written by those who know your challenges best: professional game developers.
Feature articles?Features are generally technical, on subjects ranging from programming, design, project management, art/animation, quality assurance, sound effects, and so on. The length of these articles is approximately 3500 words.
Postmortem ?The Postmortem column is a look at a recently finished game you just worked on. Like a real-life postmortem, you talk about the goals of the game, and explain what went right and wrong during the development and roll out of the game. The length of this column is approximately 3500 words.
Product Reviews ?Game Developer reviews game development tools on a regular basis. It does not review games. If you are interested in writing product reviews, follow this link to get more information. Important: we do not accept unsolicited product review submissions. The length of product reviews is approximately 600 (f or short reviews) to 1200 (for long reviews) words.
Also we gladly accept Letters to the Editor
Pays $150 per published page for features (approximately $600-$1,000 per article)
From the Web Site:
Mushing works with experienced freelance writers and photojournalists as well as first-time authors and photographers. These guidelines are intended to provide an idea of the kinds of submissions we are looking for as well as how our submission process works. Please feel free to contact us if you have questions or if you would like to discuss an idea for submission.
Written Articles Photographs & Artwork
We prefer detailed queries but also consider unsolicited manuscripts. Please make proposals informative yet to the point. Spell out your qualifications for handling the topic. We like to see clips of previously published material but are eager to work with new and unpublished authors, too. An affirmative response to a query proposal does not necessarily mean the resulting article will be accepted.Content
Each issue of Mushing includes a mix of information, features and columns. We consider articles on canine health and nutrition, sled dog behavior and training, musher profiles and interviews, equipment how-to’s, trail tips, expedition and race accounts, innovations, sled dog history, current issues, and humor, including cartoons. We consider personal experience articles only when the experience illustrates information that is useful to mushers and generally do not when the focus is the personal experience itself. See the Editorial Schedule for current special issue focuses. All articles should be well researched, logically organized and readable. Appropriate photo support and/or illustrations are encouraged.
Juniors
Mushing also publishes news, stories, poems, artwork and puzzles by junior contributors. See Junior Mushers Page.
Style and Length
We prefer clear, informative, straightforward writing. We generally follow Associated Press style, although we have our own style guide as well. We reserve the right to edit all submissions. Features generally run between 1,000 and 2,500 words. Longer articles are considered if well written and of particular interest. Columns and departments usually run from 500 to 1,000 words. Short news pieces run from 150 to 500 words.
From the Web Site:
We are always in the market for good freelance articles, and invite your queries. Because our magazine is divided into departments according to subject matter, you should direct editorial queries to the departmental editor in your area of interest. The editors are listed at the end of this guide.
Since we do not print fiction, please don’t submit any fiction articles. Because of the workload of our editors, queries are best handled by a short paragraph and perhaps a photo or drawing, via mail.
Before you submit a query, do a little homework. Check with the Guide To Periodic Literature and/or our own indexes to editorial features. Chances are, we’ve already published an article similar to the one you are about to propose. Don’t waste your time unless you can give us something new that we haven’t run before.
Our typical reader is male, about 37 years old, married with a couple of kids, owns his own home and several cars, makes a good salary and probably works in a technically oriented profession. Keep this in mind before proposing articles.
In any article query, you should be specific as to what makes the development new, different, better, interesting or less expensive.Submission Format?All articles must be submitted to us typewritten, double spaced on one side of the page only. All manuscripts must include a self-addressed, stamped envelope with sufficient return postage in case we do not accept your submission.
All how-to articles must be accompanied by well-lit, clear, black-and-white photos or rough artwork that we can use to produce finished art for publication. Photos should be either 5×7 or 8×10 in size, glossy finish. If we like an idea, we may also ask you to supply color photos. These should be 35mm or larger transparencies. We pay anywhere from $300 to $1000 and more for features. We pay on acceptance and purchase all rights. If we pay for your submission, we are under no legal obligation to run the piece, but will make our best effort to get it into print. Material is subject to editing for length, style and format.
