EASY STREET MAGAZINE
Writers & Photographers Guidelines
Thank you for your interest in Easy Street: The Lifestyle Magazine
of Aiken, South Carolina. Easy Street is a high quality, glossy
city/regional magazine published quarterly by Palmetto Publications.
Articles are written primarily by freelance writers.
Easy Street covers a mix of business profiles, the arts, the
latest happenings, fine dining, wines, outdoor recreation, sports
and travel. Before pitching ideas, please look over a few past
copies or visit our website at www.easystreetmagazine.com. We
want writers with a good knowledge of their subject.
To query, send a brief letter explaining your story idea, include
several current clips (please do not send originals) and a paragraph
or two outlining your credentials to Editor, Easy Street Magazine,
P.O. Box 6620, Aiken, SC 29804. You also may send queries to editor@easystreetmagazine.com.
Do not send clips as attachments. First-time writers with no clips
may be asked to provide a proposed story on speculation. Please
include your contact information with your query, including a
physical address and an e-mail address.
Submissions and assignments
Because we are a quarterly magazine, issues generally revolve
around seasonal themes with additional editorial ideas as well.
We work four to six months in advance and copy deadlines are two
months prior to publication dates.
Payment is $150 for articles 1,000 words and over; $100 for articles
less than 1,000 words. We pay on publication. Easy Street Magazine
buys all rights, although there can be some exceptions.
Send the article as a Word Document. Please include all the necessary
information such as any sidebars, author's bios, your byline,
contact information and a thoughtful title. Be sure your facts
are correct and names/places are spelled correctly. Please provide
contact numbers for people interviewed or paraphrased for the
article. Quotes always spice up an article and lend credibility
to the subject.
Photography or Illustration
We use little outside graphics, but when used we go by the following
payscale: one-sixth page -- $10; one-third page -- $20; background
-- $20; one-half page -- $30; two-thirds page -- $40; full page
-- $50; cover -- $125.
Easy Street Magazine P.O.
Box 6620 Aiken, SC 29804
Tel: 803-649-2412, Fax: 803-649-7500
editor@easystreetmagazine.com
