Jobs and Markets for Saturday, February 23rd

AboutFormat: Magazine covering fertility, conception, adoption.
Frequency: Quarterly

Editor’s Note: E-mail queries should be sent through online contact form.

Freelance Facts

• 50% freelance written
• Established: 2004
• Circulation: 200,000+

• Pays on acceptance.
• Publishes manuscript 4 months after acceptance.
• Byline given.
• Offers 25% kill fee.

Rights purchased:

• All rights

• Editorial lead time 6 months.
• Submit seasonal material 8 months in advance.

Accepts queries by:

• Mail
• E-mail
• Fax

• Writer’s guidelines available at website.

NonfictionNeeds:

• Book excerpts
• Essays
• Interview/Profile
• New Product
• Personal Experience

Does Not Want: “I am inundated with queries from writers who want to recount their own ‘journey to parenthood.’ I have plenty of personal stories; I need well-reported, well-written health and lifestyle pieces.”

Submission method: Query with published clips.
Length: 500–2,000 words.

Pays:

• $250-2,000
• Pays the expenses of writers on assignment.

Columns & Departments

• Columns open to freelancers: Adam + Eve (marriage/relationship), 750-1,000 words; Boxers + Briefs (men/fertility), 750 words; Family is Born (success stories), 750-1,500 words; Conceived (early pregnancy), 750-1,500 words.
• Submission method: Query with published clips
• Pays: $250–1,000 for columns.

Tips”We are the first and only consumer magazine in the pre-pregnancy (fertility and conception) category. We are not a pregnancy or parenting journal, or an infertility magazine.”