The Washingtonian
Address:1828 L Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
USA
Contact: Jack Limpert, Editor; Bill O'Sullivan, Features Editor; Chuck Conconi, Editor-at-Large; Sherri Dalphonse, Travel; Ellen Ryan, private-school issues and golf communities.
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Website: http://www.washingtonian.com
Phone: (202)296-3600
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Description of Publication:
30-50% freelance. A monthly general lifestyle magazine focused on greater Washington, DC. Restaurants, features, travel, profiles, education, politics, health--but no (or very little) business, personnel moves, celebrity, or material without a strong Washington connection. Occasionally works with new writers. Circ 150K. Monthly. Pays within 2 weeks of publication. Period between acceptance and publication varies. Rights purchased vary. Occasionally accepts reprints. Responds 1-2 months. Sample at newsstand or $7 for back issue. Subscription $24 in DC, MD, & VA; $34.95 otherwise. Guidelines online at: http://www.washingtonian.com/about/about.html#faqs
Current Needs: Lively, edgy feature ideas with a fresh angle; unique, small items for Capital Comment. Submit full ms for First Person or Capital Comment; otherwise query first.
Pay: Pays $0.50/word for various lengths. See guidelines.
Hints: This is an educated, thoughtful, well-heeled readership. Never talk down to the readers or suggest ideas behind the curve. When a writer calls and says this idea has been in the Washington Post or the New York Times, I say, So why should we run it? Restaurant reviews are done in-house. Also, we don't use partisan or political screeds.
Photos/Art: We handle most art. If you have publishable-quality photos unique to your story though, say so. Payment varies.
