Lin Johnson, Managing Editor

Gretchen Sousa, Poetry Editor

Purpose

To help communicators improve their writing craft and speaking ability, keep them informed about writing markets, and encourage them in their ministries. Most of our readers are at the beginning and intermediate levels.

Manuscripts

Ÿ How-to articles on writing different genres, creativity, researching, and speaking, 650-1,000 words.

Ÿ Interviews with editors at Christian publishing houses, introducing them and their houses with a sidebar of current editorial needs, 650-1,000 words. Send photo after acceptance. Query editor and house.

Ÿ Interviews of Christian authors, 650-1,000 words. Send photo after acceptance. Query author.

Ÿ Reviews of recent, recommended books on writing, speaking, or publishing or recommended software for writers, 200-350 words. Include bibliographic information—for books: author, publisher, date, pages, price; for software: producer, operating system, date, price. Query title.

Ÿ “The Heart of a Communicator”: First-person pieces in which you share your spiritual struggles and victories during the creative process of writing or speaking, 300-650 words.

Lin Johnson, Managing Editor

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