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Buddhist Magazines

Shambhala Sun
Writers Guidelines

The Shambhala Sun is the magazine about waking up. It celebrates the spirit of wakefulness wherever it appears - in the arts, relationships, politics, livelihood, popular culture, and all the challenges of modern life.

Inspired by the wisdom and compassion of Buddhist practice, the ShambhalaSunjan06 Sun is devoted to the principle that true human wisdom is not the property of any one religion or culture. Beyond distinctions of secular and sacred, the Shambhala Sun is the place where ancient wisdom shares the stage with some of today's finest teachers and writers.

The Shambhala Sun has the courage to acknowledge the hard truths - and still declare that life is joyous and workable. It's a view that's both hopeful and realistic - so rare in this cynical world - combined with proven, practical ways to work with our lives in a positive way. From bell hooks and Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen to Ken Wilber and the Dalai Lama, great spiritual teachers and today's best writers and thinkers offer Shambhala Sun readers penetrating insight and practical advice on all the challenges of modern
life.


Tricycle: The Buddhist Review

Writers Guidelines

The largest Buddhist publication in America, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review is an independent quarterly magazine. Unaffiliated with any one Buddhist school or sect, Tricycle is a wide-open forum for exploring contemporary and historic Buddhist activity and its impact on mainstream culture.

Tricycle prefers to receive a one-page query outlining your idea, accompanied by any relevant information about yourself, your Buddhist and writing background, your familiarity with the subject of your proposal, and so on. If you have clips or writing samples, please send these along with your proposal.

Catholic Magazines

America
Writers Guidelines

America_1Founded by Jesuits, in 1909, America is the weekly Catholic magazine of news, opinion, book reviews and articles for the thinking Catholic and those who want to know what the Catholic people are thinking. They publish a wide variety of material on religion, politics, economics, ecology, and more. While they're not a parochial publication, almost all pieces make some moral or religious point. They need articles on theology, spirituality, current political, social issues.


Canticle
Writers Guidelines

Canticle Magazine, a quarterly publication of Women of Grace®, is the only journal dedicated solely to the woman’s vocation within the Church. Understanding that the feminine vocation is to be found most fully in the image of Holy Mother Church herself, Canticle endeavors to combine the supernatural realities of living in an incarnational world with practical and accessible material that recognizes the challenges of our generation.

All writers must be solid and mature in an authentic Catholic faith, and write in a tone that is positive and respectful, recognizing that the Holy Spirit guides the Church and provides numerous legitimate charisms to help her members grow in holiness.


Commonweal
Writers Guidelines

Commonweal is an independent journal of opinion edited & managed by lay Catholics. You won't find any soccer scores, recipes, or crosswords in Commonweal, but lots of politics: e.g., the tobacco wars, welfare reform, budget-balancing, Israel & Palestine, China & Tibet, crises in Rwanda, Ecuador, Bosnia, Northern Ireland, Hong Kong.... And plenty of ethics-talk: gay marriage, death penalty, euthanasia, abortion. Plus a miscellany: women’s ordination, science & religion, the high cost of college, Social Security, who exactly was/is Jesus?

Is Commonweal liberal? Conservative? Depends on the issue & the writer. From its founding in 1924(!), the journal has held that America has much to learn from Catholicism, and vice versa—a core belief that has survived severe testing in disputes over the Spanish Civil War, civil rights, Vietnam, Humanae vitae....

Historian Rodger Van Allen describes Commonweal as "perhaps the most significant lay enterprise and achievement in the history of American Catholicism."


Envoy
Writers Guidelines

Envoy magazine is the award winning bi-monthly journal of Catholic apologetics and evangelization, edited by Patrick MadridEnvoy (Surprised by Truth, Pope Fiction, Any Friend of God is a Friend of Mine). Envoy magazine presents the truths of the Catholic Faith in a fresh, contemporary style, featuring today's top Catholic writers, full-color graphics, and an upbeat, innovative format. The Holy Father's call for a "New Evangelization" requires that the Catholic laity be not only knowledgeable about the Faith, but also prepared to explain it intelligently, defend it charitably, and share it effectively.  Envoy is an instrument at the service of the local and universal Church to accomplish this task. Pays for "all rights."


St. Anthony Messenger 
Writers Guidelines:
Articles
Fiction
Poetry

St. Anthony Messenger is a general-interest, family-oriented Catholic magazine. It's written and edited largely for people living in families or the family-like situations of Church and community. It aims to help its readers better understand the teachings of the gospel and Catholic Church, and how they apply to life and the full range of problems confronting us as members of families, the Church and society.

Christian Magazines

Alive Now
Writers Guidelines

Alive Now is a Christian bi-monthly devotional magazine that seeks to nourish those who are hungry for a sacred way of living in the world. Their theme-based issues celebrate the Christian year, reflect on contemporary issues from a faith perspective, and nurture an embodied spirituality for individuals and groups.


Angelica

Angelica is a quarterly journal of contemporary Christian art and fiction (suspense/thrillers). They are looking for stories (2,000 to 4,200 words) that have strong Christian elements in them, such as an intense salvation experience; a recommitment to Christ resulting from a life that had veered away from Christ; an indication that the character(s) have faith in God, even if it's wavering, with the story showing somewhere that God is, in fact, faithful. Angels, demons, supernatural, good vs. evil, end times etc., are desirable content along with any other type of good Christian fiction that is selling on the market right now.

Angelica also publishes poetry, but are very selective. They’re not interested in poetry about nature, but prefer intense pieces on faith, grace, salvation, forgiveness, etc.


Charisma & Christian Life
Writers Guidelines


CharismaCharisma & Christian Life describes itself as "The Magazine About Spirit-led Living." Each month more than 600,000 readers turn to the magazine for inspiration, information and instruction. More than half their readers are Christians who belong to Pentecostal or independent charismatic churches, and numerous others participate in the charismatic renewal in mainline denominations.


Christian Century
Writers Guidelines


The Christian Century magazine seeks manuscripts that articulate the public meaning of faith, bringing the resources of religious tradition to bear on such topics as poverty, human rights, economic justice, international relations, national priorities and popular culture. They are also interested in articles that examine or critique the theology and ethos of individual religious communities. They welcome articles that find fresh meaning in old traditions and which adapt or apply religious traditions to new circumstances.


Discipleship Journal
Writers Guidelines


DjDiscipleship Journal strives to help believers develop a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ, and to provide practical help in understanding the Scriptures and applying them to daily life and ministry. Most of the articles they publish fall into one of three categories: Teaching on a Scripture passage, such as a study of an Old Testament character or a short section of an epistle, explaining the meaning and showing how to apply it to daily life. Teaching on a topic, such as what Scripture says about forgiveness or materialism. How-to, such as tips on deepening your devotional life or witnessing in the workplace.


Episcopal Life
No Online Writer's Guidelines
(Contact Page has Editor's email address)

Episcopal Life is an independently edited, officially sponsored monthly newspaper of the Episcopal Church, offering news of regional, national and international events, feature articles on Christian ministry, personal profiles, columns on theological opinion and reflection, a forum for dialogue, book and film reviews and a monthly column by the presiding bishop


Faith Today
Writers Guidelines


Once a newsmagazine intended to inform Canadian evangelicals on thoughts, trends, issues and events, Faith Today has become a general interest publication for Christians in Canada. While still providing national news and comment, Faith Today now includes more feature articles that seek to inspire and equip lay leaders and ministry staff. As well, it provides profiles of individuals and ministries that have overcome challenges through God’s intervention.


The Godly Business Woman     
Writers Guidelines          

GbwThe goal of The Godly Business Woman is to educate, inspire and encourage women to be all they can be through Jesus Christ. The magazine strives to be a resource on which women can depend and which sheds light on God's view of the responsibilities women have been given. Believing that all women are business women, the magazine offers quality reading that allows women to grow and be informed as wives, mothers, singles, grandmothers and businesswomen.


Horizons: The Magazine For Presbyterian Women
Writers Guidelines


Horizons magazine provides information, inspiration and education from the perspectives of women who are committed to Christ, the church and faithful discipleship.  Horizons brings current issues dealing with family life, the mission of the church and the challenges of culture and society to its readers. Interviews, feature articles, editorials, regular columnists and letters from their readers offer help and insight for up-to-date, day-to-day concerns of the church and individual Christians.


The Lutheran
Writers Guidelines


The Lutheran is the magazine of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The magazine strives to nurture an awareness of Christ’s presence in our lives and in the world, share stories of God’s people living their faith, provide an open forum for discussion, connect the global Christian community, and challenge its readers to bring God’s grace and care to all.


The Plain Truth
Writers Guidelines


The Plain Truth is bold and uncompromising, a refreshing and welcome voice in the midst of tired, "same old, same old" Christian journalism. The Plain Truth challenges religious legalism that masquerades as authentic Christianity, calling attention to issues that divert attention from Christ toward human effort, accomplishment and performance. It doesn’t compromise with the gospel of Jesus Christ, while challenging unbiblical religious practices and ideas that have given and continue to give God a bad name.

The goal of The Plain Truth is to inform, inspire and encourage. Their biblically based insight is fresh and relevant, offering hope in a world of shattered lives, corrupted values and meaningless existence. They stand for the renewal of faith and values, seeking to reach those who have given up on Christianity and God.


Pray!Pray_1
Writers Guidelines


The mission of Pray! magazine is to challenge and equip believers to pray more diligently and effectively, to encourage believers to step out of their comfort zones in regard to prayer, and to inform believers of the scope of the prayer movement and its organizations. Pray! strives to help readers:

  • Develop a deeper intimacy with God through an improved prayer life.
  • Come to a more complete understanding of the theology of prayer.
  • Raise their awareness level of the worldwide movement of prayer in the church.
  • Develop stronger prayer ministries within their own churches.
  • Be encouraged to pray for world evangelization, revival of the church, and personal revival.
  • Learn new ways to pray and thereby enhance their prayer lives.


Pray Kids!

Writer Guidelines

The mission of PrayKids! is to teach, encourage, and equip children (ages 8-12) as they develop a deepening relationship with Christ through prayer, so that they might become more effective prayer warriors.


Sojourners
Writers Guidelines

Sojourners magazine is part of a Christian ministry whose mission is to proclaim and practice the biblical call to integrate spiritual renewal and social justice. Although most of the articles that appear in Sojourners have been requested from particular writers, they do occasionally publish unsolicited manuscripts. They're interested in feature articles that treat biblical, social, political, economic, theological, community, or church themes (to mention a few) from a progressive Christian perspective. Where it is reasonable to do so, pieces should explicitly state their grounding in Christian faith. They encourage writers who are describing social or other problems to consider suggesting creative solutions to those problems.


Today’s Christian Woman

Writers Guidelines


Today’s Christian Woman is a practical magazine geared for women in their 20s, 30s, and 40s. It seeks to help women deal with the contemporary issues and hot topics that impact their lives, as well as provide depth, balance, and a biblical perspective to the relationships they grapple with daily in the following arenas: family, friendship, faith, marriage, single life, self, work, finances, and health.


Weavings
Writers Guidelines


Weavings journal provides a forum in which life in the world and the spiritual resources of the Christian heritage encounter and illuminate one another. Founded in 1986, the journal is for all thoughtful seekers who wish to explore the many ways God's life and human lives are being woven together in the world.


Women of Spirit
Writers Guidelines

Women of Spirit is a magazine ministry established by Seventh-day Adventist women to encourage each other and to share with their friends. First introduced in 1995, it's Wos_1mission is to be a friend and mentor, to stimulate spiritual vitality, to nurture emotional growth, to foster balanced, healthy living, and to encourage a dynamic Christian witness in the home and community.

Women of Spirit seeks writers from a diversity of ethnic and cultural backgrounds who think creatively and seek God deeply. Though primarily targeting Seventh-day Adventist women, this magazine appeals to women of other faiths and therefore avoids using language and experiences not easily understood outside the Adventist arena. Women of Spirit aims to build a joyful sense of community among women and to affirm their place of service in the body of Christ.

Hindu Magazines

Hinduism Today
Writers Guidelines

Hinduism Today is an 86-page international quarterly magazine (published in North America) written for educated, English-speaking Hindus, the general public interested in Hinduism, and to inform the scholastic community dedicated to Hindu-related studies. Now in its 26th year of publication, the magazine is considered "the voice of Hinduism." Stories in Hinduism Today cover timely events, profiles, interviews, trend analysis, social issues, lifestyle pieces, cultural explorations, travel-log, and special feature reporting.

British Society of Authors Writing Awards

The Betty Trask Prize and Awards 2008

For First Novels by Commonwealth authors under the age of 35

Submission Deadline: 31 January 2008
Submission to Include: Published (UK 2007/2008) or unpublished novel
Entry Fee: None
Awards: Prize money totaling £25,000

The Society of Authors is a non-profit organization, founded in 1884, "to protect the rights and further the interests of authors." The first president was Lord Tennyson, and a great many prominent writers, including Shaw, Galsworthy, Hardy, Wells, Barrie, Masefield, Forster, A. P. Herbert, and countless contemporary writers, have assisted in its activities and campaigns. The current Chairman is Helen Dunmore and the Society’s President is P. D. James.

The Society now has over 8,000 members.

Society of Authors
Writing Awards

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Contests

Entering a writing contest brings with it many benefits:

  • A contest's subject and length requirements give your writing a focus.
  • It gives you a deadline to work to.
  • It helps you produce a finished article, short story, or poem that you can then submit to other markets (read the contest rules carefully for any submission restrictions).
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Conferences

Whether a writing conference addresses spiritual writing or publishing in general, attending a writing conference will help you:

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