Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Getting an Article Published?

[Chris Roth - Communities Editor (editor]

Hi all,

Yes, Communities magazine (formerly published by FIC, now published by 
Global Ecovillage Network-United States) welcomes article proposals and 
submissions.

Information about the next issue seeking material can always be found at 
https://www.gen-us.net/submissions . Right now that would be the Winter 
2024 issue, "Across the Generations," since Fall 2024, "Politics," is 
already full. Anyone can sign up to receive email notices of each new 
Call for Articles by emailing me at editor [at] gen-us.net.

The article Mac describes would be right up our alley--although I also 
had the impression that Mac's aim may be to publish in a publication 
with a built-in audience of millions (22.39 million for AARP magazine, 
per latest stats) as opposed to the thousands (Cmag). We always hope 
that eventually millions will read Communities too--and the enduring 
digital archiving makes that possible--but for now, much of its intended 
audience has yet to discover it.

Incidentally, there will be a table distributing samples of Communities 
at the upcoming CohoUS conference--another reason to attend. :-)

Thanks,

Chris

On 6/8/2024 6:16 AM, cohousing-l-request [at] cohousing.org wrote:
> Dear Mac,
>
> I meant to add to my response IC''s "Communities" Magazine.  Perhaps they
> would consider a submission like this.
>
> Sincerely,
> Pare
>
> On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 4:22?PM Mac Thomson via Cohousing-L <
> cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
> > I have an idea for an article that I?d like to get published in magazines
> > and/or major newspapers. The idea for the article is to compare intentional
> > communities, especially rural communities, with blue zones. Blue zones and
> > rural intentional communities each support:
> > staying physically active
> > staying mentally active
> > healthy diet
> > community
> >
> > These are the key factors identified in blue zones that support people
> > living to be 100 and older. Here at Heartwood, we don?t have anyone who?s
> > 100 yet, but we have some extremely active octogenarians.
> >
> > Does anyone have any suggestions of how I could get such an article
> > published?
> >
> > I submitted article suggestions via the online portals for AARP and
> > Prevention magazine, but both websites said that they get so many article
> > ideas that I shouldn?t be surprised if I never hear back from them. I
> > haven?t tried anything yet with big city newspapers because I?m not quite
> > sure how to approach them.
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestions you can offers.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Mac
> >
> > --
> > Mac Thomson
> >
> > Heartwood Cohousing
> > Southwest Colorado
> > http://www.heartwoodcohousing.com

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