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Guideposts
Editorial Guidelines
Guideposts®
magazine is a monthly inspirational, interfaith, nonprofit publication
written by people from all walks of life. Its articles present tested
methods for developing courage, strength and positive attitudes through
faith in God. Our writers express viewpoints from a variety of Protestant,
Catholic and Jewish faith experiences.
A typical Guideposts
story is a first-person narrative written in simple, dramatic, anecdotal
style with a spiritual point that the reader can "take away" and
apply to his or her own life. The story may be the writer's own
or one written in the first person for someone else. Even our short
features, such as "His Mysterious Ways," "What Prayer Can Do," "Angels
Among Us" and "The Divine Touch" use this format Writing a short
feature is often the easiest way of making a sale to Guideposts.
Please observe
the following in writing your Guideposts story:
- Don't try
to tell an entire life story in a few pages. Focus on one specific
happening in a person's life. The emphasis should be on one individual.
Bring in as few people as possible so that the reader's interest
stays with the dominant character.
- Decide what
your spiritual point, or "takeaway," will be. Everything in the
story should be tied in with this specific theme.
- Don't leave
unanswered questions. Give enough facts so that the reader will
know what happened. Use description and dialogue to let the reader
feel as if he were there, seeing the characters, hearing them
ta1k. Dramatize the situation, conflicts and struggle, and then
tell how the person was changed for the better or the problem
was solved.
- Most important:
Study the magazine.
Payments:
- Full-length
manuscripts (750-1500 words): $250 - $500, occasionally higher.
- Shorter manuscripts
(250- 750 words): $100 - $250.
- Short features
and fillers (under 250 words): $25 - $100. These include "What
Prayer Can Do" and heavenly encounters such as "His Mysterious
Ways," "Angels Among Us" and "The Divine Touch"
We do not use
fiction, essays or sermons, and we rarely present stories about
deceased or professional religious people.We do not evaluate book-length
material.
Manuscripts
must be typed, double-spaced and accompanied by a self-addressed,
stamped envelope. Send submissions to
The Editor
Guideposts
16 East 34th Street
21st Floor
New York, NY 10016.
We receive thousands
of unsolicited manuscripts each month, so allow two months for a
reply.
At this time we cannot accept electronic submissions.
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