AARP The Magazine - Description: Careers, workplace, practical information in living, financial and legal matters, personal relationships, consumerism. Very occasional short fiction.
Guidelines: Publishes manuscript 6 months after acceptance. Byline given. Submit seasonal material 6 months in advance. Query first by mail only.
Word Length: Up to 2,000 words.
Payment: Pays on acceptance. Pays up to $3,000.
Rights: exclusive first worldwide publication rights.
Address: AARP 601 E St. NW, Washington DC 20049.

ABA Journal - Description: ABA Journal: The Lawyers Magazine. A monthly magazine covering all aspects of law.
Submission Needs: Legal features, no poetry or fiction.
Word Length: 700 to 3,500 words.
Payment: $400 - $2,000.
Address: American Bar Association, 750 N. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60611.

ArchitectureWeek - Description: ArchitectureWeek welcomes submissions from professional writers with experience in the design and construction fields.
Guidelines: If you have published an article for a limited-market publication such as a city newspaper, you can find a further, wider audience through ArchitectureWeek.
Payment: If you submit new work, you may receive an advance on royalties on acceptance.
Rights: ArchitectureWeek pays for Web publication rights for both new and previously print-published articles.
Address: If you have not written for us before, please send your resume and an architecture-related writing sample by email to "editor@architectureweek.com".

Art Calendar - Description: We welcome nuts-and-bolts, practical articles of interest to serious visual artists, emerging or professional.
Guidelines: Our editorial preference is to receive the article itself rather than a query. SASE if you want the materials returned.
Payment: Upon publication, we pay $150 for a first-run article or $75 for a reprint. If we use it on our website we’ll pay you an additional $50.
Address: Send an e-mail (info@artcalendar.com) or send hard copies to Art Calendar, P.O. Box 2675, Salisbury, MD 21802.

Broadcast Engineering - Description: We print articles that discuss technical topics in a generic sense, without reference to specific products or companies.
Guidelines: Articles should discuss the technology that applies to a type of device or system, not how a specific product works.
Word Length: of columns/departments ranges from 900 to 1350 words. Length of features ranges from 1200 to 3500 words.
Payment: The author’s fees will be paid to the author of the article at the time the manuscript is accepted for publication.
Address: Contact Brad Dick, Editorial Director, Broadcast Engineering and Broadcast Engineering World Edition, dick@primediabusiness.com.

Ceramics Monthly - Description: The following categories are typical of what CM publishes most: Profiles, Informational Articles, News and Exhibition Articles, and Commentary.
Word Length: The average manuscript ranges from 1000 to 3000 words (approximately 4 to 12 pages, typed, double-spaced with ample margins).
Payment: Current rates are 10¢ per printed word and $25 per printed image. An article published in the Comment column receives a flat rate of $75.
Address: Mail the package first class to: The Editor, Ceramics Monthly, P.O. Box 6136, Westerville, OH 43086-6136. Timely, unillustrated manuscripts may also be e-mailed to editorial@ceramicsmonthly.orgor faxed to (614) 891-8960.

Government Executive - Description: Feature Stories: Management Issues, Agencies, Government people, Civil Service Issues. Our Viewpoint column provides a forum for members of our readership to share opinions or experiences. Viewpoint columns express opinions on issues relevant to civil servants.
Word Length: Usually range in length from 1,000 to 2,500 words. Viewpoint columns are usually about 650 words long.
Payment: We pay upon acceptance, which means after you have completed any requested rewriting or additional work to our satisfaction.
Rights: Government Executive holds all rights for publication (including publication on the Internet) and all reprint rights.
Address: Stories should be submitted via e-mail (govexec@govexec.com).

Military Officers Association of America - Description: Topics: Current military/political affairs; recent military history, especially Vietnam and Korea; financial planning; health and fitness; military family; retirement lifestyles; travel; and general interest. No fiction, poetry, or fillers. Original material only; no reprints.
Word Length: Features, up to 2,500 words; mini-features, up to 1,400 words.
Rights: First rights, to include Internet and reprint rights.
Payment: Features, up to $1,800; mini-features, up to $1,000. Payment on acceptance.
Address: Managing Editor, Military Officers Association of America, 201 N. Washington St., Alexandria, VA 22314-2539 or e-mail editor@moaa.org.

Plane&Pilot - Description: Submit a query letter to the editor ( editors@planeandpilotmag.com). Be sure to include as much detailed information as possible on your idea, the proposed length of the article and the type of photography that you expect to provide. All material, unless previously assigned in writing, is submitted on a speculation basis.
Payment :will be made during the middle of the issue's month in which your article appeared, unless otherwise stated in writing. Rates vary depending on the value of the material as judged by the editors.
Rights: The publisher buys all rights to the material as judged by the editors.

Short Stories by Speech Therapists - Description: An online short story writers workshop for speech-language pathologists (SLP's).
Guidelines: A character in the story must be an aspiring SLP or an SLP.
Word Length: 1000 words.
Address: POB 292710, Dayton OH 45429.

Small Farm Today - Description: We need how-to articles (how to grow, raise, market, build, etc), as well as articles about small farmers who are experiencing success through diversification, specialty/alternative crops and livestock, and direct marketing.
Guidelines: We welcome both completed manuscripts and queries.
Word Length: depending on subject, should be between 800 and 3,000 words (we usually prefer 1200-2600 words). We welcome completed manuscripts and queries.
Payment: Articles: 3.5 cents per word for each word published (see above paragraph). 2 cents per word for each word published for reprinted articles.
Rights: First serial rights and nonexclusive reprint rights.
Address: Paul Berg, Managing Editor, at smallfarm@socket.net.

Workforce Management - Description: Whether the issue is staffing, recruitment, compensation, training, motivation or benefits, the Workforce story focuses on corporate employee and employment issues through the prism of senior management. Dealing with issues such as diversity, management, legal issues and implications, outstanding and outrageous performance.
Word Length: Cover stories in the printed magazine run 2,500 to 3,500 words. We also want secondary stories (1,500-2,000 words.
Payment: Fees are negotiated with each writer, depending on the complexity and length of the story. The general range is 75 cents to $1.50 per word.
Address: Contact editor Carroll Lachnit at carroll@workforce.com or Online Editor Todd Raphael at (949) 255-5344.