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LIVING writer's guidelines We want our stories and articles to be very practical and upbeat. Since we go to every home, we do not assume a Christian audience. Writers need to take this into account. Personal experience stories are welcome, but are not the only approach. Our audience? Children, teenagers, singles, married couples, right on through to retired persons. We cover the wide variety of subjects that people face in the home and workplace. (See theme list below.) While we are an evangelical Christian organization, we need to be wise in how we approach readers. We don't want to turn them off with preaching or sermonizing. We can win our readers by supplying some great reading material for the family. Features should be kept as fast moving as possible. Aim for about 1,000-1,200 words. We can use shorter features as side-bars and fillers. We use reprints as well as new material. Since we only publish four times a year, it may be 3-4 months until I get back to you. For a normal length feature we pay around $50. If you have photos that we can use we will pay an additional $10-$15 per photo used. We use color or black and white. Payment for articles and photos come after publication. We get a lot of submissions so don't take it personally if we can't use yours. God bless you as you continue to use your gifts to inspire readers. To get a better idea of the approach of LIVING, you can download a pdf of past editions from the archive to the right, or request a sample copy by mailing a self-addressed and stamped enveloped with four 24 cent stamps attached to Media For Living, 1251 Virginia Ave, Harrisonburg, VA 22802. Send finished articles to: melodiemd@msn.com. Themes for LIVING articles
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