Girlfriend 2 Girlfriend Submission Guidelines
Listed below are the guidelines and editorial needs
for Girlfriend 2 Girlfriend magazine. Please study the current issue of the
magazine as well as the guidelines before making your submission.
1. Articles are to be self improvement articles that offer readers practical advice. Advice articles shall receive priority. Articles need to be 1000 words and to the point offering women better and simpler ways to do things, ways that reduce stress. For example, 10 Simple Ways to Plan a Family Vacation; 8 Steps to a Stress-free Thanksgiving Dinner, etc. Please study the monthly topic list found on the “Guidelines” page of each issue. Priority will be given to articles that take this approach and stick to the topic. Please also bear in mind that Girlfriend 2 Girlfriend is a general interest magazine for women. Contributors need to consider our market and submit articles that serve that market.
2. Articles do not need to be formatted. Single spaced, Times New Roman 12pt. is perfect. Tabs must be avoided. No footers or headers. Mailing address must be in the top left hand corner of the first page as part of the page, not as a header. Send your article as an attachment to an email.
3. Multiple articles may be submitted. They must be sent in separate emails. No more than 3 articles submitted at a time.
4. We pay the honorarium upon acceptance. Granted, it may take us a week or so to get the check out but it goes out once an offer has been made and accepted. Keep this in mind before you accept our offer. Once we receive your acceptance, we expect you to honor your commitment. For this reason, although articles are accepted for one time rights (meaning you may submit it to other periodicals once it is published by us, not before), we shall no longer accept simultaneous submissions. We shall get back to you immediately with an answer to enable you to continue the submission process should we decline. Authors submitting articles simultaneously, accepting our offer, only to withdraw the article because a better offer came after shall be required to return the honorarium. In addition, we are only human. We may not wish to work with authors who choose not to follow the rules.
5. We are looking for new contributors. With the changeover in the magazine, we are expanding our size. We need articles to enable us to offer the best publication possible to our readers. We also feel the changeover gives opportunity to contributors who might not have felt Simple Joy was the right niche for them.
6. Our goal as a publication and company is to mentor authors. If you need help, direction or advice, do not hesitate to contact us. One of the reasons we encourage beginning authors to submit to Girlfriend 2 Girlfriend is to help them develop their writing ability and break any bad habits they may have early in the career. Please accept any comments or suggestions we make in this spirit. We know that it is often the small things that prevent authors from moving forward in their careers.
7. Submissions need to be sent to:
Questions from contributors should be sent to:
This policy is designed to make things easier
for all of us. We wish to offer more diversity in our magazine. We wish to
respond to your submissions in a quick and timely manner. We wish to enable you
to continue submitting articles to other publications should we decline
acceptance. We wish to help you grow as an author. We hope you wish to join us
in that pursuit.
Jean Ann Duckworth
CEO Extreme Diva Media, Inc.
Listed below are some of the articles we seek for
upcoming issues. These are suggestions to give you a starting point. We are
always open to ideas for other articles as long as they are in keeping with our
guidelines and monthly topic. Please remember, Girlfriend 2 Girlfriend is a
general interest magazine for women.
January/February
Winter
Recovering from the Holidays
The Art of Journaling
Creating a Cozy Winter Retreat at Home
Winter Skin Care
Exercising to Beat Winter Blues
The Gift of Friendship
Finding Romance when You Have Young Children
Teaching Children the Art of Friendship
Inexpensive Romantic Get-aways
Cooking for Romance
March Getting
Organized
Organizing Your Home
Organizing Your Schedule
Teaching Children to Be Organized without the Headaches
Organization at Work
Tips and Ideas for other Women on Being Organized
April/May
Spring/Gardening
Spring Cleaning
Spring Fashion Tips
Adding Brighter Spring Colors to Your Home
Spring Recipes
Short Spring Trips for Your Family
Container Gardening
Gardening with Children
Aromatherapy Gardens
Vegetable Gardens
Creating Compost (Organic Gardening)
Recipes from the Garden
June/July
Summer &Vacations
Unique Vacations
Inexpensive Vacations
Traveling with Kids
Vacation Fashions
Vacation Safety
Warm Weather Decorating
Keeping Cool
Inexpensive Summer Day Trips
Summer Parties
Cooking Outdoors
August
Back to School
Simple Dinner Recipes
Nutritious School Lunch Recipes
Simplify Getting Ready for the School Day
Economical Shopping for Back to School
Pampering Yourself with the Kids in School
September/October
Autumn/Halloween
Preparing Your House for Winter
Autumn Gardening Tips
Fashions for Autumn
Inexpensive Family Day Trips for Autumn
Decorating your Home
Halloween Party
Money Saving Costumes
Early Holiday (Christmas) Preparations
Sweaters
November/December
The Holidays
Economical and Fabulous Thanksgiving Dinner
Simple Thanksgiving Recipes
Relieving Holiday Family Stress
Cleaning Your House for the Holidays
Holiday Recipes
Advent
Shopping with Children
Decorating on a Budget
Time Saving Tips