18444 W. 10 Mile, Suite 105, Southfield, MI 48075
(248) 569-3888
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We appreciate your interest and trust that the following will be helpful.

We are interested in topics that present alternatives to traditional thinking and for improving the quality of life, such as alternative health, spiritual growth, holistic approaches to living, humanitarian and New Thought philosophies. Our mission is to help educate the general public – mainstream America – about these topics from a clear and positive perspective. We tend to choose articles that have a strong foundation; that touch us in some way; that expand and enhance our awareness and understanding about the many facets of walking a spiritual path in today’s world. We are also interested in memorable quotes, filler pieces and book reviews.

Submissions and/or floppy disks will be returned if a self-addressed stamped envelope has been enclosed.

We welcome your submission. Here are our specifications:

LENGTH/FORMAT: 750-950 words. In order of preference, this is how we would like article submitted: e-mail to: submit@phenomenews.com; on Macintosh floppy disk (QuarkXPress or Microsoft Word format); PC floppy disk (save as text only) and the last format is, typed single-spaced on one side only please. Be sure you’ve included your name and phone number, in case we have questions. For articles on disk, please include a hard copy for proofing.

CONTENT STYLE: Write in a friendly, conversational style. Keep sentences short. Make headlines brief and concise. The storyline should have a beginning (set the premise – what’s it about, why?), a middle (facts, quotes and information to support the premise) and a conclusion (a good summary and/or wrap up of what’s been said). Be sure you have included Who, What, When, Where and Why.

We cannot use articles that are faxed. We reserve the right to edit or amend copy submitted.

Under-write rather than over-write. Read several issues of phenomeNEWS to become familiar with the kind of articles we publish. Articles that are too extreme, elitist, political or that are self-promotional or a sales pitch will be rejected. We are not interested in question and answer columns or multi-part or series articles. All interviews are done in house.

EXCLUSIVITY: phenomeNEWS will not duplicate efforts of other Michigan publications. Therefore we want exclusive rights to articles submitted. In other words, we will not consider any article that has been submitted or printed in any other publication within the state of Michigan.

AUTHOR BIO: Include a short (50 words or less) bio which will be printed at the end of an article if it is accepted for publication. you may include contact information and/or email address. A photo of the author is nice but not necessary. We require 200 dpi in a tiff or jpg format. We do not pay for articles.

Quick Checklist

DO
• Back up your topic with details, quotes and references.
• Include no more than 5-10 percent about a problem.
• Present a topic of interest to a wide range of readers.
• Have an overall focus that’s positive.
• Focus (90-95 percent) on the solutions/options.
• Talk or share with the reader.
• Under-write rather than over-write
• Keep the title brief.

DON’T
• Make a sales pitch or a self-promotion.
• Write a personal opinion piece (I’s)
• Present a piece that requires the reader to buy something in order to gain benefit.
• Focus on negatives or problems.
• Preach to the reader.
• Type in all caps, over use caps or punctuation.

Articles that are positive, interesting, informative, clever, fresh and well-written have a good chance of being published in phenomeNEWS. Decisions about articles are made on an "impersonal" basis. Articles are not published just because we agree with the contents or know, like or dislike the author or because the person is famous, etc. Purchasing advertising does not guarantee publication of an article. The article must stand on its own merits.