Metro Parent Publishing Group is hospitable experienced freelance
writers to assist build the content of their magazine and website. Their
general goal is to possess an honest mixture of fun and substantive
local stories of interest to local parents.
Here are a couple of factors to think about before sending your pitch.
Make it local. they're trying to find stories and sources that reflect the communities they cover: Livingston, Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw and Wayne counties. Therefore, southeast Michigan ideas and sources are preferred.
Pitch early. Content for Metro Parent is decided months beforehand . Story ideas should be pitched an honest two to 3 months before the month it might run. this is often particularly important for seasonally-anchored stories.
How to start
If your article submission is accepted otherwise you are assigned a story, you ought to submit an invoice (within an email is fine) that has name, address, telephone number , Social Security Number, name of story and payment amount.
The invoice should be submitted within every week of submitting the story.
Features 1,000-2,500 words: $150-$350, counting on the complexity of topic and number of sources required.
Department columns: $50-75
Parent Pipeline pieces: $35-50
Reprints: $35
The finished story should be single-spaced with a tough return at each new paragraph. don't indent for brand spanking new paragraphs. And include just one space after punctuation marks.
Include your byline plus the well-liked tagline
Font should be Times New Roman, 14-point
Include a suggested headline and/or dek
Subheads (i.e., within the body copy) are strongly encouraged for stories 1,000 words or more.
Metro Parent prefers stories to be sent as a Microsoft Word attachment. For those that don’t have Word, send the story within the body of an email.
Be sure to incorporate the name and telephone number of sources at the top of the story, just in case they need follow-up questions.
Here are a couple of factors to think about before sending your pitch.
Make it local. they're trying to find stories and sources that reflect the communities they cover: Livingston, Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw and Wayne counties. Therefore, southeast Michigan ideas and sources are preferred.
Pitch early. Content for Metro Parent is decided months beforehand . Story ideas should be pitched an honest two to 3 months before the month it might run. this is often particularly important for seasonally-anchored stories.
How to start
If your article submission is accepted otherwise you are assigned a story, you ought to submit an invoice (within an email is fine) that has name, address, telephone number , Social Security Number, name of story and payment amount.
The invoice should be submitted within every week of submitting the story.
Features 1,000-2,500 words: $150-$350, counting on the complexity of topic and number of sources required.
Department columns: $50-75
Parent Pipeline pieces: $35-50
Reprints: $35
The finished story should be single-spaced with a tough return at each new paragraph. don't indent for brand spanking new paragraphs. And include just one space after punctuation marks.
Include your byline plus the well-liked tagline
Font should be Times New Roman, 14-point
Include a suggested headline and/or dek
Subheads (i.e., within the body copy) are strongly encouraged for stories 1,000 words or more.
Metro Parent prefers stories to be sent as a Microsoft Word attachment. For those that don’t have Word, send the story within the body of an email.
Be sure to incorporate the name and telephone number of sources at the top of the story, just in case they need follow-up questions.