Where to submit an article?

[p51collector]

I wrote a small article about collecting challenges here in Iraq. Does anyone have any suggestions on where I could submit it? I've sent an email to the editor of Pen World asking if they might be interested, but I doubt it.

 

Thanks!

Jim

[Phthalo]

Perhaps try PENNANT, the Pen Collectors of America magazine, and also Stylophiles.

 

http://www.pencollectors.com/

http://www.stylophilesonline.com/

[Titivillus]

Perhaps try PENNANT, the Pen Collectors of America magazine, and also Stylophiles.

 

http://www.pencollectors.com/

http://www.stylophilesonline.com/

The only place I could get an article 'printed' was on the homepage of Pentrace. Stylophiles took it under consideration but I fear that I wasn't one of their "golden writers" and never heard a reply. Ditto for Penworld don't think I got the courtsey of a reply to my emails.

 

 

Pentrace printed it and it's still there.

 

 

K

[p51collector]

submitted an inquiry email to penworld, pennant, and stylophile, but not even a response.....

[BillTheEditor]

submitted an inquiry email to penworld, pennant, and stylophile, but not even a response.....

Be patient. Editors get a lot of articles "over the transom" and it sometimes takes several weeks (or longer) to get a reply. I can't speak for the editors of the magazines you submitted to, but I'm doing good to respond in under three weeks to authors. Also, I believe that one or two of the magazines you sent your article to may be "between editors" right now.

 

And it's possible that none of them take articles over the transom (i.e., they only accept articles "by invitation"). For specialized publications, such as those concentrating on fountain pens, that wouldn't be unusual. And no, not all editors acknowledge receipt of articles or queries. If you were sitting at my desk confronting the deluge of content that sometimes comes my way, you'd understand why. One likes to eat, sleep, have time with the family, etc. (Although I do send a boilerplate "got your article/query" reply to all the hopefuls, and eventually send a "thumbs up/thumbs down" response as well.)

 

Considering where you are and the topic of your article, consider writing some different versions of it and sending those to other types of magazines. Check their Author Guidelines online first, though. Many magazine editors want you to query first (that's my policy, although about many writers just send me the whole article -- and it takes longer to get back to them when they do).

 

Good luck, and don't give up!

 

Bill the Editor

[OldGriz]

submitted an inquiry email to penworld, pennant, and stylophile, but not even a response.....

Jim,

Pennant may take a while to get back to you.. they are changing editors. But that sounds like the best place for a beginning article... They are always looking for material for the magazine... it is hard to get volunteer writers.

[OldGriz]

submitted an inquiry email to penworld, pennant, and stylophile, but not even a response.....

Be patient. Editors get a lot of articles "over the transom" and it sometimes takes several weeks (or longer) to get a reply. I can't speak for the editors of the magazines you submitted to, but I'm doing good to respond in under three weeks to authors. Also, I believe that one or two of the magazines you sent your article to may be "between editors" right now.

 

And it's possible that none of them take articles over the transom (i.e., they only accept articles "by invitation"). For specialized publications, such as those concentrating on fountain pens, that wouldn't be unusual. And no, not all editors acknowledge receipt of articles or queries. If you were sitting at my desk confronting the deluge of content that sometimes comes my way, you'd understand why. One likes to eat, sleep, have time with the family, etc. (Although I do send a boilerplate "got your article/query" reply to all the hopefuls, and eventually send a "thumbs up/thumbs down" response as well.)

 

Considering where you are and the topic of your article, consider writing some different versions of it and sending those to other types of magazines. Check their Author Guidelines online first, though. Many magazine editors want you to query first (that's my policy, although about many writers just send me the whole article -- and it takes longer to get back to them when they do).

 

Good luck, and don't give up!

 

Bill the Editor

Bill,

What type of publication do you work for...

[BillTheEditor]

What type of publication do you work for...

Learning Solutions is the weekly magazine for members of The eLearning Guild. The Guild publishes research and articles on technology, pedagogy, and learning management for our 23,000+ members worldwide. We also publish e-Books around the same general topics, but these are free for the download to anyone at http://www.elearningguild.com. I'm the publications editor, which sounds grand until I tell you that our entire staff consists of me, a contract copy editor, and a vastly overworked designer/production contractor. All of our authors are professionals working in the e-Learning field; we do not use freelance and we do not accept white papers/PR pieces written by advertising agencies, PR firms, or sales/marketing staff. It's gotta be the real deal, written by people in the trenches for other people in the trenches.

 

I have also edited and co-authored books on computing, programming, and software for McGraw-Hill and Macmillan, and have written more articles than I can remember on computer- and technology-related topics for several magazines and websites, going back to the mid-80's.

Edited January 29, 2007 by BillTheEditor

[p51collector]

Thanks for the tips Bill, I only submitted inquiries, no article submission yet. No response yet.