Join us in October for an exciting challenge! Target the magazine publisher of your dreams, write a manuscript that’s dovetailed to fit their pages, and submit it as soon as it’s polished to perfection.

Take the challenge! Join the fun! Write and submit an article to the biggest magazine you like. We officially start the Periodical Challenge each year in October, but any time that’s good for you will work. Follow these steps, and go for the gold!

STEP 1:
Browse through your writers’ market guide. Find the most prestigious or highest paying periodical for which you’d like to write. Make sure it takes unsolicited submissions or queries.

STEP 2:
Read 5 current issues of the magazine. Search for copies of the magazine in libraries, used book stores, or thrift stores. Or go online to view sample issues.

STEP 3:
Type out 5 similar articles of the kind you’d like to write.

STEP 4:
Write your article, following the writers’ guidelines for the magazine.

STEP 5:
Take your manuscript to at least 1 critique group. Edit, polish, and revise.

STEP 6:
Submit your manuscript.

STEP 7:
Celebrate! You did it! You took the Periodical Challenge!