Silicon Valley Home Magazine
Address:San Jose Mercury News, 750 Ridder Park Drive
San Jose, CA 95190
USA
Contact: Doug DiFranco, Editor.
Email Address:
Website:
Phone: (408)278-3464
Fax: (408)271-3733
Description of Publication:
85% freelance Silicon Valley Home is a monthly magazine focusing on home and garden design trends, entertaining and travel with a focus on the upscale residents of Silicon Valley. Welcomes new writers. Circ 85K. Monthly. Pays on acceptance. Publishes ms 2-3 months after acceptance. Buys 1st N.A. and electronic rights. Accepts reprints only if not from competing publications within our circulation area. Responds 10-14 days. Sample free by email request. Subscription available free with newspaper subscription in targeted South Bay Area zip codes. Guidelines by email or mail with SASE.
Current Needs: We're always interested in article ideas and unique perspectives in the areas of home and garden, furnishings, remodeling, entertaining and general lifestyle, particularly stories that showcase new and exciting new products in these genres. Submit query/cover letter by mail or email; unsolicited mss will most likely not be read.
welcomes new writers
Pay: Pays $0.40/word for main features of 1000-1500 words, secondary stories of 750-1000 words and sidebars of 250-500 words.
Hints: Articles in SV HOME: Have a light, conversational style (although first-person stories are generally not published); Usually offer practical tips to readers (particularly features on home design); Focus on a very high-end readership (i.e. 'price is no object; readers); Identify design/furnishing trends appropriate to readership.
Photos/Art: Magazine-quality color images, preferably transparencies or slides. Digital files will be accepted if they meet our resolution/quality criteria. Payment negotiable.
