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BETTERSELF MAGAZINE offers a mix of thoughtful profiles, valuable information and illuminating photo spreads. It is our job to make sense of how we, as individuals, can make life changes to improve ourselves and those around us. Our goal is to provide our readers fundamental tools for meeting personal, financial and fitness goals.
Our focus is in respect to the vast and exciting demographic we serve, "ambitious people looking to improve themselves and their world". BETTERSELF searches for the relevant stories that reflect their unique journeys, life transformations and positive impact on our society. No matter where our readers are coming from, personally or otherwise, our goal is to deliver content that is current, has depth, useful, informative and humorous and insightful.
We accept solicited submissions from contributing writers for feature-length stories. Our feature stories
run at a maximum of 1,500 words. We also welcome shorter opinion pieces, even those light witty, tongue and cheek special column pieces (500 words each), and letters to the editor. Yet all must have respect, integrity and dignity for our readers. Should you feel your piece may fit among BETTERSELF's beliefs, inner peace, personal relationships, financial, goals, health and fitness or personal legacy section or in a special feature, please share your suggestions. However, all final placements and publishing are subject to the editorial discretion of our team.
All content must have balance, be informative, lively, timely, concise, solution-focused and fact- based.BETTERSELF MAGAZINE values our readers that stem from varied social and education levels. Content must respect our diverse audience. We do not accept manuscripts that promote any one product or philosophy. When discussing products or treatment techniques, you should include experiences of person(s) or preferred professional(s) directly relevant to the submitted piece and section it applies to. Never make sweeping generalizations or unsubstantiated claims, which must stand the testimony of already published research or highly credible sources.
All manuscripts should be sent as a MS Word file. Do not fax or mail manuscripts. Do not copy and paste manuscript into the body of an email. All manuscripts are subject to edit for style, length, and substance. Upon receipt of manuscript, BETTERSELF MAGAZINE will either query you for additional information or, if the material is unacceptable, return the manuscript with rewrite instructions.
Please note: we are not responsible for returning unsolicited content or photos.
Articles submitted from highly published writers will have proper consideration. Yet all submissions are reviewed and will receive respectful attention.
All submissions are "on spec" only.
We encourage writers to submit photographs, headshots or other art that will help illustrate the story.
For more information or questions, please email us at, steve@betterself.net.
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