Submissions

Next issue: April 30, 2007
Deadline for unsolicited submissions: April 1, 2007. Before submitting text, please review the Populist Quarterly Writer’s Guidelines below. Submissions received after the deadline or exceeding word limits (columns: 2000 words) will not be considered.

General Deadlines for Populist Quarterly submissions

2007 Summer issue: July 1 for publication July 30
2007 Fall issue: October 1 for publication October 30
2008 Winter issue: January 1 for publication January 30
2008 Spring issue: April 1 for publication April 30

Please read our Editorial Policy regarding submissions.

Send submissions to:

The Populist Quarterly
c/o The Populist Party of America
123 South Figueroa Street, Suite 1614
Los Angeles, CA 90012
E-mail: magazine@populistamerica.com
Website: http://www.populistquarterly.com

The Populist Quarterly Writer’s Guidelines

Introduction
Thanks for your interest in contributing to The Populist Quarterly, which is an all-volunteer effort. Its primary purpose is to address discuss social and political issues of note, and develop the fundamental philosophy of the Populist Party of America. The Populist Quarterly will also share successes of the party and its regional affiliates, in an effort to keep readers informed of progress and encourage their futher involvement in the development process.With the notable exception of op-eds, the story lineup for each issue is developed by the Editorial Board and articles assigned accordingly. If you have a timely story idea, please submit a brief query (a few sentences about the general topic and your angle will suffice) to magazine@populistamerica.com. We can also assign a topic to you from the story lineup.

Submissions
The Populist Quarterly welcomes submissions from accomplished authors as well as new voices. We are less concerned with who is making statements, than what the statements are. In keeping with our principles, we accept article submissions from anyone who can add desirable content to our website.

If you’ve already been in touch with one of our editors, please send your contribution directly to them. Unsolicited materials, op-eds, cartoons, letters to the editors, etc., can be sent via e-mail to magazine@populistamerica.com.

Before sending your article, please consider the following common-sense rules for essay-submission:

Formatting:

  • Please use only the default font on your computer - no fancy formatting or fonts.
  • Do not indent
  • Do not use bullets on your lists
  • Do not include any images with your work.
  • Do not use any HTML tags in your text, except for embedded links.
  • If you’d like to send your essay already formatted in HTML, send us an HTML document.

Sending:

  • Please send all stories as plain text in the body of an email; no attachments, please. Send to magazine@populistamerica.com
  • Title your subject line “submission for publication”
  • Be sure to include a title to your work. Although we may decide to change it at publication, we’ll have something to work with.
  • Please send us final drafts of your work only.
  • Please include a short (one sentence to one small paragraph) bio with your piece, and include an email address we can publish, to which you would like to have correspondence sent. If you have a website, please include that as well.

Due to the large volume of submissions we receive, we are only able to respond to those that are of interest to us. We do not publish poetry or fiction pieces. If you’ve submitted something to us and haven’t heard back, please don’t hesitate to drop us a line to check in. Sometimes good work can get lost in the shuffle!

Avoid common mistakes

  • Do not quote yourself in the body of your own article.
  • Ask several friends for feedback before submitting your article.
  • Put your article down for at least a few days and read it with fresh eyes.
  • Use only one space after a period or other terminal punctuation.
  • Refer to a person’s full name on first use, and their last name on second use.

Always Include a Byline
Bylines should read: By Author; Email address; Short Bio (25 words max).

For example:

By Jeff Bloom
jbloom@email.com
Jeff is a freelance writer and civil rights activist.

Other:

  • We like new ideas and investigations. Tell us a story we haven’t heard from the mainstream press.
  • If your submission is rejected, please don’t stop sending. Acceptance depends on a variety of factors, including timeliness, style, and any number of editorial requirements of the moment that may not necessarily reflect on your writing ability.
  • Although you, the author, retain final ownership over your work, by submitting it to us you are authorizing us to publish it as we see fit; which includes posting it on PopulistAmerica.com, as well as submitting it as a PopulistAmerica.com contribution in other media outlets, online forums, diaries, blogs, and the like. This increases readership of both your essay and the PopulistAmerica.com website, which is ultimately, our mutual goal.