Simple Joy Submission Guidelines
Listed below are the guidelines and editorial needs for Simple Joy magazine. We are accepting submissions for all issues of 2010. Please study the guidelines before making your submission.
Simple Joy is a general interest magazine for women. The focus of Simple Joy is family and home. We are looking for articles that help women in their lives, with their families and in the home, articles that offer them ways to do things in an easier, frugal and practical manner. Specific guidelines include:
1. Articles are to be self improvement articles that offer readers practical advice. Advice articles shall receive priority. Articles need to be 1000 words and to the point, offering women better and simpler ways to do things, ways that reduce stress. For example, 10 Simple Ways to Plan a Family Vacation; 8 Steps to a Stress-free Thanksgiving Dinner, etc. Please study the monthly topic list found below. Priority will be given to articles that take this approach and stick to the topic. Please also bear in mind that Simple Joy is a general interest magazine for women with a focus on families. Articles should address the role of women as wives and mothers. Contributors need to consider our market and submit articles that serve that market.
2. Articles do not need to be formatted. Single spaced, Times New Roman 12pt. is perfect. Tabs must be avoided. No footers or headers. Mailing address must be in the top left hand corner of the first page as part of the page, not as a header. Send your article as an attachment to an email.
3. Multiple articles may be submitted. They must be sent in separate emails. No more than 3 articles submitted at a time.
4. We pay the honorarium upon acceptance. Granted, it may take us a week or so to get the check out but it goes out once an offer has been made and accepted. Keep this in mind before you accept our offer. Once we receive your acceptance, we expect you to honor your commitment. For this reason, although articles are accepted for one time rights (meaning you may submit it to other periodicals once it is published by us, not before), we shall no longer accept simultaneous submissions. We shall get back to you immediately with an answer to enable you to continue the submission process should we decline. Authors submitting articles simultaneously, accepting our offer, only to withdraw the article because a better offer came after shall be required to return the honorarium. In addition, we are only human. We may not wish to work with authors who choose not to follow the rules.
5. We enjoy working with new authors. Do not let a lack of experience stop you from contacting us.
6. Our goal as a publication and company is to mentor authors. If you need help, direction or advice, do not hesitate to contact us. One of the reasons we encourage beginning authors to submit to Simple Joy is to help them develop their writing ability and break any bad habits they may have early in the career. Please accept any comments or suggestions we make in this spirit. We know that it is often the small things that prevent authors from moving forward in their careers.
7. Submissions need to be sent to:
These guidelines are designed to make things easier for all of us. We wish to offer more diversity in our magazine. We wish to respond to your submissions in a quick and timely manner. We wish to enable you to continue submitting articles to other publications should we decline acceptance. We wish to help you grow as an author. We hope you wish to join us in that pursuit.
Listed below are some of the articles we seek for upcoming issues. These are suggestions to give you a starting point. We are always open to ideas for other articles as long as they are in keeping with our guidelines and monthly topic. Please remember, Simple Joy is a general interest magazine.
Winter Renewal /Relationships
Recovering from the Holidays
The Art of Journaling
Creating a Cozy Winter Retreat at Home
Winter Skin Care
Exercising to Beat Winter Blues
The Gift of Friendship
Finding Romance when You Have Young Children
Teaching Children the Art of Friendship
Inexpensive Romantic Get-aways
Cooking for Romance
March Getting Organized
Organizing Your Home
Organizing Your Schedule
Teaching Children to Be Organized without the Headaches
Organization at Work
Tips and Ideas for other Women on Being Organized
Spring Spring/Gardening
Spring Cleaning
Spring Fashion Tips
Adding Brighter Spring Colors to Your Home
Spring Recipes
Short Spring Trips for Your Family
Container Gardening
Gardening with Children
Aromatherapy Gardens
Vegetable Gardens
Creating Compost (Organic Gardening)
Recipes from the Garden
Summer Vacations/Summer
Unique Vacations
Inexpensive Vacations
Traveling with Kids
Vacation Fashions
Vacation Safety
Warm Weather Decorating
Keeping Cool
Inexpensive Summer Day Trips
Summer Parties
Cooking Outdoors
August Back to School
Simple Dinner Recipes
Nutritious School Lunch Recipes
Simplify Getting Ready for the School Day
Economical Shopping for Back to School
Pampering Yourself with the Kids in School
Autumn Autumn/Halloween/Traditions
Preparing Your House for Winter
Autumn Gardening Tips
Fashions for Autumn
Inexpensive Family Day Trips for Autumn
Decorating your Home
Halloween Party
Money Saving Costumes
Early Holiday (Christmas) Preparations
Sweaters
Holiday Thanksgiving/the Holidays
Economical and Fabulous Thanksgiving Dinner
Simple Thanksgiving Recipes
Relieving Holiday Family Stress
Cleaning Your House for the Holidays
Holiday Recipes
Advent
Shopping with Children
Decorating on a Budget
Time Saving Tips
