Guidelines for Unsolicited Articles

GENERAL GUIDELINES

Sections
EFCA Today sections include:

• "On the Radar" -- significant news and trends about or affecting the EFCA movement
• "Breakthrough" -- innovative outreaches and practices
• "Impressions" -- thoughts from EFCA leaders, including book reviews and biblical expositions
• "Among All People" -- celebration of the diversity of the EFCA movement
• "Across the Movement" -- Stories of God at work in the EFCA's churches and ministries

Freelance submissions should run between 200 and 700 words. Indicate if photos are available, but do not mail photos with initial submission. Include contacts for verification of article (address/phone/e-mail of subject; address/phone/e-mail/church name of subject's pastor).
 
Cover themes
One portion of each EFCA Today is devoted to a topic designed to stimulate spiritual growth and highlight how EFCA leaders are already involved in living out that theme. Examples of themes are: leadership, resolving conflict in the church, church planting. These article differ from those in the above sections, in that their primary focus is on the issue rather than the person; the person serves to illustrate the issue. 

Cover-theme articles should run between 300 and 1,000 words. Include contacts for verification of article.

SPECIFICATIONS

Submit manuscripts via e-mail to DianeMc@JourneyGroup.com (we work in a Mac environment, using Microsoft Word) or via regular mail: typed, double-spaced on 8-1/2" x 11" paper. Staff will respond within approximately six weeks to manuscripts e-mailed or accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped return envelope. Unused manuscripts without a SASE and sufficient postage will not be returned.

Address submissions to: EFCA Today magazine, 418 Fourth Street NE, Charlottesville, VA 22902. Questions may be directed to: (434) 961-2500.

PAYMENT

Payment is $0.23 a word for first rights, including limited subsidiary rights (free use within an EFCA context). Reprint payments vary. Payment is made upon acceptance -- final edit of the article.