Highlights: Submissions Guidelines

I finally finished reading through all the Highlights magazine issues I have (plus a few others I read while waiting at the dentist office). I was ready for the next step.

STEP NINE

Find 1-5 key nonfiction articles I want my article to be like.

As I wrapped up this initial reading session, I got out my stickie notepad and went back and marked several of the nonfiction articles that I want to use as potential examples to study when I’m ready to figure out the format I plan to use to write my own article. I’m going to Xerox these and keep them in my “Sample NF Articles” file folder for handy reference.

Then I went to the next step.

STEP TEN

I googled “Highlights Submission Guidelines” and found their guidelines for writers to submit manuscripts to them. I printed these out and made a new file folder labeled “Submission Guidelines” to keep this in. I added this file folder to my pocket folder. I’m going to study these soon to see if there’s any new info I need to know. I plan to follow these guidelines to a T.