Listed below are the guidelines and
editorial needs for Girlfriend 2 Girlfriend magazine. We are accepting
submissions for all issues of 2009. 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.
Girlfriend
2 Girlfriend Editorial Staff
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
Renewal
Recovering from the
Holidays
The Art of Journaling
Creating a Cozy Winter
Retreat at Home
Winter Skin Care
Exercising to Beat
Winter Blues
February
Relationships
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
Spring
Spring Cleaning
Spring Fashion Tips
Adding Brighter Spring
Colors to Your Home
Spring Recipes
Short Spring Trips for
Your Family
May
Gardening
Container Gardening
Gardening with Children
Aromatherapy Gardens
Vegetable Gardens
Creating Compost
(Organic Gardening)
Recipes from the Garden
June
Vacations
Unique Vacations
Inexpensive Vacations
Traveling with Kids
Vacation Fashions
Vacation Safety
July Summer
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
Autumn
Preparing Your House for
Winter
Autumn Gardening Tips
Fashions for Autumn
Inexpensive Family Day
Trips for Autumn
October
Halloween
Decorating your Home
Halloween Party
Money Saving Costumes
Early Holiday
(Christmas) Preparations
Sweaters
November
Thanksgiving
Economical and Fabulous
Thanksgiving Dinner
Simple Thanksgiving
Recipes
Relieving Holiday Family
Stress
Cleaning Your House for
the Holidays
December
The Holidays
Holiday Recipes
Advent
Shopping with Children
Decorating on a Budget