The Boston Globe

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The Boston Globe Magazine

PO Box 55819

Boston, MA 02205-5819

Letters for publication should include the writer's name, address, and daytime phone number. Short letters are preferred, and all are subject to editing for length and clarity.

WRITERS' GUIDELINES

The best places for new writers to start with the magazine are the Perspective column, an opinionated 650-word essay on a timely local news topic, and Connections, a 650-word first-person essay on relationships of any kind (romantic as well as those between friends, siblings, and parents and children). The following are not open to freelance submissions: Your Week Ahead, Soundtrack, One-Liners, Out and About, On the Block, Cooking, Miss Conduct, Dinner With Cupid.

Freelance writers are required to sign the Globe’s freelance license agreement. We pay within 30 days of publication and cover reasonable expenses, which must be approved by an editor beforehand. Fees vary depending on the story length and the column for which the piece will be used. Stories are assigned weeks or months in advance of publication. Writers must check their stories for accuracy before submitting. All stories will be rigorously fact-checked by the magazine staff, and writers of feature-length pieces are required to submit fact-checking materials, from notes to referenced articles to tapes.

Please send queries by e-mail to magazine@globe.com and include the word “Query” in the subject line, or by mail to Susanne Althoff, editor, The Boston Globe Magazine, PO Box 55819, Boston, MA 02205-5819.

2013 The Boston Globe Magazine Special Issues

January 6 Best Globe Photos of the Year

January 13 Weddings

February 3 Your Home 1: Transformations

February 17 Boston Staycations

March 3 Parenting plus Summer Camps

March 10 Careers and Continuing Education

March 24 Spring Travel

April 7 Food 1

April 21 Your Home 2: Garden Delights

April 28 Arts in New England

May 5 Top Spots to Live/Real Estate