Live Steam
Address:P.O. Box 1810
Traverse City, MI 49685
USA
Contact: Clover McKinley, Editor.
Email Address:
Website: http://www.livesteam.com/
Phone: (800)447-7367
Fax: (231)946-9588
Description of Publication:
Freelance percentage not provided. A bi-monthly magazine for all live steamers and large-scale railroaders. Live Steam is devoted to all aspects of steam power. Primarily, it weaves the hobby aspect of steam, with most featured articles directed toward the scale model builder. Approximately 80% of our readers enjoy large scale model railroading (mainly steam-powered, but often diesel and electric, too). Other interests include stationary steam engines, steamboats, steam traction engines, automotive steam, and various other steam engines. Article of historical interest are often featured, along with construction projects, 'how-to' articles, and news about the hobby. Welcomes new writers. Circ 8.5K. Bi-monthly. Pays after publication. Time between acceptance and publish varies. Buys 1st N.A. rights. Accept reprints. Response time varies. Sample issues available on request. Subscription $37.95; $46.95 Canada; $44.95; foreign. Guidelines by email or mail request, no SASE necessary.
Current Needs: Queries. Submit complete ms by mail, attention of the editor: Clover McKinley. We accept copies on disk. Microsoft Word is preferred, but Word Perfect and other ASCII programs are also accepted. Hard copies should accompany disk. Cover letters are welcomed.
welcomes new writers
Pay: Pays flat fee of $30 minimum per full-published page.
Hints: Your copy will be considered most favorably if it is typed and double-spaced, but we won't reject a handwritten copy. It should be logical, detailed and sequential enough that a novice could accomplish the task. Use complete sentences. Refrain from using idiomatic expressions or abbreviations that are not universally used and accepted. Avoid writing on the backs of prints. Number photos (on the back) with pencil, crayon, or China marker. Drawings are essential for any construction article. Drawings are redrawn by our draftsmen. Your real name must be used. We cannot use such nicknames as Steamin' Sam' or 'The Antique Amateur'. Your titles are welcome as suggestions, but we do reserve the right to change and use our own instead. Unsolicited articles must include a SASE for return.
Photos/Art: High resolution color or black-white photos. Hard copies or electronically submitted. Pays - published photos - $9.00 each. Cover photo $40.00 (produced exclusively from slides.)
