{"id":312,"date":"2014-10-26T21:21:12","date_gmt":"2014-10-26T21:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onlineprimo.com\/blog\/wordpress\/?p=312"},"modified":"2014-10-26T21:21:12","modified_gmt":"2014-10-26T21:21:12","slug":"writers-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlineprimo.com\/blog\/wordpress\/?p=312","title":{"rendered":"WRITER’S GUIDELINES"},"content":{"rendered":"

Submission of Query and\/or Finished Work<\/strong><\/p>\n

Queries and\/or articles may be submitted by electronic or traditional means. Please email your query and\/or article to Truby Chiaviello, Editor, PRIMO Magazine, at editor@flprimo.com. Mailing address is Truby Chiaviello, Editor, PRIMO, 2125 Observatory Place, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20007. If submitting electronically, your manuscript must be in one of the following file forms: .doc or .rtf.<\/p>\n

You can submit articles and\/or queries any time of the year.<\/p>\n

Submission should be nonfiction. Types of articles accepted range from essays and interviews to reports and stories on a host of topics consistent with the editorial mission of PRIMO. Please read back issues of PRIMO to better understand our publication. You can order back edition(s) at a cost $8.95 (shipping and handling are included in the price).<\/p>\n

Formatting Your Manuscript<\/strong><\/p>\n

Writer\u2019s manuscript should be in 12-point type, with at least one-inch margins, on numbered pages. Only non-fiction material will be reviewed. Your manuscript should be double-spaced. Please include your name, address, telephone number, and email address; typed at the top of the first page. Contributors are asked to include a brief biographical note with their submissions.<\/p>\n

Word Count<\/strong><\/p>\n

All paid contributions are for feature articles in PRIMO. The number of words in a manuscript should range from 800 to 2,000.<\/p>\n

Photographs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Photographs should be submitted in high resolution 300 dpi, in JPEG format. If you send hard copy photographs, please note that PRIMO will not return your photographs and\/or manuscript or other material.<\/p>\n

Simultaneous Submissions are Acceptable but Exclusivity is Preferred<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although we accept multiple submissions, preference is giving to exclusivity. Thus, if you are submitting your article exclusively to PRIMO then you have a better chance of getting the article published in PRIMO.<\/p>\n

Response Time<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our response time is consistent with other publications and ranges from four (4) to fourteen (14) weeks.<\/p>\n

No Submission Fees and No Kill Fees<\/strong><\/p>\n

PRIMO neither charges the writer a reading fee to review his\/her manuscript nor does PRIMO pays the writer a kill fee if the article is not published.<\/p>\n

Readers\u2019 Corner<\/strong><\/p>\n

No payment is made to the Readers\u2019 Corner. Rather, this is a section whereby PRIMO readers submit recollections and anecdotes about their Italian American heritage. Word count for the Readers\u2019 Corner should range from 500 to 700 for the Readers\u2019 Corner.<\/p>\n

Payment to Writers <\/strong><\/p>\n

The rates for work are as follows for PRIMO, after editing and layout by PRIMO:<\/p>\n