Find out how to submit an article to Classique!

Overview:
Classique Magazine documents how people who make contributions to their community with little fanfare.  We strive to support people’s active engagement in building positive relationships which sustain the communities within which we live, within our state and within the world.  We welcome submissions that relate directly to this focus.

Each issue of Classique includes articles focused on a theme—about solutions to a significant challenge facing our world—and a number of timely, non-theme articles. Our non-theme section provides ongoing coverage of issues like health, significant educational programs, faith, economic opportunities for employment or self employment, economy and labor, social justice, and peace building. For past examples, please see our back issues page.

Content
Our goal is to highlight people who found solutions and took action to resolve personal or community problems in positive ways that need to be replicated. We emphasize engaging storytelling and factual accuracy. We are especially interested in authentic stories of positive change from the grassroots that can serve as models and inspiration for others

We do accept unsolicited poetry. However, this poetry should be positive and not prose that bemoans personal or societal situations Personal essays are sometimes considered if they illuminate a relevant cultural, political, or environmental topic.

Compensation
As much as we would like to compensate for articles, we have not grown to the point where we can afford to pay for articles.

Format
We prefer electronic submissions. We recommend that you send articles at least a month in advance of when you would like the submission to appear.

We use a different format for submissions.  We ask people who will be featured to submit a biography or resume.  A first draft is created and sent to the person being featured.  Questions that we anticipate our readers might be interested in knowing about the person are sent.  Their response is incorporated into the content of the article and sent back for final review.  The featured person has an opportunity to edit or change the final draft.  When the final review is returned, that is what will be printed.

Features are generally 1,000-1,500 words in length, and sidebars usually 100-250. Photos are are strongly encouraged.  If a photographer took the photo, please include their name for photo credit.  If people are in photos, please include a left to right photo caption.

Please send submissions to classiquemagazine@yahoo.com. Please send all attachments in either text or PDF format. If you are querying about a time-sensitive news story, please put the word "timely" in the subject line.
Please allow at least two months for a response.