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Featured Publication: The Christian Science Monitor
Website: http://www.csmonitor.com/
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AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET PUBLISHED IN A NATIONAL DAILY NEWSPAPER
By Roberta Beach Jacobson, in Karpathos, Greece
The Christian Science Monitor is a national daily independent
newspaper, published in Boston. Approaching a national daily
newspaper to publish your articles may seem like a bold step... but
CSM has a section called Home Forum, which is perfect for someone
starting out.
The Home Forum section runs brief travel vignettes (under 800 words).
"What is a travel vignette?" you ask.
According to Home Forum editor, Judy Lowe: "These are descriptive
pieces focused on just one aspect of a particular destination -- maybe
a walk, a landmark, a building. Armchair travel, but something the
reader could also do or see should he or she want to."
So, to write a vignette you really need to narrow your focus. Don't
write about your trip to New York City -- that's too broad. Instead,
write about your visit to the Empire State Building... or a boat ride
on the Hudson... or the carousel in Central Park.
In fact, if you took even a weekend trip to a favorite city, you could
come home with a bunch of travel vignettes (each about a unique aspect
of your trip).
The Christian Science Monitor accepts work from new writers "on spec"
only. When I submit to Judy Lowe, I simply paste in my article at the
paper's website. Right away you get an automated acknowledgment. If
you haven't heard from Ms. Lowe within three weeks, you can assume she
isn't interested.
I've never submitted any travel-specific material to the paper, but I
have sold a few short personal essays there and I was paid $75 for 300
words. These first-person accounts pay according to length, up to
$160. And payment is made on publication with CSM having all rights to
your work for 90 days from publication.
CSM, will not accept a story resulting from a sponsored trip. And,
your material must be previously unpublished.
Tip: Here's something a bit unusual to keep you busy writing (and
maybe laughing) in the
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new year! They print travel-related poetry in the Home Forum too, 18
lines or less. The pay is $25 to $40. I only learned this tidbit while
researching today's column. Yet I recall that my very first sale to
this paper, many moons ago, was a short poem. And boy was I proud!
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