Evolving Magazine

2015 Writer's Guidelines

 

Thank you for your interest in writing for Evolving… A Guide for Conscious Living. Started in March, 2009, Evolving Magazine is Kansas City’s premiere resource for holistic health, spirituality, quantum science and enlightenment.

 

Although most of the columns in Evolving are staff-written, feature articles are all written by freelance writers.

 

General Guidelines

Query several months in advance. We regularly schedule articles 3-6 months in advance. Look over the guidelines and the upcoming themes, and then query the publisher with your suggestion. If it is a good fit, she will assign the article for a particular month. The article is then due on the 5th of the month before it prints. Please stick to the suggested word count because articles will be edited to fit. All articles are subject to editing for content, style and structure. We use AP style with a few modifications.

 

If you would like them included, submit a photo for the contributor page and a bio for the end of the article along with your submission on the 5th. There is only space for a short bio, a couple sentences at most (no more than 50 words max). Send all queries to jill@evolvingmagazine.com. 

 

Basic Style Tips

 

• Every feature article should have ample usage of anecdotes, quotes, subheadings and ideally, sidebars.

• All submissions should be in Georgia, 9 pt type.

• No spacing before or after an em dash (e.g. when separating two thoughts—use an em dash).

• Only use one space after a sentence.

• Single space with a break between paragraphs (no indents).

• Use full name in first reference of quote then he/she or first name only in future reference (e.g. Marty Smith says… he says…).

• Use present tense in quotes (he says vs. he said).

• Italicize titles of books or journals.

• Please include a headline for all stories. As with story copy, headlines are subject to revision by the editor. Do not use all caps for headlines.

• Do not use ALL CAPS at any place during the article for emphasis. Do not bold items for emphasis. For layout purposes, italics, bold text and caps will all be removed.

• Numbers 1-9 are spelled out. Do not spell numbers 10 and above, unless it is used to begin a sentence.

• Do not use “o’clock” or :00 when reporting times. Time should be handled in this manner: The yoga class starts at 6 p.m. Please indicate morning or afternoon by using lower case a.m. or p.m.

• When using a comma in a list or for three or more items, use the serial comma. For example, "Andrade's book on spirituality covers health, harmony, wisdom, and grace." Not "Andrade's book on spirituality covers health, harmony, wisdom and grace."

• Again, leave only one space after periods.

 

Pay Rates & Rights: Evolving pays with contributor copies at this time. We ask for one-time rights.