The Christian Science Monitor, The Home Forum section
290 Massachusetts Ave.
Boston MA 02115
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Website: https://www.csmonitor.com
Guidelines: https://www.csmonitor.com/About/Contributor-guidelines/Contributor-Guidelines-The-Home-Forum
Editor:
Email address: mailto:homeforum@csmonitor.com
About The Publication:
“The Home Forum publishes upbeat personal nonfiction essays of from 600 to 800 words. We pay $250 upon publication. This is not an Op-Ed section. We’re looking for perspective-changing experiences, big and small, that helped you see something in a new way, discover something about yourself, or recognize and appreciate something in your past. Humor is good (and difficult to do). We’re not interested in travel essays or reminiscences per se, but a growing-up experience or a visit somewhere might have inspired some self-discovery. Please, no explicitly religious pieces. NO HARD-COPY SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED. Finished MSS only; no queries.” Circ. 25K print, and 10K online. Weekly in print, and every weekday online. Pays on publication. Publishes ms between three weeks an six months after acceptance. Buys 90 day exclusive rights, nonexclusive rights thereafter. No reprints. Responds within four weeks. Guidelines online.
Pays $250/article of 600-800 words.
Current Needs:
“We’re always looking for good essays and diverse voices.” Pays $250/article. Articles range from 600-800 words. Submit complete ms by email. “Attach a Word document or long email to: homeforum@csmonitor.com. Put “Submission” in the “Subject” field in order to receive an autoreply. We cannot follow links. We send acceptances only, and request three weeks to consider submissions. We cannot consider multiple submissions. No need for a cover letter; the essay should speak for itself.”
Pays $250/article of 600-800 words.
Photos/Art:
“We occasionally publish a writer-provided photo, for which we pay an additional $50. They must be high-resolution.”
Hints:
“Heed what is stated above: upbeat, no medical themes. This is not an OpEd venue. I’m looking for essays with something to say, not mere description, nostalgia, travelogues, or biography. An essay is a journey; it has to have movement and change — and, ideally, the ending should “chime” with the beginning in some way. Read the sample essays in the contributor guidelines mentioned above.”
Welcomes New Writers: Yes
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Author: Brian Whiddon – Managing Editor
