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Thank you for your interest in writing
for our publication.
Learning Through History
magazine is a bi-monthly publication that is filled with articles
and activities that correspond to historical themes or time periods.
Our subscribers are typically
families, teachers, schools and libraries. Our readers range from
ages 10-16, grades 5 and up.
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Below are suggested topics for upcoming
issues. These lists is not definitive of what we will actually publish.
Please feel free to submit
manuscripts covering topics not listed here as long as they fall
within the timeline and historical theme.
Vol 6, Issue 6-
The Late Middle Ages (1300-1500)
Great Famine of 1315–1317
The Black Death
Hundred Years War
The Peasants' Revolt
The Wars of Scottish Independence
Henry VII and the Rise of the Tudors
Wars of the Roses
Joan of Arc
Avignon and its Popes
English Renaissance
From Middle English to Modem English
The Burgundian Empire
Johannes Gutenberg and the Moveable Type Press
Search for Robin Hood
The Western Schism
Exploration Begins: Henry the Navigator
This includes
biographies and various other approaches to history, science, mathematics,
geography and arts that pertain to the topic in each issue. We do
NOT publish lesson plans.
We are
looking for focused and exciting articles, rather than broad factual
surveys (aka history textbook style) that will engage our young
readers. They should be written at an appropriate grade-level given
our readership - middle school through high school with reading
level not to exceed the 9th grade if using Word.
Articles
should be 1000-1400 words and include at least three meaningfuldiscussion questions or activity suggestions that can be
used with the article. See the Magazine
Tour for good examples. Note: Discussion questions should
not be counted in the word count.
References
or sources of information must be included with submissions - please
provide as a separate page of the manuscript. We use this for fact-checking
sources. Sources for corresponding websites and public domain photos
welcome.
Arts and crafts submissions
should appeal to ages 10+ and tie into the historical topic or theme
of each issue. Project plans must include clear, numbered directions
and require inexpensive, easy-to-obtain materials. Two or more high-resolution
digital photos (JPEG, Photoshop or Illustrator files - 300
dpi min.) of the project are required for acceptance.
The deadline for submissions for Vol 6, Issue
6 is 8/15/08
The deadline for submissions for Vol 7, Issue 1 is 10/15/08
SUBMISSIONS
Submissions are via email; please send
directly to:
submissions@LearningThroughHistory.com
Keep in mind the reading
level of our audience. Readability should be between the 6th and
9th grade reading levels and no higher. Microsoft Word has a grammar
check function that can give you readability statistics.
Please include the word
"submission" in the email subject header. Please send
as a Microsoft Word file. If you do not have Word,
send us a plain text (.txt) file only - we can not read
other word processing formats, such as Works - .wks files.
Please ensure that your
name and the title of the work appear on all pages of the
manuscript. Do not include any fancy formatting or embedded graphics
in your file.
Include your name, regular-mail
address where we can send payment and a copy of the magazine if
your article is accepted, and a short 20-30-word bio written in
the third person.
We will notify you of
submission receipt within 2 weeks. Allow 4 weeks or more after issue
closing date for notification of submission acceptance or decline.
Queries on status prior to this time will not be answered.
We do not
accept submissions from any third-parties or agencies, only original
authors.
NOTE:
We accept queries ONLY from established authors who have previously
published works for younger audiences and can provide numerous,
relevant examples. All queries must include details about your proposed
article (i.e. topic, length, etc.) - an email stating that you'd
like to write an article for us with no other information is NOT
a query).
All
others must submit completed works for consideration.
We buy ALL rights, both print and electronic, including copyright.
If you are not comfortable with these terms, please do not send us
submissions, as terms are not negotiable.
Payment is upon publication
and is paid in U.S. funds via check. See above under the content
areas for specific payment amounts. Contributors will also receive
a free copy of the issue in which their work appears.
If we assign you work
based upon a query or accept a manuscript that we end up not publishing,
we will pay a kill fee of 50% of the agreed upon rate. Rights of
works that are not used are retained by the writer.
