Write for Natural Family Online magazine
Natural Family
Online magazine is not just another natural parenting magazine.
We’re a bridge for mainstream families to natural
parenting, making natural approaches to family living accessible
to parents who don’t consider themselves to be “crunchy
granola.” Natural Family Online shows parents how easy and
natural it is to fold simple, holistic practices into their daily
family lives -- yet we provide enough depth for self-proclaimed “natural
parents” as well.
Natural Family
Online is currently seeking articles focusing on tips, tools
and strategies for
implementing
natural parenting
on
a daily basis. Our readers want to know what makes natural parenting
practices beneficial, why they should use them and how they can
add natural parenting to their own family lives. We are not looking
for “warm fuzzy” articles about breastfeeding, cosleeping
or other AP/natural parenting practices. Think tips and tools,
and you will be on the right track.
Topics we cover include:
· Breastfeeding (emphasizing extended BF, tandem BF and
so on; not BF how-to’s)
· Co-sleeping, the family bed and night-time parenting
· Babywearing
· Nutrition and healthy cooking, including vegan and vegetarian diets
and organic and whole foods
· Attachment parenting
· Natural pregnancy and childbirth
· Educational alternatives, including homeschooling and unschooling
· Health care alternatives (emphasizing child and family health issues)
· Cloth diapering and elimination communication/infant potty training
· Ecological practices, including recycling and food gardening
Articles and essays should range between 500 and 1,000 words.
Articles for Natural Family Online should be well researched, factual
pieces. No pseudo-science, please; we expect references for scientific
facts you cite or claims that you make. Queries are appreciated
and prevent you from writing a piece we may already have covered.
Send queries and submissions to [email protected].
Please include your submission in the body of your e-mail; unsolicited
attachments will not be accepted.
Thank you
to all who are interested in reviews! At this time, all product,
book, and website reviews will be handled by long-term
NFO contributors.
Rights and reprints
Natural Family Online accepts first electronic rights for original
articles. You retain full reprint rights after 30 days. We
request archival rights for one year; unless prior arrangements
are made,
submissions will be archived for that period. We reserve the
right to reject any query or submission without explanation.
We reserve the right to re-title, modify, edit for length and
clarity, abridge and/or fact-check any material that it accepts
for publication. We accept reprints for articles to which you
hold the copyright; when submitting, please include the piece’s
publication history.
We reserve the right to use any photographs that are accepted
on Natural Family Online and in any marketing materials in any
media now and in the future.
Payment
Natural Family Online magazine is not a paying market at this
time. We provide broad internet exposure for your business or
writing career and a place to exercise your creative energy and
passion for natural parenting. Article and essay contributors
receive a byline and biographical note with their article as
well as a link(s) to their family-friendly personal or business
web site(s). Review and poetry contributors receive bylines.
Natural Family Online does not provide kill fees for accepted
or assigned stories that are not published.
