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Job to Joy.us Writing Guidelines
Jeanetta Chrystie, Managing Editor
E-mail: editor @ JobToJoy.us
Writing Guidelines
PURPOSE: To encourage, inspire, and assist people through job/career
transitions.
NEEDS: (See
below for links to genre-specific guidelines.)
- Articles:
Job hunting or career change best practices, technology tips, coping
with change, handling stress, managing your time,
and other helpful topics for our audience.
- Book Reviews on books about jobs/careers, change, leadership,
ministry, purpose. Query before submission. Book reviews are
assigned based on queries
(someone may have requested to review a particular book between web
updates).
- Devotions that encourage, inspire, and teach (not preach) our
web site readers.
- Photography and Art: that speaks to the circumstances or struggles
of our audience.
- Poetry about inspiration, purpose, change, learning, and other
topics for our audience.
6. Quotations, Humor, Cartoons: positive tone about change,
purpose, ministry, work, and similar topics.
- Share Your Success: Share about a learning experience you
had with a job/career transition. Query before submission.
Query
for: Book Reviews and
Share Your Success stories.
E-Cards: Art, Cartoons, Photographs and Poems may also be selected
for free e-cards.
METHOD
- Electronic submissions only, as an attachment to an e-mail.
- Also attach: a brief (25-75 word) BIO, and your photo for Our
Author’s Page.
- We can read a variety of word processing file types,
including:
- Microsoft Word, both Word.doc and Word.docx files
- Sun’s free OpenOffice suite’s OpenOffice.odp files (see
www.OpenOffice.org )
- WordPerfect.wpd files
- Works.wps files
- Word.rtf (however we prefer .doc or .docx files)
- Do NOT send Adobe.pdf files, we need to format
the content for our web site.
LENGTH
- Articles, 450-850 words
- Book Reviews, 400-800 words
- Devotions, 250-450 words
- Share Your Success stories, 500-800 words
RIGHTS
Electronic rights; with first or reprint rights for e-card content.
Links to Genre-Specific Guidelines:
| 1 |
Article Guidelines |
Web Link |
PDF |
| 2 |
APA Primer for Guidelines |
Web Link |
PDF |
| 3 |
Book Review Guidelines |
Web Link |
PDF |
| 4 |
Book Review Wanted List |
Web Link |
PDF |
| 5 |
Devotion Guidelines |
Web Link |
PDF |
| 6 |
Photography/Art Guidelines |
Web Link |
PDF |
| 7 |
Poetry Guidelines |
Web Link |
PDF |
| 8 |
Quotations /Humor/Cartoons |
Web Link |
PDF |
| 9 |
Share Your Success Guidelines |
Web Link |
PDF |
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you do not see a specific guidelines sheet, but think you have
an idea that will benefit our readers; then send us a Query by
e-mail. |
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