Dear Reader,
Yankee Magazine is a regional publication covering six states in New England. If you live in this area, it’s a great place to break into travel writing and photography without leaving home. Scroll down to learn more.
Note: Starting locally is always a good idea whether you live in New England or elsewhere.
If you know about a cute corner café... a quirky bookstore... a list of unusual museums... or other lesser-known attractions in your area, write them up for a local pub like Yankee Magazine and get published.
I’m adding details about breaking into local magazines with your photos to our new (almost-finished) guide, the Quick and Dirty Guide to Magazine Photography, now. I’ll tell you more about it later this week.
-- Bonnie
Bonnie Caton
AWAI Travel Division
P.S. If you didn’t get a chance to check out our Quick and Dirty Guide to Stock Photography... or its complement, the Lazy Man’s Guide to Stock Photography, you’ll find them both in our Holiday Sale catalog for 20% off until December 31.
December 10, 2009
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Featured Publication: Yankee Magazine
Website: http://www.yankeemagazine.com/
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Yankee Magazine: New England's Regional Go-To Pub
By Bonnie Caton in Portland, OR
“We want to discover new writers. It's why we come into the office every day: to put out a magazine that excites us. The competition is stiff; the bar for what we publish is high. But I have so many stories over the years about unpublished writers breaking in that I know it can happen for you.” -- Yankee Magazine editor Mel Allen
Yankee Magazine -- a print and online publication -- publishes stories, photos, and videos for its residential New England readership. Stories cover the six New England states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
New Englanders depend on Yankee for tips on the region’s best restaurants, where to spot fall foliage, places to stay on a road trip through the North East, as well as stories about events and people in the New England community.
Yankee accepts freelance articles in its Home, Travel, Food, and Non-Fiction Editorial sections. All of those sections look approachable for new freelancers, though you might consider starting with the travel section, where current story titles include:
Newport, RI: 30 Days of Christmas
Month-long tradition of giving and goodwill, by Annie Graves
Holyoke, MA: Dead Frog Circus
Wistariahurst Museum's creepy curiosity, by Justin Shatwell
Best 5: Eco Shops
Green goods for home and on the go, by Christie Matheson
Yankee Magazine Editor Mel Allen is happy to work with newbie writers (as you can see in his quote, above) and even wrote an article with five tips for breaking into his magazine.
As always, before sitting down to write your story, give the magazine a read to make sure that your idea fits with the content and that you’re not writing about something that’s already been covered. You can read stories from all of the magazine’s sections here.
Also, before sending in a story or photos for publication, be sure to read through the writer’s guidelines, here: www.yankeemagazine.com/contact/contactus/guidelines
Send your story query or manuscript (with a cover letter) to Associate Editor Justin Shatwell. It isn’t clear how much the magazine pays per article, but -- on the upside -- articles are paid on acceptance, so you don’t have to wait for your piece to be published to get a check.
Yankee also buys photos and gives assignments to “experienced professionals.” However, the guidelines don’t ask for examples of published work... just samples from your portfolio. This is where having a photo website, or some place where you can link to your shots, really comes in handy.
[Ed. Note: For more on setting yourself up with photo assignments and getting editors to send you their photo needs, see this article in our archives from professional photographer Efrain Padro.
You can also get your own professional online photo portfolio at MyGalleryPlace.com by joining the International Travel Writer’s and Photographers Alliance (ITWPA) at a discount during our Holiday Sale.
Or, see our whole Holiday Sale catalog for 20% to 50% off and free shipping until December 31.]
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