A Market for Women Writers

Posted by Administrator
December 20, 2007

Here is a market that looks very promising for even beginners. Let me know if you submit something here and get accepted!

COMPLETE WOMAN

Associated Publications, Inc.
For All The Women You Are
875 N. Michigan Ave.
Suite 3434
Chicago IL 60611

Phone: (312)266-8680

Contact: Lora Wintz, executive editor.

Format: Magazine
Frequency: Bimonthly”Manuscripts should be written for today’s busy women, in a concise, clear format with useful information. Our readers want to know about the important things: sex, love, relationships, career, and self-discovery. Examples of true-life anecdotes incorporated into articles work well for our readers, who are always interested in how other women are dealing with life’s ups and downs.”

Key To This Market: “Break in with writing samples that relate to the magazine. Also, the editor reports a need for more relationship stories.”

90% freelance written

  • Established: 1980
  • Circulation: 300,000
  • Pays 45 days after acceptance.
  • Publishes manuscript 6 months after acceptance.
  • Byline given.

Rights purchased:

  • First North American serial rights
  • Second serial (reprint) rights
  • Simultaneous rights
  • Editorial lead time 6 months.
  • Submit seasonal material 5 months in advance.

Accepts queries by:

  • Mail
  • Accepts simultaneous submissions
  • Responds in 2 months to queries.
  • Responds in 2 months to manuscripts.
  • Sample copy not available.
  • Writer’s guidelines for #10 SASE.
NON-FICTION

“We want self-help articles written for today’s woman. Articles that address dating, romance, sexuality, and relationships are an integral part of our editorial mix, as well as inspirational and motivational pieces.”
Needs:

  • Book excerpts
  • Exposé (of interest to women)
  • General Interest
  • How-to (beauty/diet-related)
  • Humor
  • Inspirational
  • Interview/Profile (celebrities)
  • New Product
  • Personal Experience
  • Photo Feature
  • sex, love, relationship advice

Buys 60-100 manuscripts/year.
Submission method: Query with published clips or send complete manuscript.
Length: 800–2,000 words.

Pays:

  • $160-500
  • Sometimes pays the expenses of writers on assignment.

Reprint

  • Accepts previously published submissions.
  • Send tearsheet, photocopy or typed manuscript

Include:

  • Rights for sale
  • Information about when and where the material previously appeared

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