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Writers' News and Writing Magazine submission
guidelines |
As with all magazines, please make sure that
you have read Writers' News or Writing Magazine
and understand their editorial requirements before making a
submission to either.
It is best to make contact with a proposal in the first instance, avoiding wasted time for us and contributors on inappropriate or unwanted articles.
We do not publish poetry or fiction unless it has won one of our competitions
Language and style guidance
- Writing should be direct and clear, preferring simple
words over complicated ones (eg things start and finish,
not commence and terminate).
- Write in the active voice (Sally Smith wrote the novel)
not the passive (The novel was written by Sally Smith) and
position the subject and verb early in the sentence. Avoid
the first person wherever possible.
- Try to avoid split infinitives or prepositions at the
end of sentences unless alternative wording is clumsy or
awkward.
- Submit text in the body of an e-mail or as an attachment
in Microsoft Word, not a desktop publishing programme (Pagemaker,
QuarkXPress, Corel, Works, WordPerfect etc) and include
j-pegs or photographs with finished copy.
- Do not indent or use formatting or fonts for effect —
any design and layout is changed at production stage and
wastes your time and ours.
Payment is made on publication, based on what is used, not what is submitted.
Please e-mail
or write with your idea to Jonathan Telfer, Editor,
Writers' News, or Hilary Bowman, Editor,Writing Magazine, Fifth Floor, 31-32 Park Row, Leeds. LS1 5JD
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