Wisconsin Trails Magazine
Address:1131 Mills Street, P.O. Box 317
Black Earth, WI 53515
USA
Contact: Harriet Brown, Editor (features, essays, profiles); Laura Kearney (food, reviews, and events).
Email Address:
Website: http://www.wistrails.com/Wistrails/wistrails.html
Phone: (800)236-8088
Fax: (608)767-5444
Description of Publication:
50%-80% freelance. Wisconsin Trails is 'The Magazine of Life in Wisconsin.' It features articles on Wisconsin people, history, nature, adventure, lifestyle, arts, sports, recreation and business. We're interested in the out-of-the-way and the popular destinations—but everything must have a Wisconsin tie or connection. We strive to publish writing that takes readers beyond the nuts and bolts of an adventure and shares a sense and spirit of place and people. Works with professional and previously published writers. Circ. 50K. Bimonthly. Pays on publication. Publishes ms 3-12 months after acceptance. Buys 1st and one-time rights. No reprints. Responds 3-4 months. Subscription $24.95. Guidelines online at http://www.wistrails.com/Wistrails/WriteGuide.html, by email or mail with SASE.
Current Needs: We make no assignments without first having a sense of writers' abilities and previous experience. Submit cover letter of introduction and at least 3 published clips (if you are new to the magazine), as well as a detailed query letter and bio by mail with SASE or by email or fax.
Pay: Pays $40 for short pieces and $0.25/word for features and other departments.
Hints: Common mistakes: being unfamiliar with the magazine, its content, format,voice and recent coverage. Querying about subjects unrelated to Wisconsin. Badgering editors for assignments. Not following the writers' guidelines for submissions. The inability to be open to editing and constructive criticism meant to improve manuscripts. Sloppiness, submitting manuscripts with typos, factual, inaccuracies, etc. Missing deadlines.
Photos/Art: Color photography in slide and transparency form. Payment varies.
